Aaron Rodgers has a chance to make history at the Green Bay Packers‘ expense.
When the Packers visit the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 8, Rodgers has a chance to become the fifth quarterback to beat all 32 NFL teams, joining Brett Favre, Peyton Manning, Tom Brady and Drew Brees, with a win over the Packers.
However, he isn’t too concerned about what may be his only chance to get one over on his former team.
“It is just another game,” Rodgers told Sports Illustrated’s Bill Huber. “Obviously, there’s energy around it kind of outside of yourself, but it doesn’t make or break your career. It’ll be fun to beat them, for sure, because I would’ve beaten every team, and because you’re trying to win all your games. Either way, it’ll be good to see so many people.”
Aaron Rodgers Says Vikings, Brett Favre Matchups Had More Energy Than He’s Giving to Packers Rivalry
While Rodgers admitted he is excited about the matchup this season, he detailed the energy surrounding when Favre did the same with the Minnesota Vikings — which he felt was much more “charged.”
“I remember the environment at the old Metrodome,” Rodgers told Huber. “We were playing on Monday night and that was electric, man. You could just feel it in the air. They were good and we knew we were pretty good, too.”
Rodgers, now with the Steelers, has kept it cordial when discussing his former team, the longtime Packers quarterback managed to sneak in a jab at the Chicago Bears‘ expense.
“Oh, you know, I want to play good every game,” he said. “There’s no extra motivation. I think that’s all media narrative. I’m trying to play great every game. You’d love to throw four, five touchdowns every single week. It might mean more in Chicago or whatever, but, at the end of the day, you’re trying to play good every single week.”
Steelers QB Aaron Rodgers Reveals Feelings on What Return to Lambeau Field Would Look Like
In 2009 and 2010, Rodgers saw the energy of Lambeau Field upon Favre’s return to Green Bay.
He’s thought about his own return, although that won’t be happening this season.
“Yeah, I’ve thought about it,” Rodgers told Huber. “I was thinking maybe coming to Lambeau would be amazing. It’d be strange because I was on the other side of ’9 and ’10. It won’t be as energized, I would say, if we were coming back to Lambeau instead of having the Packers out to Pittsburgh. The thing is, and you know this, not many guys that I’ve played with are still there.”
While Rodgers there aren’t many players left on the Packers roster from Rodgers’ era, he admitted a return to Lambeau would have lent itself to another electric atmosphere.
“So, it’s not like it’s the exact same team that I left and I’m coming back,” Rodgers said. “Obviously, I know Matt (LaFleur) and I know a lot of the guys over there, so it’ll be fun to see them. Rich Bisaccia; I still have a lot of friends that I talk to over there. But I think it would be more of a charge if we were playing at Lambeau this year.”
