Aaron Rogers will be an excellent pickup this season. He had a pretty solid first year as starter for the Packers, and I expect that to continue this season as well. He showed that he can step in and pick up where Favre left off.

I don’t see Rogers going off the board terribly early in the 2009 fantasy draft, somewhere in the middle rounds. If your game plan is to wait on a quarterback, Rogers is worth keeping an eye on. The emergence of Jennings as a legit number one WR over the past few seasons, and seeing the chemistry between these two makes me feel that Rogers may be in for big things this year.

It might be a stretch to label Rogers as a sleeper in 2009, but he does have the potential to be a top 5 quarterback, although he most certainly won’t be one of the top five drafted this year. I’d classify him as a semi-sleeper, who should exceed most expectations this season.