You would think that things around the Green Bay Packers would finally start to settle down with the draft in the rear view mirror. Yet the soap opera continues.
Along comes Brett Favre to stir the pot a bit. Well, more than a bit. On the Rich Eisen show this week, talked about the Packers disrespecting current quarterback Aaron Rodgers by qb Jordan Love in the first round.
And though he's friends with Rodgers now (not so much the first three years Rodgers was riding the bench), Favre is hardly the expert I would turn to here. Yes, he left Green Bay under a cloud. But ONLY because, every season, he sang the "gee, I'm not having fun, think I'm gonna retire" blues. Could you blame the Packers for wanting to have some insurance?
Granted, a LOT of us in Packer Nation questioned that draft pick. They should have filled needs, either on offense or defense. Yes, Rodgers is under contract for four more years. And Rodgers, who will be 37 in December, says he wants to play into his 40s (like Tom Brady, Drew Brees and Phillip Rivers). Well, A-Rodg, nothing is guaranteed. I wanted to be feet tall. Didn't happen. I want to shoot in the mid-40s on the golf course. Doesn't happen.
Wanting something is different from it happening.
I look at the Love pick as insurance. Rodgers has been beaten up more than a little the last few seasons. You need a solid backup at this position or you're screwed. Where would the New Orleans Saints have been last year if backup Teddy Bridgewater doesn't go unbeaten off the bench for an injured Brees. And the Saints have replaced the departed Bridgewater with free agent Jamis Winston.
I believe Rodgers will be the Packer qb for at least the next three seasons. Will he finish his career in Green & Gold? Favre doesn't think so. Me? I'm not so sure. Much depends on how healthy Rodgers stays.
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