If this is the end of Aaron Rodgers’s tenure with the Green Bay Packers, the quarterback is going out on top. Rodgers was awarded with his second NFL MVP in as many seasons on Thursday, and his fourth overall in a highly decorated career.
Rodgers paced the NFL in quarterback rating (111.9) while throwing for 37 touchdowns and just four interceptions in 16 games. He led Green Bay to 13 wins and an NFC North title for a third consecutive season, too.
The 38-year-old is one of just five players in NFL history to win MVP in consecutive seasons, joining Jim Brown (1957-58), Joe Montana (1989-90), Brett Favre (1995-97) and Peyton Manning (2003-04, 2008-09). With a fourth MVP trophy on his mantle, Rodgers moves into sole possession of second place on the NFL’s all-time list (Manning retired with five).
Though Rodgers is still under contract for one more season in Green Bay, trade rumours have been rampant since the Packers were eliminated in the NFC divisional round. And really, the rumours started long before that, once the Packers traded up to select Rodgers’s presumed replacement — Jordan Love — in the first round of the 2020 NFL Draft.
Rodgers, who was once in Love’s shoes as the heir apparent for Favre, said he was surprised by the draft choice. He then went out and threw a career-high 48 touchdown passes en route to winning NFL MVP that year.
In the off-season that followed, Rodgers failed to report for the start of mandatory minicamp, which officially meant he was holding out. He did report for training camp in July, however, ahead of what would be his 10th Pro Bowl season.
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