According to Book, Former Teammate Jurkovic Supplied Favre With Painkiller

Some of quarterback Brett Favre’s Green Bay teammates supplied him with pain pills, unaware of his growing addiction to the painkiller Vicodin, according to a book.

“If my quarterback comes to me and says, ‘Hey, tighten me up,’ it’s a no-brainer. You give him the Vike,” former Packer defensive lineman John Jurkovic is quoted as saying in “Return to Glory.”

The book, written by former Green Bay Press-Gazette sports editor Kevin Isaacson and Oshkosh Northwestern sportswriter Tom Kessenich, was published this week and says Jurkovic acknowledged supplying Favre with about 50 pain pills during their four playing seasons together. Jurkovic, who now plays for Jacksonville, told WTLV-TV, “If I would get two pills and somebody’d come and ask me for one, I would say, ‘Here.’ ”

In Wednesday’s editions of the Post-Crescent of Appleton, Wis., Favre denied Jurkovic had supplied him with a quantity of painkillers. “It’s totally untrue. And even if it were true, Jurko would never say that,” Favre said.