"Well, y'all seen Brett had surgery on that ankle we got after in the championship game," Saints safety Darren Sharper said. "Come Thursday night 1st game. X marks the spot."

Responding to Saints safety Darren Sharper's "X marks the spot" comment about Favre's ankle, Shiancoe pointed out that he and his teammates could say the same about Sharper's knee.

"That's all good, but Sharper had surgery, too . . . and it was the knee," Shiancoe said. "If X makes the spot on Brett, I wonder what marks the spot on Sharper."

Now, Sharper has responded. "So visanthe stankoe X marks the spot on me, how bout X marks the spot for how many catches and TDs you'll have come Thursday night," Sharper said on his Twitter page. "X = zero."

Then Sharper decided to make it interesting. "If you feeling yourself put your game check on it," Sharper said. "No TDs and less than 3 catches you give me your game check. Now whose talking."