Super Bowl XLV: Aaron Rodgers Could Create a Historic Packers Legacy With a Win

Super Bowl XLV is set with the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Green Bay Packers, featuring two franchise quarterbacks in Ben Roethlisberger and Aaron Rodgers.

While Roethlisberger is making his third trip to the title game, the young Aaron Rodgers is making his first appearance.

More importantly, he can make wonders out of this opportunity. Having only been starting for three years, Rodgers can make a mark in his short tenure thus far with a Super Bowl victory.

With Hall of Fame quarterbacks Bart Starr and Brett Favre having long careers with the beloved Packers, expectations were set for Rodgers a few seasons ago when he finally got the starting job.

Brett Favre had a controversial falling out with Green Bay and the pressure that was put on Rodgers to succeed early was astonishing. Since then he has proved all the critics wrong.

Rodgers has led Green Bay to the playoffs in two straight seasons. This postseason run could finish as the most memorable in team history years from now.

Not only did an injury plagued Packers team need to get hot at the end of the season just to make the playoffs, they needed to win three consecutive games on the road to make the Super Bowl.

And they did just that. Rodgers needed to out-play MVP candidate Michael Vick, had to dethrone the top seeded Falcons in Atlanta and defeat the Packers' most hated rival Chicago at Soldier Field.

The last step remaining is a win over the Pittsburgh Steelers, arguably the most successful franchise in football history.

If Rodgers can defeat one of the league's best quarterbacks on the biggest stage, Rodgers is on his way to becoming one of the greater quarterbacks in recent memory.

He has proved to have all the intangibles. His decision making, athleticism and toughness draw back similarities to the early years of Brett Favre.

I believe I need to give credit to the Packers defense as they deserve it. The amount of veterans and the young talent on the unit are an important reason for why they are in the big game.

However it always starts with the play of the quarterback, and Aaron Rodgers is no different. If Rodgers wins his first Super Bowl ring, he ties Favre with one championship and is one away from Bart Starr.

I am not going to give Rodgers the label as being the greatest quarterback in NFL history. Though, years from now it may very well happen.

He has only started in this league for a few seasons and has plenty of years ahead of him. A Super Bowl championship this early in his career could be the beginning of great years we will see from Aaron Rodgers in a Green Bay Packers uniform.

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