Packers QB Aaron Rodgers Says 'I've Felt Like I've Had To Justify Myself Every Year'
Aaron Rodgers cashed in with the biggest contract in Green Bay Packers history this offseason and became the highest-paid player in the NFL and he calls the pay day humbling.
The former MVP quarterback is facing the challenge of remaining true to who he is and admits its just that a challenge in a an expansive interview with Jason Wilde of...
Aaron Rodgers Got ‘Wake-Up Call’ From Packers This Offseason
Aaron Rodgers‘ future is secure, but he’s got a pretty heavy dose of reality this offseason by way of some of his Packers teammates.
Rodgers signed a five-year, $110 million contract extension in the offseason, making him a very rich man and keeping him in Green Bay through at least the 2019 season. Some of his former Packers teammates weren’t so lucky, as the team went through...
Aaron Rodgers: I Love Packers Being “Under The Radar”
With the return of Sean Payton as coach in New Orleans, and the arms race going on in San Francisco and Seattle, the Green Bay Packers have quietly gone about their business this off-season.
The Packers are not consensus pick among experts around the league, and as Rodgers told ESPN Milwaukee, he loves the “Packers floating under the radar.”
“I love it. I love being under...
Aaron Rodgers: I Love Packers Being “Under The Radar”
With the return of Sean Payton as coach in New Orleans, and the arms race going on in San Francisco and Seattle, the Green Bay Packers have quietly gone about their business this off-season.
The Packers are not consensus pick among experts around the league, and as Rodgers told ESPN Milwaukee, he loves the “Packers floating under the radar.”
“I love it. I love being under...
Aaron Rodgers: “I love being under the radar”
Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodger did an interview with ESPNWisconsin.com and and was asked if he feels like they’re flying under the radar with teams like the Seahawks and 49ers emerging last season.
I love it. I love being under the radar. For sure, we’re a contender. For sure. I mean, we’re going to put ourselves in position to win a lot of games. Our goal is...
The Packers Are Being Totally Disrespected, You Guys
Perhaps the most pointless off-season story other than a player claiming to be in the best shape of his life is a player boasting that his team not receiving enough respect will somehow propel them to glory. So thanks for this, Aaron Rodgers. The Packers no longer are one of the trendy NFC teams: Those teams reside in the NFC West. “I love it. I love being under the radar,” Rodgers...
Aaron Rodgers loves being Under the Radar
Usually the Packers are the team to beat, but that could change this year, and Rodgers knows it. The Packers are no longer one of the trendy NFC teams: Those teams reside in the NFC West.
“I love it. I love being under the radar,” Rodgers told Jason Wilde of ESPNMilwaukee.com recently. “For sure, we’re a contender. For sure. I mean, we’re going to put ourselves in position...
Is Aaron Rodgers Getting Too Old For the Green Bay Packers?
Football is a young man’s sport and even more so with the Green Bay Packers. Since the introduction of Ted Thompson and Mike McCarthy as the Packers general manager and head coach respectively, the Packers has consistently fielded one of the youngest rosters in the league. In particular, Ted Thompson’s acumen for finding talented college players coupled with his penchant...
NEVER SAY NEVER
Driver would return to Packers if asked
Donald Driver, who retired four months ago, said he would end his retirement and return to play for the Green Bay Packers if the team asked.
Green Bay Packers continue honing their ‘A-Rod Receptors’
Alright – so this cheesy headline is perhaps better fitted for a science mag feature. But in the past five seasons, the Green Bay Packers have fine-tuned their passing game into precision artwork. Potent and depth laden, Green Bay’s aerial attack has amassed over 22,000 yards since 2008. Art or Science? Perhaps a little of both – as even losses to Pro-Bowlers Donald Driver...
Desmond Bishop released, Aaron Rodgers’ contract to blame?
Earlier in the week, the Green Bay Packers released linebacker Desmond Bishop due to the inability to agree on a restructured contract. This is how the NFL works, players sign big contracts only later to be asked to restructure and take less money because a team is tight on cap space. In 2011, the Packers re-signed Bishop to an affordable four-year $19M deal that only had five-million...
Mike McCarthy Speaks about Favre, your move Ted.
The divorce was messy, the aftermath was even uglier, and now moving on from it all is going at a snail’s pace. Slowly but surely however, the Packers and Brett Favre are getting closer to burying the hatchet and retiring the legendary quarterback’s jersey.
It all began Super Bowl weekend when Aaron Rodgers and Brett Favre sent shockwaves through sports media outlets when they...
