Farewell to a hero, make way for a rising star

It's hard to imagine the Green Bay Packers without Brett Favre and I'm not even a Packers fan. For as long as I can remember Favre has been their Quarterback every single game. I can't imagine what Packers fans are going through right now, having to say goodbye to one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time and one of the greatest idols in sports history. Even though Favre owns the touchdown passes, yards, and wins record by an NFL quarterback, the most impressive stat is his consecutive games started streak. Baseball's consecutive game streak by Cal Ripken Jr will never be broken and I believe the same thing goes for Favre's streak in the NFL. It's unheard of for a football player to be that durable for so long. I'm going to miss Favre's toughness, and how daring he is with some of the crazy passes he attempts, and am especially going to miss how he still has fun playing the game. Brett Favre is a for sure first ballot lock into the NFL Hall of Fame, but enough about him now because we all know how great he is; so what about Aaron Rodgers? I don't think Packer fans have anything to worry about with a transition from Favre to Rodgers. I think he is going to have a Steve Young type affect on the team where he will be able to step in there as the new starting quarterback and be successful, even after a legend has retired and his team went to the Conference Championship the year before. The one game that Rodgers did play last season was against the Dallas Cowboy's where he was outstanding. (18-26 201 yards 1 TD 0 INT 104.8 QB rating.) I think backing up Brett Favre and being surrounded by a lot of young talent, along with a great coaching staff and overall organization is going to help Rodgers fill in nicely for Favre. Rodger's has the arm and leadership to be able to keep this team at the top of the NFL for quite some time. Rodgers is just 24 years old, and if things go right, he really could end up finishing his career in Green Bay. I like him and I really believe Green Bay fans will feel the same way just after one full season. Nobody can compare to Favre's character, and maybe never catch his records but Rodgers could still bring Super Bowl's to Green Bay. ---CJ Prutch