Legendary quarterback Brett Favre didn’t get to finish his football career with the Green Bay Packers, playing for two more franchises before hanging up his cleats. Now he believes that his successor at Green Bay, Aaron Rodgers, will follow the same path.
In the recent 2020 NFL Draft, Packers drafted Utah’s QB Jordan Love and sparked rumors that he will replace Rodgers at some point in the future. This will, according to Favre, make Rodgers join another NFL team.
“I think he’ll play somewhere else,” said Favre during his appearance on NBC’s Rich Eisen Show.
Favre added that his “gut” tells him that Rodgers won’t retire as a Packer just as he didn’t get to do the same despite winning a Super Bowl ring and three MVP trophies in Green Bay.
“My gut tells me no,” said Favre when asked whether Rodgers will end his career with Packers. “I don’t know this for certain, but I guarantee you, it’s got the wheels turning in Aaron’s mind. If that’s the case, then that means there’s a chip on his shoulder toward the organization that otherwise was not there. All he needs is a reason other than this reason to expedite that.”
Green Bay Packers surprised the NFL world when they moved up in the first round to take Love, despite badly needing to strengthen the wide receiver position. Many believe that this will be a reason for the divorce between Packers and Aaron Rodgers, considering the Pro Bowl quarterback has had little to work with in recent years.
Still, it appears that the two sides will have to find a way to coexist at least for two more years. Rodgers is almost untradeable until 2021, as he still has four years remaining on his $134 million contract. After that, his cap numbers become more manageable, and he might be on the move while Packers enter the new era with Jordan Love as their signal-caller.
