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With Aaron Rodgers formally signing with the Pittsburgh Steelers, he’s set for some fairly enjoyable reunions on the 2025 schedule.
Not solely will he be dealing with his former New York Jets teammates in a Week 1 battle, however the Steelers can even be internet hosting the workforce Rodgers gained 4 league MVP trophies with over his future Corridor of Fame profession.
And Rodgers’ Inexperienced Bay Packers successor, Jordan Love, can’t watch for the “Sunday Night time Soccer” reunion.
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Inexperienced Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love (Lon Horwedel-Imagn Photographs)
The Packers and Steelers will sq. off on Oct. 26 at Acrisure Stadium within the primetime slot, and Love instructed Channel 3000 throughout his spherical of golf on the American Household Insurance coverage Championship on Friday how a lot he’s trying ahead to it.
“It’s going to be enjoyable. It’s going to be superior. I’m excited for it,” Love stated. “I can’t wait to be on totally different sides, assembly up, and I do know we’ll speak pregame, issues like that. And hopefully we are able to alternate jerseys after.”
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Love was taken twenty sixth total within the 2020 NFL Draft, which shocked some contemplating Rodgers was exhibiting no indicators of slowing down underneath middle.
Nicely, it appears to mild an additional fireplace in his stomach, as Rodgers went on to win back-to-back MVP awards within the 2020 and 2021 seasons whereas Love realized behind him as his backup. However in 2022, Rodgers noticed his last season with the Packers after an 8-9 document, and Inexperienced Bay made it clear who was subsequent up.
Love took all the teachings he realized from Rodgers and cemented himself because the workforce’s quarterback of the longer term, going 9-8 with 4,159 yards passing with 32 touchdowns to 11 interceptions in his third NFL season (first because the workforce’s starter).
Aaron Rodgers (AP Photograph/Seth Wenig, File)
The Packers signed Like to an extension earlier than the 2024 season, and although he handled an early damage, he went 9-6 over his 15 video games to guide his workforce to the playoffs as Inexperienced Bay went 11-6.
Whereas Love is seeking to hold stacking up playoff seasons, he was tapped into Rodgers’ offseason journey this 12 months, saying he wasn’t “too stunned” to see him select Pittsburgh.
“I used to be excited for him, that he was clearly coming again and going to be taking part in. There have been additionally some rumors that he is likely to be carried out, so simply realizing he’s going to maintain taking part in, that’s fairly superior.”
Love reiterated what he’s stated previously about Rodgers, that he was a very good mentor whereas they have been teammates regardless of Inexperienced Bay drafting Rodgers’ successor.
In any case, Rodgers went by means of it himself when he was drafted as Brett Favre’s substitute.
Jordan Love and Aaron Rodgers shall be dealing with off in opposition to one another after the latter signed with the Pittsburgh Steelers. (IMAGN)
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“I recognize positively the best way A-Rod dealt with being in that state of affairs, and I feel an enormous a part of it – which he instructed me – was he knew the way it was for him being in that very same place and the issues that he went by means of and the best way the state of affairs would possibly’ve been dealt with (otherwise). I feel perspective was: ‘I’m attempting to go about this just a little bit otherwise,’ which I feel was superior,” Love defined.
“In my time with A-Rod, we had a fantastic relationship. It was superior being in the identical room with him, with the ability to study.”
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Scott Thompson is a sports activities author for Fox Information Digital.
