Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers will find himself in uncharted waters this Sunday, as he gets to face the team with which he collected four league MVP awards and won a Lombardi trophy.
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had an awkward last couple of years in Green Bay, in which he won two MVP awards after the selection of Jordan Love in the first round of the 2020 NFL Draft. Rodgers has always been willing to speak his mind about the way he sees things, but he doesn’t seem to view this game as anything more than any other regular-season game.
When Rodgers spoke to the media on Wednesday, he made it clear he has no hard feelings about anyone in the Packers organization.
“I don’t have any animosity toward the organization. Obviously I wish that things had been better in our last year there, but I have a great relationship with a lot of people still in that organization. This is not a revenge game for me.”
Packers head coach Matt LaFleur echoed those sentiments talking to the media earlier in the week, saying, “We’re playing the Pittsburgh Steelers, who happen to have Aaron Rodgers. It’s as simple as that.”
While Rodgers seems to be playing it cool while talking about playing against the team that drafted him, a win would undoubtedly mean a lot to him, as the veteran will have a chance to join his former teammate Brett Favre, Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, and Drew Brees as the only quarterbacks in NFL history to defeat all 32 teams with a win over Green Bay on Sunday in Pittsburgh.
Although I think a win for Rodgers would mean much more than he is willing to admit. After the Steelers’ victory over Rodgers other former team the New York Jets earlier this season, he had some choice words for the organization.
“I was happy to beat everyone associated with the Jets,” Rodgers said after the Week 1 victory.
The Steelers currently hold a game-and-a-half lead in the AFC North. Aaron Rodgers getting a victory over his former team would certainly mean a lot to the Steelers in the standings, but it would also be a full-circle moment for their quarterback.
