For anyone who thinks Brett Favre is overrated, I want to point out something. Favre is hoping to extend his consecutive starts to 250 regular-season games (270 including playoffs) Sunday against Oakland after suffering an elbow injury that left his throwing fingers numb and a separated non-throwing shoulder eight days ago against Dallas.

And it's a good thing because Favre's backup, Aaron Roders, who played terrific in that game -- a loss to the Cowboys in relief of Favre -- cannot be counted on to pick up the slack again because he pulled a hamstring in practice. The coach says he's out for a week or two.

Now, Rodgers is a pretty good athlete, right? First-round draft pick and all. He's 14 years younger than Favre and he's out for a week or two because he got hurt preparing to play.

This is not about ridiculing Rodgers. This is about how remarkable Favre's career has been in that he has been durable enough and certainly lucky enough to answer the bell game after game, year after year when the sport he plays can claim a guy at any moment -- even in practice.

In another NFL city, Donovan McNabb likely will be coming back from ankle and finger injuries to reclaim his starting job from A.J. Feeley when Philadelphia plays the New York Giants. Eagles fans are not expected to be as unanimous in their welcome of McNabb as Packer fans most certainly will be about Favre.

But Philly Eagle fans should take note of Feeley's stats over the course of his last 44 pass attempts -- 19 completions and six interceptions. That's one pick for every seven attempts. Two of them decided games in favor of the opposition. McNabb -- who doesn't deserve a free pass for his lackluster play this year -- should at least get credit for protecting the ball. He has six interceptions in 195 attempts.