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Aaron Rodgers Proves He’s the One True Starr Quarterback in Green Bay
Just like that, it’s not about Brett Favre anymore when it comes to NFL 
Aaron Rodgers.
It’s about Bart Starr.
Then again, maybe it’s about Rodgers evolving into the modern-day Steve Young, especially since Rodgers grew up in Northern California as a San Francisco 49ers fan. Let’s just say Young boasted of feeling lighter after he finally resembled his predecessor — somebody named Joe Montana — by leading the 49ers to a world championship.
When reminded as much, Rodgers grinned Sunday night in a back room of Cowboys Stadium before saying, “I’ve never felt like there’s been a monkey on my back. The (Green Bay Packers) organization stood behind me. Believed in me … I told (Packers executive) Ted (Thompson) back in 2005, he wouldn’t be sorry with this pick. I told him in 2008 that I was going to repay their trust and get us this opportunity.”
What “this opportunity” became was only the Packers’ second Super Bowl victory since the legendary days of Vince Lombardi and of the real quarterback that Rodgers is chasing these days.
It’s Starr, all right. Favre is so 20th century for Rodgers, because after the Packers used every bit of Rodgers’ body, mind and soul to survive the sloppy but relentless Pittsburgh Steelers down the stretch, Rodgers now has exactly one Super Bowl victory — you know, just like Favre.
Beyond Cheesy
In the long-awaited NFL Super Bowl matchup between Cheeseheads and Terrible Towels, set aside your allegiance for a moment and ask yourself a simple question.
If you were inventing a merchandising gimmick, what do you think customers would prefer: An easily transportable item they could use to wave, wipe their seats, warm their hands, wash their cars and flag down help in case of emergency?
Or one that makes them look like the victim of a fraternity prank?
If you went with the first option, congratulations! You are a person of style, common sense and decency.
If you went with the second, you are from Sheboygan, Kenosha or Muskego and have a cholesterol level approximately 10 times higher than your IQ.
Unless you bow three times a day toward Vince Lombardi’s grave, you would never voluntarily go out in public with a foam-rubber cheese wedge on your head. If Lombardi were still alive, even he would probably laugh at you. I realize them’s fighting words for Packers fans, but I’m on your side here.
I like cheese. I’m all for expressing love for your team. I just hate to see you lose your dignity in the process.
And for your own protection, please don’t mess with the Terrible Towel. Those who do tend to come back as cockroaches or Bengals fans in their next lives.
I can’t explain such cosmic powers. I just know the Gods don’t offer the same protection to cheddar-headed Packers fans. They simply can’t be worried with defending the nobility of a woman wearing a cheese bra.
Past Matchups Won’t Matter on NFL’s Championship Sunday
Throw them out. Throw them all out, the NFL regular-season games between the Packers and Bears (two), and the Jets and Steelers (one).
For when those rematches are played next Sunday for the right to go to the Super Bowl, the regular-season meetings mean nothing. The 49-point turnaround in the Jets-Patriots matchup this weekend (Pats, 45-3 in Foxborough on Dec. 6; Jets, 28-21 Sunday in the same venue) tells us all we need to know. And if you read anything in the coming days, like the note that Devin Hester’s 62-yard punt return overcame a Green Bay edge from scrimmage in the first Green Bay-Chicago meeting, ignore it.
None of it matters.
Nor does home-field “advantage” — the Steelers have been in seven AFC title games in the past 17 seasons, six at home and one on the road. The home team is 2-5.
Green Bay and Pittsburgh are each favored by three points going into the title games, the Packers as a road favorite. That essentially means that the Vegas guys think of Green Bay as six points better, since Chicago gets three points as the home team.
More from NFL.com That’s based, of course, on the Packers’ 48-21 demolition of Atlanta in the Georgia Dome Saturday night, not the two games the teams played — a 20-17 win by the Bears in Chicago and a 10-3 win by the Packers at Lambeau, in a game the Bears had little incentive to win. In this case, it’s recent perception — and the perception is that a Green Bay team that was just 10-6 in the regular season and had to win two “playoff” games to end the regular season, now is the best team in the NFL.
