Aaron Rodgers reveals touching message to Jordan Love
The former Packer has words of wisdom for his successor.
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The Green Bay Packers officially moved on from polarizing quarterback Aaron Rodgers earlier this year, bringing a close to a chapter in their franchise history that included a Super Bowl victory and several personal accolades that he earned. He's now a member of the New York Jets after a highly publicized split from the only NFL team he'd ever suited up for.
The starting job now belongs to Jordan Love, who is entering his very first NFL season as the bonafide starter with the Packers. And Rodgers recently revealed some touching words of wisdom that he had for Love in the same vein as the legend that he replaced years ago in Brett Favre.
“It’s only as big as you make it in your mind,” Rodgers told Sports Illustrated’s Packer Central on Thursday. “A lot of that stuff is just fodder for articles and it never really feels that way inside the facility. It really doesn’t.
“You feel the enormity of how the expectations are in Titletown, but it never feels like this incredible weight. Especially on a young team. Not a lot of those guys played with me for a lot of years. It’s a really young team. So, there’s not like this deep-seated group of four or five guys that were with me for so long. That’s the nature of the NFL. There’s so much turnover. So, it’s never going to feel like this overwhelming sense of, ‘How do I fill this guy’s shoes? What do I have to do?’ I promise you, I know he feels the same way.
“And it’s not a slight to me, like it wouldn’t be a slight to Brett. It’s exciting. You’re the guy. You get to do whatever you want to do and lead how you want to lead. It’s not like this incredibly crazy, ‘How am I going to actually play football?’ It’s like, ‘No, now I get a chance to play football.’ And he’s got the right attitude.
“The shoes are never as big as you think they are. The mantle is never as heavy as you think it is. The crown is heavy of being the leader, but it’s not like living up to these expectations or whatever it might be around who I was or what I did. It’s all about him and what he’s doing and how he’s going to lead, and he’ll be just fine.”
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