Brett Favre: Aaron Rodgers will shatter all my Green Bay Packers records
Brett Favre and the Green Bay Packers continue to inch closer to burying the hatchet. There has always been a noticeable amount of tension between Favre and Aaron Rodgers since the Packers decided to commit to the former Cal star as their quarterback of the future, but it appears the Ole Gunslinger is even ready [...]
Aaron Rodgers and Mike McCarthy: The NFL’s Most Dynamic Duo?
The partnership of Aaron Rodgers and Mike McCarthy has reaped Super benefits for the Green Bay Packers and their fans.
Former Green Bay Packers head coach Mike Holmgren once said he told a young and out of control Brett Favre the following to help buck up his raw but up-and-coming quarterback: “You and I are joined at the hip.”
It was that joining of the hip that led the Holmgren...
Brett Favre believes Aaron Rodgers will 'shatter' his Packers records
Brett Favre is saying all the right things as the retired quarterback works toward an official reconciliation with the Green Bay Packers.
Last week, in an interview with WGR 550 in Buffalo, Favre admitted for the first time that he "was at fault" for his role in parting ways with the Packers in 2008.
This week, the three-time NFL Most Valuable Player had a variety of ways...
Brett Favre: Aaron Rodgers will Break All my Records
I think Favre has done a good job of mending the relationship that he once had with the Green Bay Packers organization. After even going on record and admitting that he was at fault for the rift between the two sides, you had to know things would start looking up. So when Favre comes out [...]
Brett Favre: Aaron Rodgers Will Shatter All My Records
Brett Favre is doing his part to ingratiate himself to the Green Bay Packer faithful, so that he can be welcomed back with open arms.
Favre was on SiriusXM NFL Radio on Thursday, and praised his predecessor Aaron Rodgers, saying that the highest paid player in the NFL would shatter all of his records.
“Aaron has played extremely well, probably even better than anyone anticipated...
Brett Favre Says Aaron Rodgers Will ‘Shatter Everything I Ever Did’ As Packers Quarterback
Brett Favre hasn’t just buried the hatchet. He’s dug a hole so deep for said hatchet that it looks like it won’t ever come back.
Favre has made efforts recently to put himself back in the good graces of the Packers family, including taking blame for his split with the team. The Packers have also said they want to patch things up. Now Favre, who’s had his share of uncomfortable...
2013 Fantasy Football Draft Strategy: Quarterbacks
Highly Productive QBs Are Even More Prevalent
Many of you who are reading this are likely to have participated in fantasy football during the 2000s, and a number of you likely began owning teams in the ‘90s. If that includes you, then you undoubtedly are familiar with the draft strategy of selecting RBs with each of your first two draft picks. That practice was essentially unchallenged...
PACKER FOR LIFE
Favre: Rodgers will shatter my records
Despite a previously rocky relationship, Brett Favre lately has gone out of his way to praise his quarterbacking successor for the Packers, Aaron Rodgers.
Brett Favre: Aaron Rodgers will shatter everything I did
Green Bay Packers legend Brett Favre is putting the past behind him as he mends fences with the club that he made magic with.
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Brett Favre Thinks Packers QB Aaron Rodgers Will 'Shatter' All His Team Records
One week after Brett Favre took responsibility for the messy way things ended with the Packers, the Favre redemption tour continued on Thursday when he took to the radio waves to praise his replacement, Aaron Rodgers.
"Aaron has played extremely well, probably even better than anyone anticipated," Favre said on Sirius XM NFL Radio, via USA Today. "But I knew he...
McCarthy likes Packers' sense of urgency
Following second-round playoff losses in consecutive seasons, Green Bay Packers coach Mike McCarthy has seen a different look to his team this offseason.
''Frankly, I feel this - and I've thought it since I came back in April; it started in the weight room - this team has a different edge to it, a higher sense of urgency than I can recall,'' McCarthy said Tuesday...
McCarthy Notices 'Higher Sense of Urgency'
After disappointing finishes to the 2011 and 2012 seasosn, the Packers have returned for the 2013 offseason with a new focus. "I think Coach is doing it and he's leading by example," quarterback Aaron Rodgers said on Tuesday
Aaron Rodgers Throws a Mean Dodgeball
You don’t want to be hit with one of these fastballs Juan…
Sometimes rainy days can be fun. The Packers headed indoors and played a little dodgeball. The team captained by quarterback Aaron Rodgers won their first two matches and then squared off for bragging rights, with Rodgers’ squad winning it all. Rodgers clearly knows the five D’s of Dodgeball.
Aaron Rodgers and Destiny...
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