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Favre says he thought Rodgers' success would have come sooner
e-mail print By Bob Wolfley of the Journal Sentinel
Oct. 4, 2011 2:25 p.m. |(25) Comments
In an interview Tuesday with an Atlanta radio station, former Packers quarterback Brett Favre said he was not surprised Aaron Rodgers led the Packers to a Super Bowl title last year. In fact, Favre said he was surprised Rodgers didn't do it sooner than last season.
Favre made his remarks to WQXI-AM (790) on Tuesday. Favre also talked about his life in retirement and if he had any regrets about returning to play for the Minnesota Vikings.
Favre was interviewed by Mike Morgan, who worked with Favre on the Southern Miss-Rice telecast on regional TV on Saturday. Morgan has a talk show on WQXI, the flagship station of the Atlanta Falcons. The Packers play at Atlanta on Sunday night.
"I’m going to be honest, I was not surprised," Favre said, referring to watching Rodgers and the Packers fashion a championship season.
Favre said his last year in Green Bay lived up his contention that it was the most talented team he had ever played on.
"We came close, and I think we took a lot of people by surprise, but guys emerged rather quickly," Favre said. "Aaron had a chance . . .even though the last couple years it’s seemed like he’s almost a rookie, he’s been around awhile. And I’d like to think that he watched, he learned, and then when he got a chance to play, he brought in his ability which is obviously very good or they wouldn’t have drafted him in the first round.
"He’s got tremendous talent, he’s very bright and he got a chance to watch and see successful teams do it right," Favre said. "And so he just kind of fell into a good situation. On top of that, he’s a good player. I don’t think there’s any pressure on him now, the talent around him is even better than when I was there. So I’m really kind of surprised it took him so long. In the early part of last year's season, it hadn’t quite clicked yet and I didn’t know it would. I just kind of figured when they hit their stride, they’re going to be hard to beat. And that’s what happened.”
Favre was asked if he was disappointed he was only able to win one Super Bowl in his career.
“Yeah we came close several times after (1996 season), went to the Super Bowl the following year," Favre said. "You know, it is hard to repeat, but then again it’s not. A lot of factors have to play into it. Obviously health from an overall team standpoint is important, the nucleus of the team coming back is important - did you lose a lot of guys? - and I think most importantly, do you still with the same passion and hunger that you did prior to winning the Super Bowl. If you have those in place, you have a pretty good shot. So it was disappointing to never go back aside from that following year, although we were close."
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, so if he doesn't win another SB that's a failure of Rodgers.
