Every week we here at Railbird Central plan on bringing you the silver lining from the past Green Bay Packer game. This week's silver lining: an explosive offense.

The offense provided a glimpse into the post-Brett Favre era in Thursday's preseason finale at home against the Tennessee Titans. It was a brief glimpse. If you blinked, you may have missed it.

It's hard to blame people if they worried the offense might not have the same explosiveness without Favre as they had with him. He had a lot of attributes: his cannon for an arm, his elusiveness in the pocket, his cagey playmaking ways.

Aaron Rodgers isn't Brett Favre and never will be. But there is a reason some people considered him for the number one overall draft choice in the NFL draft. He showed why on Thursday. People might also forget that Rodgers was the highest rated passer in the entire NFL during the 2007 preseason. How soon we forget.

Perhaps even more responsible for the first string offense's touchdown last night was Greg Jennings. His nice catch and run turned into a 68 yard touchdown. He just might be headed for a role formerly held by Donald Driver as the team's number one target.

The receiving corps as a whole will definitely be better than in '07. It's possible that Rodgers will be on the same wavelength as the younger receivers such as Jennings. People have already mentioned that Ruvell Martin is headed for a bigger role in the Packer offense due to his repoire with Rodgers from serving together on the scout team offense for years. Driver is a Pro Bowler. James Jones should be better in his second year. And Jordy Nelson should be a nice addition to the offense.

The Packer offense of 2008 has an advantage over last year's version in that they also have an threat at running back starting in week one unlike last year. The running game should help to take some pressure off Rodgers as Ryan Grant could be headed for a great year. And even if Grant slips up, Brandon Jackson should be light years ahead of where he was 365 days ago.

In the wake of a Packers loss yesterday, fans should at least be encouraged by the play of the first string offense. And that's your silver lining.

Photo credit: Joe Koshollek for the Journal Sentinel