Brett Favre was a kid on the field. Aaron Rodgers is like a cerebral assassin. Rodgers gets excited, yes, all athletes do (except Johnny Unitas, you couldn't tell if he threw a TD or INT). Favre did the forward flip pass, threw snowballs, tackled his own teammates, etc ... Rodgers does a lot of things that show he has a good sense of humor in his character like the ritual of appearing in the background of the team captain pics, the hair, the facial hair, the belt, the hadouken, etc ...
Rodgers is far more business on the field than Favre and that's not a con or pro to either in my opinion. However, its easier to trust Rodgers passes being caught or incomplete where Favre you assumed it was going to be caught, sadly, sometimes by the wrong jersey which, lets face it, created helluva lot excitement for viewers.
Wade, we almost had a fight there, but I see you have Sanders #1. 🙂
Gale Sayersr wouldn't have been better than Walter Payton, I have enough of both to dispute that.
I have no question the Packers would have escaped mediocrity of the 70's and 80's with or without Brett Favre. I'm basing on that opinion on all the other pieces being in place. Wolf, Holmgren, White, Santana, etc ... Holmgren's staff was really good at developing QB's and the focal point of the passing game was timing an shorter passes. It was more of a QB friendly offensive system.
I am NOT undermining the importance of Brett Favre ... I just feel he needed the system, more than the system needed him.