As we review the Green Bay Packers NFC North Betting Odds for 2008 we really don't know what to expect coming into the season with the loss off Brett Favre.  We know they have the offense to compete, but the new starter, Aaron Rogers is the one behind the center.

Green Bay returns with 19 starters this year, 9 offense and 10 defense, but they don't return with their gunslinger Brett Favre.  What is Green Bay going to do without Brett Favre?  New quarterback Aaron Rogers will have the most difficult job in sports.  Three-time MVP and Super Bowl-winning gunslinger, he is replacing a legend in Brett, not only is he one of the finest quarterbacks in the game but one of the most popular sports figures in the country.  Favre was a gunslinger and Rogers will be the type that will manage the game and clock.  Rogers will have some big shoes to fill when he starts his first game on Monday night football, September 8th against rival Minnesota.  Favre once said to Rogers "Don't do things the way I do it." Rogers, has only thrown 59 NFL passes (just 8,700 behind Favre).  The NFC North Betting Odds at Sportsbetting.com currently have the Green Bay Packers 25/1 to win the 2009 Superbowl.

The first six games of the 2007 season Green Bay was ranked last in rushing yards.  Then Ryan Grant came along and in there final 10 games of the season, Grant ran for 929 yard second behind LaDainian Tomlinson of San Diego.  The Packer's offense found a running game the second half of the season with Grant.  He also is a good blocker in the backfield protecting Favre last season and he is going to have to do much more of that this season, as teams are going to blitz Rogers a lot.  The key for the Packers this season is keeping him healthy as he will get a ton of work blocking and running the ball in 2008.  The NFC North Betting Odds at Sportsbetting.com currently have the Green Bay Packers 2008 regular season wins at 8.5.

Head coach Mike McCarthy has a record of 21-11 (1-1 playoffs) as head coach.  In 2006 the Packers were 4-12 on the season and McCarthy turned this team around last season taking them all the way to the NFC Championship game.  McCarthy, not Bill Belichick was named 2007 Motorola NFL Coach of the Year in his second year in the league and with the youngest team.  In the off-season, McCarthy got married to wife Jessica Kress, who was previously married to William Kress of Green Bay, a member of the Packers'  Board of Directors.  He also enjoyed getting a five-year contracted extension after getting married.  It's been a busy off season for him.  The honeymoon is over and McCarthy and his staff are back to work for the upcoming season. 

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