@PackerHawk posted:He did say when they left their original teams. With Brady it was a big deal, not so much with Manning but both of them got the assistant GM (or assistant to the GM) role with Tampa and Denver. Rodgers might have to switch teams like they did to get that kind of respect or maybe the GB front office can figure it out how that works by the end of this year.
Brady essentially had that kind of clout with Robert Kraft as he likely was the driving force behind the Garoppolo trade during the middle to the 2017 season.
Manning left because the Colts drafted Andrew Luck. Manning could see that Luck was going to be good (he was probably the most can't miss QB prospect of the last 20 years). I don't think Love is in Andrew Luck territory at this point.
The main reason Brady left last year is that it was pretty obvious that the Patriots were going to rebuilding and it didn't make sense to have a high-dollar QB with no mobility behind a questionable line without good skill position players.
If Rodgers wants to leave after this year, he'll be leaving a team with a top 5 RB, the top WR in football (assuming they at least tag Adams), a HOF left tackle, and one of the top interior lineman in football (Jenkins). He will not find that level of offensive talent anywhere else in the NFL.