GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) – Brett Favre would love to throw fewer interceptions this season. He’s just not sure he can.

“It’s hard to teach an old dog new tricks and that’s never more true than with me,” said Favre, who was picked off 21 times last season, one less than NFL co-leaders Joey Harrington and Marc Bulger. “When I roll out to pass, I feel like there’s a touchdown waiting.

“I just don’t have the discipline to pull it back,” added Favre as he prepared for Green Bay’s preseason opener Monday night against the Seattle Seahawks. “I do a lot of good things, but I ain’t perfect. How do you correct that? Well, I don’t know that after 14 years that’s going to change a whole lot.”

Favre’s biggest blunder last season came in overtime in a playoff game at Philadelphia, when he threw the ball up to beat the blitz. But receiver Javon Walker stutter-stepped on his deep sideline route and Brian Dawkins cradled the interception, setting up David Akers’ field goal that ended Green Bay’s season.

“As long as I play, I will be aggressive,” Favre said. “That’s just my nature.”

Yet, Favre knows that “being aggressive and being wise can be two different things.”

So, he’s trying to limit his interceptions, somehow, some way.

“There’s no doubt that turnovers kill you. They killed us early in the season. You can’t take your team out of the game,” said Favre, whose interceptions led to losses against Minnesota and Kansas City at home and at lowly Detroit – three blown chances that haunted the Packers when they had to leave Lambeau Field in the postseason.

“If you play long enough and throw enough passes, you’re going to throw your share,” Favre said. “You’re going to make a bad read from time to time. But you try to limit it. If I could cut back on just five interceptions last year, it might have been my best year ever.”

Favre won’t get much time to work on protecting the ball Monday night.

Coach Mike Sherman said that Favre “will play no more than a quarter, maybe less.”

The Packers need to see plenty of newcomer Tim Couch, a former No. 1 pick who served as Cleveland’s starter for much of the last five years, to see if he’s indeed a better backup than Doug Pederson, who has been running the West Coast offense a lot longer.

Favre isn’t viewing it as a light night, however.

“As difficult as it may be to focus for three plays, to me that’s even a bigger challenge because sometimes in a full game, you have time to overcome a slow start,” Favre said. “If it’s one series, to me that’s a lot of pressure. Even though at the end of the game or at the end of preseason, no one really cares, to me it’s a lot of pressure for that drive to see what you can do.”

The Packers will be without offensive linemen Mike Wahle and Mike Flanagan.

, out with knee injuries, and split end Robert Ferguson (hamstring). Running back Ahman Green, who missed two days of practice last week with a sore foot, likely will play.

The Seahawks, who lost to Green Bay in the playoffs in January, will have four projected starters on the sideline. Coach Mike Holmgren said injuries will sideline All-Pro offensive guard Steve Hutchinson (calf), wide receiver Koren Robinson (quadriceps) and defensive end Grant Wistrom (foot). Star offensive tackle Walter Jones has yet to sign and report to camp.

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