Rodgers Ready to Lead

Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers has come under a bit of fire after comments he made in this month’s issue of Sports Illustrated.  Rodgers said he doesn’t feel the need to sell himself to Packers fans in the wake of Brett Favre’s departure and that the fans need to get on board now or keep their mouths shut.  Rodgers is gearing up for his first season under center for Green Bay after the living legend Favre announced his retirement this off-season.

In a sense, I like what I’m hearing from Rodgers.  This is the kind of personality you want from your starting quarterback; you want a guy with some swagger.  He perhaps could have left out the part about fans shutting their mouths, but it’s not like he disrespected Favre or anything else that would be considered borderline blasphemous in certain parts of Wisconsin.  Rodgers knows that no what matter he says to the people of Green Bay, there is no way he can convince them that, without Brett Favre, everything is going to be just fine.  Favre has been under center for some Packers fans’ entire lives.  The only way Rodgers can sell himself to the fans is to step onto the field and make plays.  Nobody is ever going to forget Brett Favre, but good play from Rodgers and a trip to the postseason could sure take the focus off Favre and back onto the team as a whole.  Rodgers has a lot of talent and three years of learning from the great Favre under his belt, during which time he gave Favre the utmost respect and was never calling for him to retire.  I think he’s ready to lead this team and will do a heck of a job.

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