The Complicated Relationship Between Aaron Rodgers And Brett Favre

It's not easy for a star quarterback to welcome who he perceives to be his replacement. When Aaron Rodgers was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in 2005, three years before Brett Favre retired, No. 4 wasn't exactly warm and fuzzy to Rodgers. "[With Favre] being a veteran, having played multiple seasons and then the team drafted a guy to eventually take your place ... I can tell you on my side there was nothing but cheerleading and hard work and I kept my mouth shut," Rodgers said on "In Depth with Graham Bensinger." In a separate interview with Graham Bensinger, Favre reiterated the fact he wasn't close with his successor. "I don't have to give [Rodgers] any insights on what I do or don't do," he said, adding that his job was to "win ball games," and not to mentor Rodgers. Essentially, Favre didn't like the idea that he was expected to mold Rodgers into a winning QB, which precipitated their rocky relationship.

The Hall of Famer doubled down on his take, insisting that the situation between he and Rodgers wasn't unique. "I'm much older than him," Favre told Graham Bensinger, intimating that the age difference meant they didn't have much in common. Ironically, Rodgers dealt with a similar situation when the Packers signed quarterback Jordan Love in the 2020 NFL draft. Pundits expressed outrage on his behalf, opining that Rodgers "should ask to be traded."

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