He arrived in Green Bay as the backup to Brett Favre, who wasn't thrilled the team had found his heir apparent. Favre kept fans and the franchise on their toes every offseason from then on, flirting with the idea of retiring but always coming back. When the tension finally snapped in 2008 Favre retired, changed his mind and asked for his job back Rodgers found himself in the middle of the mostbitter divorce in Wisconsin history.."Obviously he's a big part of the offense," Detroit coach Jim Schwartz said, "but that's no excuse. We've got to play with other guys that can step up and make plays and we just didn't get it done on offense in the second half. It certainly affected us, but we've still got a lot of guys on the field.".

"He has the size you look for in a quarterback to survive the physical beating and the ability to avoid a lot of the big hits," the scout told the magazine. "I worry about his (passing) accuracy; he misses open rece