Aaron Rodgers Assures Cheeseheads He Is In Fact Aaron Rodgers

We are - and possibly always will be - in the throes of the media's fawning send-off to Brett Favre (Wright Thompson is still crying). His successor at Packers QB, Aaron Rodgers, yesterday felt the need to issue one of those communiques that new heads of state usually do when an important leader steps down. And, boy, was it...factual.

"I'm not Brett Favre," he said Saturday. "And if they're wanting me to be the next Brett Favre, I'm not going to be him. I'm Aaron Rodgers. That's who I am."

Read: STOP ASKING TO GROW STUBBLE! I'M A PORN 'STACHE MAN! I DON'T WANT HIS GUN HOLSTER! I CAN'T BE BRETT! LEAVE ME AND MY FAMILY ALONE! [sobs]

Rodgers knows the comparisons to Favre are inevitable. But he grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and is hoping to follow the path of Steve Young. Young wasn't the next Joe Montana, but he helped the 49ers continue their run of success by bringing a different approach to his position.

Oh, lordie. At this point, I'm hoping Rodgers is a spectacular failure. Another few years of "can he get the monkey off his back" stories a la Young and Montana is far too much to bear.