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A prime-time entrance
Rodgers starts on big stage By TOM SILVERSTEIN tsilverstein@journalsentinel.com Posted: March 31, 2008 Palm Beach, Fla. - Replacing an injured Brett Favre during the middle of an NFL Network game against the Dallas Cowboys is one thing, but replacing the icon for good on "Monday Night Football" against rival Minnesota in front of a home crowd, that's like being asked to captain a jetliner ...
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NFL Tuesday: Kraft and Belichick on Losing and Spying
Football for Breakfast — ... New Deal (Baltimore Sun) NFC News Giants: Osi Umenyiora Holds Out Hope for a Raise (Daily News) Cowboys: Pacman Talks Are on the Clock (Fort Worth Star-Telegram) Buccaneers: Gruden Likes Offensive Moves So Far (St. Petersburg Times) Falcons: Off-the-Field with New Coach Mike Smith (Atlanta Journal-Constitution) Packers: Aaron Rodgers Era Starts in Prime-Time (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) ...

Blizzard: My eyes are still on "all eyes on"
Pacifist Viking — ... And in Wisconsin, Tom Silverstein of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinal reminds us that for the season opener, "All eyes will be on Rodgers in the first half of the Monday twin bill, assuming he's healthy and still in possession of the Packers' starting quarterback job." People in Wisconsin have different tastes: they don't realize the rest of us are staring at Matt Ryan and occasionally breaking to stare at Jason Taylor. ...

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