Gil Brandt Comments on Rodgers' Draft Drop

Satori"...going where the climate suits my clothes"

Wow !

very interesting comments from this article at GBPG

http://packersnews.greenbaypre...-the-Packers-in-2005

“What we did was we brought both of them to the draft. On Friday afternoon, Greg Aiello (of the NFL front office) called me and said, ‘Rodgers is falling. We know that through 20, nobody’s going to take him.’ So I said, ‘All right I’ll talk to him.’ So I took him out to dinner that night. Well, first before I took him out to dinner, I made a call to (Packers director of college scouting) John Dorsey in Green Bay, and I said ‘John, you’re going to get Rodgers, be ready.’ He said, ‘We’re ready. If he’s there, we’re going to take him.’”

2/2/119:43 PM

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cattsMember

I sure did like Gil when he was w/the cowboys...many years ago.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gil_Brandt

2/2/119:53 PM

CHEEZEMember

Interesting. He knew what he was going to have to face and took it on without blinking (alone). He has certainly shown them.

2/2/1110:06 PM

TdogProspective Member

It seems every story about AR just builds on the fact that he is unshake-able and confident in himself and ready to take on whatever gets thrown at him. Get yourself a SB ring Sunday, AR, and the world will indeed be your oyster!

2/3/118:37 AM

chickenboyTic Toc

Great find Satori! Love this part:

“Later after dinner, I told him, ‘You’re going to fall in this draft.’ Somebody always to be last, and he was going to be last of the people we had up there. I said, ‘If you don’t want to come…,” because he was there by himself, his dad wasn’t coming until the next day,” Brandt said. “And he said, ‘No I’ll face it.’ And of course, the bad thing that happened was ESPN put the cameras on him, and it’s tough for a guy to react like that.

Not like I'm a draft guru or anything close to that but it always appeared to me that Smith was by far the more athletic of the two QBs...at least that was the perception I had. I never dreamed he was going to AS athletic as he has become. I wonder if it was a workout regimen or if his body matured?

2/3/118:58 AM

trumpMember

Well, he's no Steve Young ...

2/3/119:19 AM

trumpMember

... he is right-handed.

2/3/119:20 AM

HerschelMember

Fun story. I still wonder what would have happened if their roles were reversed.

2/3/119:44 AM

Satori"...going where the climate suits my clothes"

I was a little surprised that the NFL and networks seem to know who is drafting who the day before the draft takes place

I guess it makes for better drama when they can write the script ahead of time

2/3/119:49 AM

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