In the early stages of the 2008 NFL season Aaron Rodgers, in my eyes, has done a great job taking the place of the legend Brett Favre at Green Bay, leading his team to a 2-0 record with victories over Minnesota and Detroit. With four touchdown passes and no picks, along with a 70% completion percentage he's been able to silence the critics.

However Sunday night, in just his third career start, he'll have to face one of the best teams in the NFL, the Dallas Cowboys. He'll go head-to-head against Tony Romo, who led the Cowboys to the playoffs last year.

When I first looked at this when the schedules were released, I didn't have much hope of the Packers being able to win against the best team in the NFC, but after these first two games I could see the Pack going to 3-0.

First of all the Packers will have the advantage of playing at Lambeau Field, which is good considering the Pack haven't won at Texas Stadium in the regular season since 1989. Of course more important than what field you're playing on is how you play on the field, and if the Packers play like they have these first two games they should be victorious after 60 minutes of play.

Now I know I'm basing this off a team that has no offense (Vikings) and a team that has no defense (Lions) but regardless the Packers have done what they need to do to win. Against the Vikings, who have one of the best defenses in the NFL, Aaron Rodgers was able to get a passing and rushing touchdown, while Ryan Grant rushed for 92 yards despite not playing at 100% because of his hamstring injury.

The one thing that concerned me after that game was our defense, which played well after the first two quarters, only giving up a field goal, but gave up 16 points in the 3rd and 4th quarters, including two touchdowns.

However when we played the Lions I became optomistic, because they had performed well in the first half again, only giving up a field goal, but once again they fell apart in the final 30 minutes, giving up 20 points to Detroit's offense, granted three of those points came because of a fumble by Rodgers.

That leads me to my next point, Rodgers hasn't made any mistakes passing, but he's given up three fumbles already, one of which resulted in a turnover. Against a team like the Cowboys, the Packers can't afford to be giving up the ball. If they avoid giving up the ball and play defense for all 60 minutes, not just the first 30, they'll be able to top the Cowboys and go to 3-0.