That’s also the perception of the media and fans. Mike Ditka said on ESPN Sunday, in the hyperbole of the moment, that Green Bay’s Aaron Rodgers played the best game ever played under pressure by a quarterback on Saturday night. Well, 31 of 36 for 366 yards and three touchdowns can mesmerize anyone, including a Hall-of-Fame tight end and Super Bowl-winning coach (who, in a later incarnation, gave up New Orleans’ entire 1999 draft for Ricky Williams).
All Good Things Must Come To An End
All good things must come to an end. Then there was Brett Favre’s streak, which was a good thing that should have ended before Monday night.
After 297 consecutive starts, the NFL
‘s only living grandfather did not trot onto the field and take the opening snap. As weary as we are of all things Brett, it was sad to see the streak end.
It was even sadder that it didn’t end 13 games ago. That would have been the NFC Championship Game. Minnesota lost to New Orleans, thanks in no small part to a late Favre interception. But he’d long since proved the critics of his Vikings comeback were wrong.
This year he’s proved them right. It’s been the worst sequel since “Weekend at Bernie’s II,” which was tired from opening credits.
Would the corpse return from Mississippi? Would he text Jenn Sterger in the huddle? Would Brad Childress even know if he did?
Hey, was that Randy Moss throwing food in the corner?
Would the streak survive a fractured ankle, a shattered coach and the NFL’s sexual-harassment policy?
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Say Your Goodbyes
Brett Favre walked off the field after one of the most embarrassing losses of his NFL career, 31-3 to Green Bay of all teams, and knew his hopes for a grand finale were gone. Stomped on, actually. 
He talked about his long career, his satisfaction with what he had accomplished.
He said he would go home and “re-evaluate.”
I don’t think he’s coming back. Brett Favre is done.
It sure sounded like it Sunday. This career has no happy way out. Favre has a pending suspension coming from his sexting scandal. Minnesota is going nowhere. He is beat up and beaten down. And even if he does come back to this 3-7 team, this was his last game as a relevant quarterback.
If he’s going to come back, then he’s going to have to talk himself into it.
When he left Sunday, it was for good. That was not “see you later.”
It was goodbye. Read More >>
NFL Hall of Famer – Herb Adderley
Adderley was drafted by the Packers in the first round of the 1961 NFL Draft as the 12th draft pick. He began his professional career as a halfback, but was later switched to defense because the Packers already had good runners in Paul Hornung and Jim Taylor. He was first moved to cornerback to replace an injured teammate. In 1962 the move became permanent and Adderley went on to become an all-NFL selection five times in the 1960s. Packers coach Vince Lombardi remarked, “I was too stubborn to switch him to defense until I had to. Now when I think of what Adderley means to our defense, it scares me to think of how I almost mishandled him.”
Adderley seemed to be a natural at his new position, recording 39 interceptions in his nine seasons with the Packers. He holds the Green Bay Packers records for interceptions returned for touchdowns in a career (seven, record tied with Darren Sharper), and interceptions returned for touchdowns in one season (three, in 1965).
Aaron Rodgers to Post Solid Numbers in 2009
One of the biggest surprises of 2008 was Aaron Rodgers, the first new QB for Green Bay in more than a decade. Rodgers posted some amazing numbers, and solidified himself as the future of Green Bay. The Packers had long been a perennial playoff contender with Favre at QB, and it seems again the team will soon be moving into the limelight. The Packers have some real talent on the team, and Rodgers is just the beginning. Greg Jennings was a force to be reckoned with at WR in 2008, with 80 receptions for almost 1300 yards, and 9 touchdowns. Jennings is expected to post even better numbers in 2009. The Packers defense is also looking much better, and first round pick Clay Matthews looks to make an immediate contribution at OLB. In addition, cornerback Charles Woodson is always a danger in the backfield.
The Packers might not win the division in 2009, but the team is almost guaranteed to have a better record than it did in 2008. The Packers have a young and talented team that will be one to watch in future generation. Packers jerseys featuring Favre are a thing of the past.
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