As has been well chronicled in the past week, former Green Bay Packers' quarterback, Brett Favre, had some interesting things to say about current Packers' quarterback Aaron Rodgers. When he spoke on Atlanta's 790 The Zone last Tuesday (October 4th), he made the following comments:
"I'm going to be honest, I was not surprised. The biggest surprise to me would be that he didn't do it sooner." (referring to Rodgers winning a Super Bowl)
"He's (Rodgers) very bright and he got a chance to watch and see successful teams do it right. And so he just kind of fell into a good situation. On top of that, he's a good player. I don't think there's any pressure on him now, the talent around him is even better than when I was there."
"Aaron had a chance...even though the last couple years it's seemed like he's almost a rookie, he's been around a while. And I'd like to think that he watched, he learned, and then when he got a chance to play, he brought in his ability -- which is obviously very good or they wouldn't have drafted him in the first round."
"I'm really kind of surprised it took him so long. In the early part of last season, it hadn't quite clicked yet, and I didn't know it would. I just kind of figured when they hit their stride, they're going to be hard to beat. And that's what happened."
Surprised he didn't do it sooner? Got to see how good teams did it right? Fell into a good situation? No pressure on him? Talent around him is better? Seemed like he was almost a rookie even though he'd been around a while? Surprised it took him so long? It hadn't clicked and he didn't know if it would? Yeah, Favre seems to be interested in one thing - protecting his legacy.
Let it be known that Favre didn't win a Super Bowl until his 5th year as a starting quarterback. That's excellent, but Rodgers won it in just his 3rd year as a starter.
In his first three years as a starting quarterback for the Packers, Favre led the team to a record of 26-19. He completed 62.4% of his passes for 10,412 yards, 70 touchdowns and 51 interceptions for a quarterback rating of 83.0.
In Rodgers' first three years starting for the club, he's led the team to a 27-20 record (1 game better than Favre), completed 64.6% of his passes (2.2% better than Favre) for 12,394 yards (1,982 yards better than Favre), 86 touchdowns passes (16 more than Favre), 31 interceptions (20 fewer than Favre) and a quarterback rating of 99.4 (16.4 better than Favre).
Rodgers still has a long ways to go to equal Favre's career numbers, but at this point in his career, he's a notch above Favre. With one more Super Bowl ring, he'll be a step ahead there as well.
http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/7061578/brett-favre-asks-why-aaron-rodgers-super-bowl-title-ring-took-long
"I'm going to be honest, I was not surprised. The biggest surprise to me would be that he didn't do it sooner." (referring to Rodgers winning a Super Bowl)
"He's (Rodgers) very bright and he got a chance to watch and see successful teams do it right. And so he just kind of fell into a good situation. On top of that, he's a good player. I don't think there's any pressure on him now, the talent around him is even better than when I was there."
"Aaron had a chance...even though the last couple years it's seemed like he's almost a rookie, he's been around a while. And I'd like to think that he watched, he learned, and then when he got a chance to play, he brought in his ability -- which is obviously very good or they wouldn't have drafted him in the first round."
"I'm really kind of surprised it took him so long. In the early part of last season, it hadn't quite clicked yet, and I didn't know it would. I just kind of figured when they hit their stride, they're going to be hard to beat. And that's what happened."
Surprised he didn't do it sooner? Got to see how good teams did it right? Fell into a good situation? No pressure on him? Talent around him is better? Seemed like he was almost a rookie even though he'd been around a while? Surprised it took him so long? It hadn't clicked and he didn't know if it would? Yeah, Favre seems to be interested in one thing - protecting his legacy.
Let it be known that Favre didn't win a Super Bowl until his 5th year as a starting quarterback. That's excellent, but Rodgers won it in just his 3rd year as a starter.
In his first three years as a starting quarterback for the Packers, Favre led the team to a record of 26-19. He completed 62.4% of his passes for 10,412 yards, 70 touchdowns and 51 interceptions for a quarterback rating of 83.0.
In Rodgers' first three years starting for the club, he's led the team to a 27-20 record (1 game better than Favre), completed 64.6% of his passes (2.2% better than Favre) for 12,394 yards (1,982 yards better than Favre), 86 touchdowns passes (16 more than Favre), 31 interceptions (20 fewer than Favre) and a quarterback rating of 99.4 (16.4 better than Favre).
Rodgers still has a long ways to go to equal Favre's career numbers, but at this point in his career, he's a notch above Favre. With one more Super Bowl ring, he'll be a step ahead there as well.
http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/7061578/brett-favre-asks-why-aaron-rodgers-super-bowl-title-ring-took-long
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