Aaron Rodgers Has 'Worst Practice of Offseason,' Brett Favre Mulls Un-Retirement

The Packers are one day into mandatory minicamp and we're already at DEFCON 1. The Guy Replacing Brett Favre, also known as Aaron Rodgers, had an atrocious first day of practice.

... Rodgers had perhaps his worst practice of the offseason. When he wasn't struggling to find open players, he was forcing the ball into coverage. He was nearly picked off by Atari Bigby in the two-minute drill. Rodgers failed to get a touchdown during his possession -- despite a questionable holding call that gave him one more play with 1 second left -- and slammed his helmet to the turf in frustration.

Wow, not just atrocious, the worst practice of the offseason. But when Atari Bigby almost picks you off, that probably goes without saying.

But it gets worse. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's Greg Bedard writes that for as shaky as Rodgers was, Brian Brohm was worse. Obviously, that means Matt Flynn will be the starter come September.

Actually, this is hardly a big deal, even if some Green Bay fans might be a little nervous about the unknown as we head into the post-Favre era. Favre made a few bad decisions in his career, and he managed to stick around for 17 seasons. Nobody's ready to call Rodgers the next Favre, (Lynn Dickey, maybe?), but he doesn't need to be.

Green Bay's defense is good enough to carry this team, and the offense has plenty of weapons (assuming Ryan Grant signs in the next few weeks) to take some pressure off Rodgers.

Of course, dirty hippies have a spotty NFL track record (hi, Jake Plummer!), so he might do well to trim the wig. I mean, it couldn't hurt.