Green Bay Packers star quarterback Aaron Rodgers has some company in the NFC after future Hall of Fame signal-caller Tom Brady left his New England Patriots in free agency this spring for the NFC South division's Tampa Bay Buccaneers, signing a two-year, fully guaranteed $50 million contract.

Rodgers, 36, will get the opportunity to duel with Brady in Tampa for the Packers during the 2020 regular season.

Via Henry McKenna in Packers Wire:

“I think it is definitely strange,” he said during an interview with Golf Channel’s Chantel McGabe. “It will be strange to not see him in a Patriot jersey. We played them a couple of years ago and thought that was probably the last time we’d play each other. Now, we get another chance.

“I think having him in the league is obviously great for the league and he’s a fantastic player. His career speaks for itself. Obviously, he still feels like he has a lot — he has something left to prove. I don’t think he does. I think it is only to himself that he can still do it. What he’s done kind of setting the bar for the rest of us with his health and his work ethic and his longevity is something I think that is appreciated now and is going to be appreciated even greater when he’s done playing.”

Rodgers hasn't been with the Packers for 20 years, but he's close. Brady spent 20 years alongside head coach Bill Belichick in New England, winning six Super Bowl titles in that span after the Patriots selected the California native with the 199th overall pick in the 2000 NFL Draft.

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Like Rodgers with the Packers, Brady had to wait until the QB position was freed from a successful predecessor.

That man for Rodgers was Brett Favre. It was Drew Bledsoe for Brady. These were their situations with the Packers and Patriots, respectively, before each gunslinger had the opportunity to fulfill their football fates and win championships (or in Rodgers' case, one championship).

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