Following Favre

The Green Bay Packers are off to an average 2-2 start this season in the NFL, and their former star Brett Favre was in New York today trying to bring his newfound Jets to the same record against the 2-1 Arizona Cardinals. How did Brett do?

Well, the first word that came to my mind was phenomenal. Favre had a groundbreaking career-high six touchdowns against the Cards with only one interception. Not only did he lead the Jets to a 56-35 victory, but he completed 24 out of 34 passes for 289 yards and made completions to eight different receivers. After the first four weeks of the season, Brett Favre is putting up a stellar 110.8 passer rating with 12 touchdowns, 4 interceptions, and 935 yards.

With the will to win and the fear of failure, Brett Favre is still looking sharp as ever in his 18th career season. As long as he keeps this success up, he can possibly lead the NY Jets to a playoff run and show football fans everywhere that he still has what it takes to achieve victory.

The Green Bay Packers... Without the Legend

Well, if you have paid attention to professional sports at all over the last half a year or so, you most likely have heard nonstop talk about Brett Favre. Whether it has been about his surprising retirement announcement, his split decision to come back a few months later, or the heart-stopping news of his trade from the Green Bay Packers to the New York Jets. Favre was the heart and soul of the Packers for 15 years, and now that he has unexpectedly left, many football fans have been questionable about the man taking over his job, Aaron Rodgers.

Rodgers, a fourth year quarterback in the NFL, has not started a game as the backup behind the legendary Packers leader. So before the start of the 2008 football season, many Packers fans (including myself) were cowering in fear of what would happen with their beloved team now that Favre had departed and the NFC North champion team had been inherited by an unknown youngster.

Now, cheeseheads can finally take a breather. After the first two games of the season, Aaron Rodgers has proven to everyone - and to himself - that he can lead the Green Bay Packers. The Pack has started with a tremendous 2-0 record, with Rodgers throwing 4 touchdowns, no interceptions, and a 117.8 quarterback rating. Fans all over the NFL seem to be impressed by this early success. While Rodgers certainly can't fix the wound left by the future Hall-of-Famer Favre, he can definitely numb the pain.