IRVINE, Calif. -- It has been eight years since veteran center John Sullivan joined legendary quarterback Brett Favre on the Minnesota Vikings, the last stop in what became a Hall of Fame career.
But hearing Favre's name still makes Sullivan's right buttock sting.
"He used to smack your ass so hard," Sullivan, now the Los Angeles Rams' starting center, said after a recent practice. "You'd be standing in a walk-through and you had to keep your head on a swivel because you just knew if Brett came up behind you, you were getting one, and you were going to have a handprint on there for a couple days.