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Brett Favre and Aaron Rodgers. Two legends in Packers history whose careers could not have been more similar.
They both won a Super Bowl early on and racked up multiple MVPs over the course of their careers. But both could never overcome the mountain of getting that second ring. While Favre would get a second chance in the big dance, he would lose to John Elways Broncos. From there he’d make it to three more NFC Championships, one of which with Minnesota, and lose all three due to late game interceptions. On Rodgers end, he’d go to 4 more NFC Championships and lose all of them, one of which coming from the screwups of his specials teams in 2014, something that happened again in the 2021 divisional round. And then years and years later the two of them have more or less become controversial figures to the point that they left behind complicated legacies in the places they played in, especially in GreenBay.
But nah, the most interesting thing about them is this.
In Favre’s playoff career in GreenBay, his record against the 49ers is 4-1, while his record against the Cowboys is 0-3. That one loss to SF being the 98 Wild Card Game, or The Catch 2 Game, where Jerry Rice fumbled but was ruled down by contact.
In Rodgers playoff career in GreenBay, his record against the 49ers is 0-4, while is record against the Cowboys is 2-0.
So for both of their careers, this is the biggest spot where they both differed. Where the other player struggled, one succeeded.
This is why people wanted Rodgers to go to the Vikings, all of this stuff is just too much to ignore.