Green Bay, Wis. ? Brett Favre still sees talent on offense, and understands it will take some time for the Green Bay Packers’ young players to blossom.

But after a rough outing at Cincinnati and with the preseason finale against Tennessee only two days away, Favre seems impatient with the progress his revamped offense is making.

“We have a long ways to go, but a short time to do it,” Favre said Wednesday, venting moderate hints of frustration to – and at – reporters in a tenser-than-usual group interview session.

Favre said he and the team were running out of time to work out the kinks in their new-look offense.

“It is preseason. Call it what you want,” Favre said. “But you’d like to be able to gauge something off these games, and I don’t know. I really don’t. There’s a lot of potential, but that in itself doesn’t get it done.”

In the wake of a 48-17 loss at Cincinnati on Monday night, Favre said he heard “numerous people” saying that it’s better to get mistakes out of the way during the preseason, a bit of long-standing NFL logic that Favre doesn’t necessarily buy.

The games might not count, but the mistakes do.

Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre drops back to pass during an Aug. 19 game against the Atlanta Falcons. Favre seems impatient with the progress his revamped offense is making.

“Yeah, we got it out of our system. That sounds great,” Favre said. “But you don’t want to carry that over. If you’re going to make mistakes, make them now and be able to correct them and get better off of them.”

Favre made a few mistakes of his own Monday night. He lost a fumble that was run back for a touchdown and had a tipped pass intercepted.

“I’m my own worst critic,” Favre said. “I want to play perfectly, and there’s only one way I know how to play, and that is aggressive. At times it’s not pretty. Does it hurt the team at times? I don’t know, I’ll leave that up to you guys to decide. But I will go down swinging.”

Favre said he did see some positive developments after reviewing game film of the Cincinnati loss. The pass protection was improved, he said, and rookie guards Jason Spitz and Tony Moll played well.

But Favre said the team still needed to improve its running game and find the “right mix” in the passing game.

All his concerns aside, Favre said he still enjoyed football.

“Do I enjoy losing? No, but I enjoy the challenge of competing every week and I have no idea what to expect this year, I really don’t,” Favre said. “Is that scary? Not really. I’d love to think we’re going to the Super Bowl. But we have to worry about winning a game first.”