Raider Nation Congratulation Thread: Mr Aaron Rodgers

by Raymond St. Martin (Saint) on Feb 8, 2011 7:15 PM PST

It is no secret that Al Davis has tried for years to get Aaron Rodgers from the Packers and wouldn't you know it, Mr. Davis picked the best young QB in the NFL and Mr Rodgers just welcomed everyone to his neighborhood.

During the Super Bowl, my sixteen year old son, Forrest, looked over at me and said, "You know one of the reasons that I like Aaron Rodgers? It's because the 49'ers don't have him and they are constantly reminded that they shouldn't have taken Alex Smith."

That resonates with all of us Bay Area football fans because the Forty-Niners desperately needed a young QB and they chose to draft A 19 year old kid from Utah instead of the 21 year old that grew up a Forty-Niner fan.

But, don't let the fact that his is NOT a 9'er confuse us all who know that Raider fans root for Aaron Rodgers because he went to Cal and because Al Davis has been fascinated in Aaron.

Aaron Rodgers first made major headlines in the East Bay by leading Cal to a win over USC in second career start as a Sophomore and then, as a Junior, took them to the Top of the Charts, No. 5, at season's end. His senior season was spent learning under Brett Favre.

As a Bay Area fan, I would like to congratulate Aaron Rodgers on a Super Bowl Victory and also let him know that the Silver and Black will be coming to Lambeau next year and there will be NO LOVE on that day, but, enjoy this, you've earned it and thank you for making Cal Football relevant in 2004!

Cheers!

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Hmmm...

“You know one of the reasons that I like Aaron Rodgers? It’s because the 49’ers don’t have him and they are constantly reminded that they shouldn’t have taken Alex Smith.”

I agree with your son on this one, but the same can be said for the Raiders. Instead of drafting a QB to take over for a 33 year old Kerry Collins (KERRY COLLINS!!!), we took Fabian Washington ONE spot ahead of Rodgers. It makes it even more painful since he was in our own backyard… Ouch.

by Kyle_B on Feb 8, 2011 8:05 PM PST reply actions

Yep..

I could not belive it when the Niners passed on Rodgers,but i was really heart broken when the Raiders passed on him.I think things worked out best in the long run,the Raiders had no QB that Rodgers could sit behind and learn from at all,let alone a guy like Favre.plus Oakland was no place to start a rookie QB at that time.

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by raiderrob67 on Feb 8, 2011 10:20 PM PST reply actions

+1

Rogers was put in the perfect situation. If he would’ve landed in SF or Oakland, it would’ve been a brutal start to his career and probably wouldn’t have developed the way he did in Green Bay.

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by JonDoe on Feb 9, 2011 9:31 AM PST up reply actions

Favre publicly refused to help Rodgers

So as far as learning anything from Favre, that didn’t happen. Rodgers certainly did get the starting role at the right time though. His wait allowed him to sit during a couple rough years to start for a talented team. I still can’t believe Al Davis turned down the Packers trade offer in 2007 of Aaron Rodgers and a draft pick for Randy Moss. God, I’d be living in a hole right now had Davis accepted that.

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by Jabooty on Feb 16, 2011 4:26 PM PST up reply actions