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GREEN BAY, Wis. - Aaron Rodgers has a message for Green Bay Packers fans.
"I'm not Brett Favre," he said yesterday. "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."
After spending three years running the scout team and watching game film during the week - only to spend Sundays wearing a headset and toting a clipboard - Rodgers' turn finally arrived when Favre retired.
"I'm going to be the best quarterback I can be," said Rodgers, who was in Green Bay for the Packers' annual fan fest. "He did it his way, I'm going to do it my way. And hopefully, I can be successful."
The Packers' first-round pick in 2005 has thrown a grand total of 59 passes in seven career games.
"I think he'll do a great job," Favre said during his retirement news conference Thursday.
Rodgers had an occasionally rocky relationship with Favre. Especially as a rookie, when Favre didn't seem thrilled by the thought of working with a player who would eventually replace him and didn't offer much tutoring. The two gradually grew closer.
Rodgers admires Favre's fortitude and ability to work hard in practice, even when tired.
Like nearly everyone in Green Bay, Rodgers assumed Favre was coming back. Rodgers said it probably won't hit him that he is the starter until training camp.