Some forget who Rogers learned from. He's an excellent QB & is certainly heading in the right direction to a HOF career & may even surpass Farve one day. But honestly I don't think he's quite there yet.
Actually Rick, Fav/rey, did not teach Aaron a damn thing, believe it or not. In fact, it was the Student (Rodgers), Teaching the Teacher Fav/rey. As Aaron took strong to McCarthy's QB Training Camps.
Please read on, this is very interesting, you will enjoy it.
Though Rodgers played very little in his rookie season, he ran the scout team during practice.[45] His job was to mimic opponents' schemes for the defense for the game the following week. Rodgers said this was critical to his success, and that those were his game reps. The defense and scouts often complained that he was practicing too hard, and at one point asked him to tone it down. He stated that he had probably "rubbed people the wrong way" with how hard he practiced. Wide receiver Donald Driver, commented that Rodgers took "every scout-team possession like it was the last possession of his life."
After the Packers' losing season of Rodgers' rookie year, head coach Mike Sherman was fired and replaced by current head coach Mike McCarthy. Rodgers was then placed in McCarthy's "Quarterback school" for six hours a day several times a week.***(1) This focused on working on Rodgers's motor skills such as hand-eye coordination, finger dexterity, and mechanics. McCarthy also worked on Rodgers' release point, moving it from right beside the ear hole of his helmet to further below it, to give him a smoother release. Rodgers was also instructed to lower his body fat ratio from 15 percent to 12 percent. Rodgers was resistant to the changes at first but later commented that he thought they were for the better. During practice in 11-on-11 drills, Rodgers completed 62.7% of his passes with seven interceptions, and McCarthy commented that "He's getting better" and that "You're looking at a guy who's going to mature. He's got athletic ability that people still haven't seen."
Favre did not attend the quarterback school under the new coaching staff and thus knew none of the terminology in the new system. It was here that the friendship between Rodgers and Favre began to form as Rodgers instructed Favre which plays in the Sherman system corresponded to those in the new McCarthy system.*** (2) When the preseason began, Rodgers played as the backup in all four games; he completed 22 out 38 passes for 323 yards and three touchdowns.
Just a few more accolades, to show all, what Rodger's HAS already accomplished, what Fav/rey did not. (Viva Les Francois/Quebecois)....!!!
Packer records
Most passing yards in a season (4,643)
Most touchdown passes in a season (45)
Most total touchdowns in a season (48)
Best touchdown to interception ratio in a season (45:6)
Highest completion percentage in a season (68.3%)
Highest yards per attempt in a season (9.25)
Highest passing touchdown % in a season (9.0%)
Best (lowest) pass interception % in a season (1.2%)
Best career pass interception % (1.8%)
Tied record for most passing yards in a game (480)
Tied record for most touchdown passes in a game (6)
Most passing yards in a playoff game (423)
Most games with a passer rating of over 100.0, 110.0, 120.0 & 130.0 in a season.
Most consecutive games with a passer rating of over 100.0 and 110.0 in a season.
Most passing yards in a single postseason (1,094).
Most passing yards (304) and touchdowns (3) in a Super Bowl
Most passing yards by a quarterback in their first year as a starter (4,038)
Highest completion percentage in a playoff game with a minimum of 25 attempts (86.1%)
Highest career passer rating in regular season (104.0)
Most seasons with a passer rating of over 100.0 (5)
Most consecutive seasons with a passer rating of over 100.0 (5)
Most touchdown passes in back to back seasons (84)
Most touchdown passes in a single postseason (9)
Only QB to pass for over 4,000 yards and rush for over 300 yards in a season
Highest career completion percentage (65.8%)
Highest career yards per passing attempt (8.2)
Most games with a completion percentage of over 70.0% in a season (7)
Highest passing yards per game average in a season (309)
Only QB to pass for over 400 yards in a playoff game
Only QB to average over 300 passing yards in a season.
These are Rodgers PACKERS records only. Now who thinks Fav/rey was the better of the two, and were only 1/2 the way through A-Rods career...????????????
