The Green Bay Packers traded up in the 2020 NFL Draft's first round last Thursday in order to select Utah State quarterback Jordan Love with the 26th overall pick. The move was immediately compared to the time the Packers, despite veteran star gunslinger Brett Favre holding down the fort under center, selected a then-California prospect quarterback Aaron Rodgers with the 24th overall pick in the 2005 draft.
Now the shoe is on the other foot for Rodgers, 36, as the retired Favre can only wish the two-time NFL MVP quarterback good luck.
Per Favre spoke about his conversations with Rodgers during an appearance on Bruce Murray and Brady Quinn's SiriusXM NFL Radio show, via ProFootballTalk:
“Aaron and I have a great relationship, and we talked about it … Obviously, he’s a little disappointed …
“To me, the word ‘disrespect’ I think is perfect … That’s the message that it sends to Aaron.
“Isn’t it about winning now? … That pick says, ‘No.'
“Aaron, you’re on your own, buddy … You and Davante Adams.”
Favre went on to say that Rodgers feels like “the odd man out.”
Instead of bolstering the Packers offense with new weapons, Green Bay selected Love, Rodgers' new understudy, in the first round, later taking Boston College running back AJ Dillon in Round 2 and Cincinnati tight end Josiah Deguara in the third round.
The Packers also grabbed a few offensive lineman at the end of the draft, but it was a noticeable failure to search for high-end talent at the beginning of the draft to surround the aging star Rodgers.
Maybe when it's all said and done, though, taking Love instead of an offensive playmaker in the first round will work out. After Favre's Hall of Fame career, including three MVP awards and a memorable Super Bowl victory for Green Bay, Rodgers stepped up and delivered the historic franchise's a Super Bowl win of his own.
Those are big shoes to fill for Jordan Love, though.
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