Saints vs. Packers: Aaron Rodgers Will Ensure Packers Victory vs. Saints

The NFL season starts in the best way possible: two former Super Bowl champions exchanging blows in an opening salvo that will quench our thirst for football. The Green Bay Packers and New Orleans Saints do battle on Thursday, and the Packers will come away with a win. 

I couldn't ask for two more gifted football teams to grace us with an Opening Night delight. The Saints may have lost a star running back in Reggie Bush, but they picked up another promising back in Mark Ingram. 

Jimmy Graham is another youngster looking to increase the number of reps he receives in 2011. The Saints are reloading in yet another push as Super Bowl contenders. 

The Green Bay Packers are the class of the NFL for a reason though. They have built a well-oiled machine through ingenious drafting. While many believe they hit a hot streak at the end of last season, I believe it runs far deeper. 

The Packers slowly started to work out the kinks as the chemistry on the team was ironed out. All of the players figured out their roles. 

I am confident that what we saw in the postseason from Green Bay is what we will be treated to in 2011. The Packers hardly made any moves in the offseason; they didn't have to. 

Aaron Rodgers is the main reason this team will continue to move forward in their title defense. He was simply sublime at the close of 2010 and he will be near perfect again. 

The usual suspects will line up as his receivers and a healthy Jermichael Finley will be there for him in the red zone. 

The Packers are that rare team that has the perfect answer at every position. The 2011 season will be theirs—and that spells doom for the traveling New Orleans Saints.