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Yavin4

(35,438 posts) Fri Jan 11, 2013, 07:33 PM Jan 2013

Aaron Rodgers at the 2005 NFL Draft

Watch out 49ers:

p.s. The 49ers also didn't draft Tom Brady a few years earlier, and he was crushed as well.

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Aaron Rodgers at the 2005 NFL Draft (Original Post) Yavin4 Jan 2013 OP

I watched that draft live on TV. Grantuspeace Jan 2013 #1

Actually, Matt Flynn started a game during the Favre/Rodgers era. Scuba Jan 2013 #2

The funny thing is, the man most responsible for Rodgers not being a 49er is Recovered Repug Jan 2013 #3

Grantuspeace

(873 posts)

1. I watched that draft live on TV.

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Fri Jan 11, 2013, 07:46 PM

Jan 2013

And remember being on pins and needles as the prospect of Rodgers falling down to the Packers.
Just think about it. The Packers have had only 2 quarterbacks in the last 20 years.

Scuba

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2. Actually, Matt Flynn started a game during the Favre/Rodgers era.

Reply to Grantuspeace (Reply #1)

Fri Jan 11, 2013, 07:59 PM

Jan 2013

But we have had it sweet.

Recovered Repug

(1,518 posts)

3. The funny thing is, the man most responsible for Rodgers not being a 49er is

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Fri Jan 11, 2013, 09:11 PM

Jan 2013

Mike McCarthy - his head coach at Green Bay. McCarthy was the offensive coordinator at San Fran at the time and was a lot higher on Alex Smith than Aaron Rodgers.

McCarthy has probably had a change of heart by now.

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