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"At some point, I've got to fall apart," he said on Wednesday. "I'm not going to lie to you. It's like any car. You drive it long enough, it's going to fall apart; you're going to have a flat tire, something's going to happen. At some point, I'm going to fall apart."

And even though many of Favre's throwing numbers are down from his career averages, he swears it isn't because he's old. At age 39, he said he's feeling just fine.

"I'm still together. I don't know what else to tell you," Favre said. "As long as they want me and as long as I can still play at a high level and feel like I can, we are going about it as usual."

General manager Mike Tannenbaum surely wants to keep Favre around. Since his arrival during training camp, the quarterback has helped turn the Jets (8-4) into AFC East leaders, one game ahead of the hated Patriots.

But last week wasn't one of Favre's finest showcases. The 18-year veteran completed 23 of 43 passes for just 247 yards and an interception against Denver, a team that couldn't slow down Oakland's inept offense at home the week before.

Favre's poor outing coupled with his own defense suffering a power-outage amounted to a 34-17 loss, one that heated up a normally cool Eric Mangini and snapped their five-game winning streak.

That night, Favre admitted that the terrible weather had gotten to him. He also admitted that youngster Jay Cutler handled the rain and wind better than he did.

But it wasn't because of his creaky bones or rapidly graying beard.

"He's got bumps and bruises," rookie tight end Dustin Keller said. "As far as that goes, I haven't seen any problems that he's having yet. He seems to be in perfectly good condition, to me. "

Said Favre: "In order to play a long time, you have to have a lot of luck on the field, obviously, fall into the right place, whatever. But you also have to be smart off the field and be able to manage your success as well as failure if you want to play a long time."

Favre also remembered playing in Chicago last year "where it was 60-mile-per-hour winds. I think both teams had one foot on the bus before the first kickoff," he said. Green Bay lost that game.

But Favre refused to blame the conditions for his most glaring mistake againt the Broncos. He lofted a second-quarter pass way over the head of Laveranues Coles, resulting in an interception.

Favre had friends asking him if the ball had slipped.

"It was tough to say, to be a man about it, and say, you know, it did slip. I missed him," he said. "But you know, those are few and far between, but you have to make those plays."

And Favre's ability to "not fall apart" will also be crucial. He also admitted to having "little aches and pains" that he has today, as opposed to a couple of months ago.

"But it's not because all of a sudden, it's the latter part of the year and I'm falling apart," Favre said, then waited. "Yet."