de_real_deal said:
2 rookie backups, wow. Prepare yourselves for 4-12 or 6-10. Hey, Rodgers could prove me wrong. Big ben played well his first year, Tom Brady did too, Kurt Warner did. But 9/10 times, first year starters are lost out there. They end up getting benched, hurt, or leading their teams to high draft picks. Thats the norm. With the circus in town the way it is and all the pressure on him, i'm leaning towards a very bad season.
We won't go 6-10. We won't even go 6-10 with Daunte Culpepper as QB. Why? Because, we had the #6 D last year, Ryan Grant, and possibly the 2nd best WR core in the NFL. We also have a top 5 Coach, which alone is huge. Rodgers will be fine. He knows the O. He stays cool under pressure. As long as he stays healthy, we'll have at least an 8-8 record.
I'm actually hoping Favre comes back as a Packer, agrees to play only one more year, and accepts Rodgers as his successor. That is the ultimate of what would make me happy before the season starts. Granted it's now a long shot from happening, but we can all dream, can't we?