It has been over a year since the controversial split between the Green Bay Packers and future Hall of Famer quarterback Aaron Rodgers. But even after all that time, Ian O’Connor, who wrote a biography about Rodgers, thinks that the signal-caller still has beef with the Packers.
“Yes. I think the greats, they feel slighted, and they never forget it,” O’Connor said when asked by Colin Cowherd if Rodgers still resents Green Bay (h/t Sportskeeda).
“And Aaron holds a grudge like he holds the football, with a very firm grip. He never lets go. So there’s no question. If you asked Aaron which team he’d like to face in the Super Bowl as a member of the New York Jets, it’s the Green Bay Packers— I think the Packers wanted to fire him, and I think he knows that, and I think he’ll never forget it. This is a guy who, out of high school, didn’t have a single scholarship offer. He gets humiliated at the draft.
He got 1310 on his SATs. He’s a great quarterback, and he’s got to go to the local community college. Those things add up to that gigantic chip on his shoulder that still has not gone away.”
It is widely believed that the main cause of Rodgers’ grudge against the Packers was Green Bay’s decision to take a quarterback in the first round of the 2020 NFL Draft. Rodgers was still the Packers’ QB1 for two more years after Green Bay drafted Jordan Love, but in 2023, the team finally pulled the trigger on a trade that sent the four-time NFL Most Valuable Player to the New York Jets.
In any case, Rodgers will look to spend all his energy in the 2024 NFL campaign trying to help the Jets reach the playoffs.
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