Rodgers vs. Favre: Who Will Packers Fans Revere More?
In 20 years, will Green Bay Packers fans favor Brett Favre, despite flaws, or choose the enigmatic Aaron Rodgers? What will Rodgers do in Pittsburgh this year?
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Pittsburgh, the relationship between Mike McCarthy and Aaron Rodgers will end how?
Playoff game, you know, second round loss.
Aaron's, I think Aaron ha- has put the bygone I, I think Aaron is tired of all the, the old complaints that he had.
This is his choosing.
This is how he wanted to finish.
He wanted to have a com- a coach that he was comfortable with, who was gonna run an offense, and was gonna run a team the way he liked it.
So yeah, this is He acquiesced to this.
He accepted this.
I think that they're fine.
You know, is there lingering bit- bitterness from the wasted years in Green Bay?
Yes.
Is Aaron holding onto that any more than he held it onto it before?
No.
So I think they're okay.
Ben, I think that that's a good enough team if You know, look, everything that happens really, with that team really hangs on T.J. Watt.
You know, if you assume that Aaron Rodgers is gonna be healthy, T.J. Watt's the guy who stirs the drink for that team.
When he's there, they win.
When he's not, they're just a suspect defense.
I shouldn't say s- suspect.
They're a solid defense.
They're not a great defense.
So ultimately, you keep T.J. Watt healthy.
If he is, they make the playoffs.
Jason, as a Hall of Fame voter, I wanna get your perspective on how, in 10 years or 20 years from now, who do you think Green Bay fans and NFL fans are gonna revere more, Brett Favre or Aaron Rodgers?
Who will they have more of a respect for in 20 years from now, Rodgers or Favre?
That's a tough question, 'cause Rodgers definitely, you know, is not the most likable human being in the world.
Favre, however, went to Minnesota, so he crossed a line that I think some Green Bay fans will never really be comfortable with.
So I'm gonna guess that it's gonna be Rodgers.
But also, knowing the people in Wisconsin and Green Bay fans who just love football period, I think that they take them about, you know, on par, about equal, if that makes sense, right?
Like, they're gonna have this respect for Rodgers and his ability to play quarterback, and a tolerance for his goofiness and, you know, his, his arrogance.
And they're going to, to excuse Favre for what happened at the end when they had to move on from him to Rodgers, and blame that on other people, and they'll forgive him, his, you know, his, his crossing the line to go to Minnesota.
And they'll sort of remember the goofiness and the explosiveness of him.
And it's not like this is the Giants fans, where they'll definitely draw a line .
These are Packer fans who have, just love football, period.
Don't you agree, though, that Favre is more relatable to people, and Aaron Rodgers is, like, this kind of, like, mystic weirdo guy who goes in Hiawatha, like, caves, and he comes out and, you know, he's kind of a weird guy?
Yeah.
Whereas Favre is relatable, and he's like, you know, this guy here, you know, I can relate to that guy here.
Now, maybe what happened to him in Mini- Mississippi and that stuff at the end will also, like, put a dent in how people will look at him.
But at the end of the day, this guy's goofy.
Like, we've all thought maybe he's more relatable than Fa- than what, Rodgers is.
I don't know.
When you're Benedict Arnold, and you play for the Vikings, and you're a Packers fan- Yeah I think you cross the line that people are not gonna cross.
Stole.
And they'll f- and, and when you steal from little kids and, and people on welfare, sorry, you don't get forgiven that, that easily.
Like- No I'm sorry, this little thing that happened in Mississippi, you stole welfare money.
You stole welfare money, okay?
You're a slime ball
