who's going to win the super bowl this year and why? redskin fans need not comment ha

Brett Favre's retirement announcement on March 4, 2008, opened up the Packers' starting quarterback position to Rodgers for the 2008–09 season. Although Favre decided to return from retirement, he was traded to the New York Jets, meaning Rodgers would remain the starter.[12]

With Rodgers making his debut as a starter, the Packers beat the Minnesota Vikings 24–19 at Lambeau Field. This marked the first time since 1992 that a quarterback other than Favre started a regular season game for the Packers. Rodgers ended the game with 178 yards passing and 2 touchdowns (1 passing/1 rushing).[13] In just his second NFL start the following week, Rodgers was voted the FedEx Air award winner after passing for 328 yards and three touchdowns in a win against the Detroit Lions.[14] During the fourth week of the season, Rodgers streak of 157 consecutive pass attempts without an interception ended when he was intercepted by Derrick Brooks of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The streak was the third longest in franchise history behind Bart Starr (294) and Brett Favre (163).[15] Rodgers suffered a severe shoulder sprain in the game but continued to start and played well in a win against the Seattle Seahawks two weeks later which to many proved his toughness.[16] Despite early successes, Rodgers had been unable to win a close game during the season despite seven opportunities to do so.[17][18][19] On October 31, 2008, Rodgers signed a six year, $65 million contract extension through the 2014 season.[20][21]

2009
For the opening game of the 2009 regular season, Rodgers recorded his first win in a comeback situation when he made a fifty yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Greg Jennings with about a minute remaining in the game to help beat the Chicago Bears 21-15.[22] Rodgers was named NFC Offensive Player of the Month for October 2009 when he passed for 988 yards, completed 74.5 percent of his passes, and had a passer rating over 110 for all three games played during the month.[23] After getting off to a mediocre 4-4 start to the season, and a devastating loss to the previously winless Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the team started to heat up. Rodgers led the Packers to five straight wins, in which he threw for 1,324 yards, 9 Touchdowns and only two interceptions. Rodgers and the Packers won 2 of their last 3 games, finishing the second half of the season with a 7-1 record and an overall 11-5 record; that was good enough to secure a wild card playoff berth and clinch the 5th seed in the playoffs. Rodgers also made history, becoming the first quarterback in NFL history ever to throw for 4,000 yards in both of his first two years as a starter.[24] His passing yardage was good for second all-time in Packers history behind only Lynn ****ey's all-time single-season record.[25]

In his first action as a starter in the playoffs against the Arizona Cardinals, Rodgers first pass was intercepted by Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie. However, Rodgers settled down after that miscue to finish the game 28 of 42 for 422 yards with four touchdowns. Despite the big game he had offensively, the Packers lost the game when Rodgers fumbled on the last play of the game in overtime, which was returned by Karlos Dansby for the winning score for a 51-45 Cardinals victory. It was the highest scoring playoff game in NFL history.[26]

Due to his regular season performance, Rodgers earned a trip to his first Pro Bowl as the NFC's third Quarterback behind Drew Brees and Brett Favre. However, after Favre dropped out due to injury and Brees was replaced due to his participation in Super Bowl XLIV, Rodgers became the NFC's starting QB position. He finished the day 15 of 19 passing with 197 yards and two touchdowns, despite the NFC losing the game.

Professional statistics
Passing Rushing Fumbles
Year Team G S Comp Att Pct Yds YPA Td Int Rate Att Yds Avg Td Fum Lost
2005 GNB 3 0 9 16 56.3 65 4.1 0 1 39.8 2 7 3.5 0 2 2
2006 GNB 2 0 6 15 40.0 46 3.1 0 0 48.2 2 11 5.5 0 1 1
2007 GNB 2 0 20 28 71.4 218 7.8 1 0 106.0 7 29 4.1 0 0 0
2008 GNB 16 16 341 536 63.6 4,038 7.5 28 13 93.8 56 207 3.7 4 10 3
2009 GNB 16 16 350 541 64.7 4,434 8.2 30 7 103.2 58 316 5.4 5 10 4
Totals 39 32 726 1,136 63.9 8,801 7.7 59 21 97.2 125 570 4.6 9 23 10
Source: NFL.com

References
1.^ http://www.nfl.com/draft/history/fulldraft?season=2005&round=round1
2.^ http://www.calbears.com/sports/m-footbl/

 

Your last 2 posts have told me......nothing.

 

Ben is about the biggest joke of a QB ever.... I live in the heart of "Steeler Nation" and can tell you without the run game and defense around him.... he would have been an average QB at best. Hell, his first SB was an absolute FLUKE.... go back and watch it again... FLUKE. Maybe I am biased because I have to see on a daily basis how absolutely moronic alot of Steelers fans are when it comes to just watching a game.... Ben could have a game where he completes 1 pass out of 50 attempts... for 3 yards in a game that they win and the Steelers fans would try to put him in the Joe Montana category.

bbd.... seriously.... leave your bias out of the equation and watch the game.... if you watch the positions... not the names.... you will have alot of better/different opinions. Nothing is worse than somebody who is blind to what is actually going on because of a team-bias

 

Common Sense!!! Lol

 

I don't think I would really classify that as something to boast about.

 

Thanks BM...

Though i am guilty of a little as well.

Still...

Rodgers>>>>>>>>Ben
Woodson>>>>Troy (If you can even do that?)