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Favre Speaks: Surprised Rodgers Wasn’t Doing This Sooner
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<blockquote data-quote="TJV" data-source="post: 391923" data-attributes="member: 4300"><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'georgia'"><span style="color: #000000">For me, it is not that Favre didn't mentor Rodgers - I wouldn't want him to since the fundamentals of the QB position were never his strengths (not throwing into coverage, not throwing off his back foot, taking care of the ball etc.). That's not meant as a knock on him as he was great in spite of that. I am glad the job of mentoring Rodgers was done by Tom Clements (who doesn't get as much credit as he should IMO) and McCarthy. But Favre was a pr*ck to Rodgers when he arrived and that was uncalled for since it wasn't Rodgers fault he was drafted by the Packers. And those who were paying close attention back then will remember during Rodgers first couple of seasons he did not look like the certain heir apparent he became in 2007.</span></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'georgia'"><span style="color: #000000">Of course I can't speak for others, but <a href="http://www.packerforum.com/threads/retiring-favres-4.22286/page-3#post-301963" target="_blank">here's</a> a post which explains what I think of Favre generally. </span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TJV, post: 391923, member: 4300"] [SIZE=3][FONT=georgia][COLOR=#000000]For me, it is not that Favre didn't mentor Rodgers - I wouldn't want him to since the fundamentals of the QB position were never his strengths (not throwing into coverage, not throwing off his back foot, taking care of the ball etc.). That's not meant as a knock on him as he was great in spite of that. I am glad the job of mentoring Rodgers was done by Tom Clements (who doesn't get as much credit as he should IMO) and McCarthy. But Favre was a pr*ck to Rodgers when he arrived and that was uncalled for since it wasn't Rodgers fault he was drafted by the Packers. And those who were paying close attention back then will remember during Rodgers first couple of seasons he did not look like the certain heir apparent he became in 2007.[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=georgia][COLOR=#000000]Of course I can't speak for others, but [URL='http://www.packerforum.com/threads/retiring-favres-4.22286/page-3#post-301963']here's[/URL] a post which explains what I think of Favre generally. [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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