Brett Who?

With Brett Favre traded to the New York Jets, Aaron Rodgers has wasted little time in making a good first impression on Packers fans. Rodgers has huge shoes to fill, as Favre was a legend in Green Bay, but he has done and excellent job making Packers fans stop regretting the Favre trade and start focusing on this season.

Rodgers has played extremely well in his first two games as the starting quarterback of the Green Bay Packers. The four-year pro from California has thrown for 60 passes, completing 42 (70% completion percentage) for 506 yards, 4 touchdowns, and 0 interceptions. Rodgers has a QB rating of 117.8, fifth best in the NFL. He has definitely not backed down from extremely high expectations and has made sure the Packers are not going to take a step backward after last season's NFC Championship game loss.

Aaron Rodgers has had an excellent beginning to the newest chapter of his career, the starting quarterback of the Green Bay Packers. He has shown a lot of poise and ability thus far. However, this season is only 2 games old. Can he keep it up? He has a huge test next week against the Dallas Cowboys, a team many consider to be the Super Bowl favorites. If Rodgers can win that game, Green Bay fans can officially resume thinking of themselves as Super Bowl favorites as they did with Favre at the helm last season.

The comparisons will never end for the rest of his career. Aaron Rodgers will likely never escape the shadow that a legend like Brett Favre casts on his shadow. However, if he plays to his potential, he can be accepted as the next great Packers quarterback instead of Brett Favre's replacement. A long trip in the playoffs, something very possible with the talent Green Bay has, would give Rodgers a good start in coming out of Favre's shadow as soon as this season. Does Rodgers have the poise, guts, and talent to get the Pack to the Super Bowl? We will soon find out and this Sunday's game against Dallas will be a telling sign.