There goes the neighborhood: Aaron Rodgers in command

Step aside, Mr. Favre. It's Aaron Rodgers' neighborhood now.

"It looks like the Packers made the right decision in 2008," wrote syndicated columnist Norman Chad. "Rodgers is younger, healthier and maybe as good as Brett Favre, and I don't think he even has a text-messaging plan."

Rodgers, in three career playoff starts, has completed 73 percent of his pass attempts for 10 TDs, with just one pass intercepted.

That's a different tack

"For the America's Cup in 2013," wondered Scott Ostler of the San Francisco Chronicle, "will Alcatraz be the penalty box?"

Headlines

• At TheOnion.com: "Report: Saints attempted to trade for Marshawn Lynch during 67-yard touchdown run."

• At SportsPickle.com: "Brett Favre signs one-day contract to retire a Falcon."

Here's the scoop

Rex Ryan, cast from a different coaching mold? You could say that.

If the NFL were Baskin Robbins, it'd be 32 flavors — 31 of them vanilla.

The old college fry

"Stanford's Andrew Luck turned down the NFL because he wants more of the college experience," wrote Brad Dickson in the Omaha (Neb.) World-Herald. "OK, so take the $40 million and move into a little room with a hot plate."

Naked Bootleg Dept.

Just when the Cam Newton story dies down at Mississippi State, now comes word that a Bulldogs cheerleader posed nude for Playboy.

No word on whether she demanded $180,000 from Maxim first.

Quote marks

• Jim Barach of WCHS-TV in Charleston, W.Va., on Bert Blyleven reaching the Baseball Hall of Fame pitching for the Twins, Pirates, Rangers, Indians and Angels: "Like playing Rafael Nadal in a tennis match while wearing army boots and playing with a frying pan."

• Linebacker Brian Urlacher, to the Daily Herald of suburban Chicago, on his Bears dominating time of possession — 37:10 — in Sunday's playoff win over the Seahawks: "It's easy to play defense when you're not playing."

• Greg Connors of the Buffalo News, after the Boston Blazers indoor lacrosse team apologized for its halftime show featuring women giving lap dances to the team mascot: "The team promises to return to more wholesome halftime attractions, like its wet T-shirt cannon."

Still getting picked on

Brett Favre filed his retirement papers with the NFL office shortly after the regular season.

The receptionist, saying she just couldn't help herself, immediately intercepted them.

Dwight Perry: 206-464-8250 or dperry@seattletimes.com