Vikings quarterback Brett Favre ran into a half-full Lambeau Field at 2:37 local time for warm-ups and was met predominantly with boos by the Packers faithful, who once cheered him for the better part of his 16 seasons here.

It took Halloween — which happens to be Brett Favre’s Return Eve — to bring the characters out in Green Bay.

The effort to minimize the hype around Brett Favre’s return to Green Bay is in full effect. The Packers are acknowledging that it is going to be a different atmosphere but they, like the Vikings, are trying to play up the significance of the actual game between the NFC North rivals. Good luck. It might be mellow right now — not too much chatter about things about town (more on that in a pending blog) — but the momentum is going to build as the week moves on.