I don't think he's worrying about anything beyond this year. And let's just be honest: Green Bay already has to think to themselves, 'What are we gonna do to keep him here? No, there's a guy there already. To call Love a successor is overrating the whole situation. Jordan Love is never gonna live up to anything close to where Aaron Rodgers is.
And I would say the same about every young quarterback except maybe one or two. Is Rodgers officially back in MVP form? Where does he stand among QBs right now?
Simms: Yeah, he's different. He's special. Is he gonna be the stats leader of all time? I don't know and I don't care. What I do know for a fact is he's one of the greatest throwers of the football in the history -- maybe the best. Two years ago, I thought maybe his movement with his feet calmed down a bit, he maybe wasn't as dynamic, but I know this: His arm, his throwing, his accuracy, what he can do with the football, if it's not the best in the NFL right now, then I don't know who is.
Look, Patrick Mahomes is a great thrower and a great artist, whatever you wanna call him, but he can't just throw it like Aaron Rodgers. We marvel at Mahomes and rightly so, but nobody can flick the ball and just use his hand the way Rodgers does. What do you make of his emergence? Simms: He's doing nothing now with the Rams that we did not see with Detroit.
But we overrate things because of the wins and losses. Are there quarterbacks that are on winning teams right now who I think are -- I'll be kind -- in the middle of the road as a starter? When you're on good teams, you're gonna win games. Along those lines, who's a good QB currently getting overlooked because of their record, then? Simms: I'm gonna give Kirk Cousins the credit we've never given him.
I applaud him. They the Vikings are , and he hasn't played well; he's played great! Skill set, individual awards and numbers count for something, but can Marino truly be the greatest without having reached the pinnacle? Manning won a record five MVPs but was merely a one-time champ before a dominant defense carried him to another Super Bowl win late in his career. Still, he played in four Super Bowls and continues to be viewed in many circles as less accomplished than Brady, who has two fewer MVPs and inferior rate-based stats but a ridiculous six Super Bowl rings and nine Super Bowl appearances and counting.
There's an important distinction that could help clarify where guys like Rodgers, Favre and Manning stand next to Brady, Montana and Bradshaw.
The most skilled quarterbacks in history aren't necessarily the most accomplished quarterbacks in history, and the best quarterbacks in history on paper aren't necessarily the winningest quarterbacks in history. It's easy to argue that if a player has five MVPs and nobody else has more than three, and if that player also won two championships and played in four, he's the best there ever was.
But it's just as easy to argue that if a player has 10 Super Bowl appearances and six or seven rings, while no other player at his position has more than five appearances or four rings, and if that player also has three MVPs to boot, he should, in fact, be considered the GOAT.
That, in a nutshell, is the Manning-Brady debate. Introduce Rodgers and his significantly superior statistics and it becomes even trickier. Rodgers' His touchdown-to-interception ratio 4. However, Rodgers is separated from Brady and Manning by nearly a decade, and the overall trajectory of passing production and efficiency in a sport that increasingly favors quarterbacks can't be disregarded. And technically, the legendary Unitas—who played in a vastly different era —ranks tied for 95th in that category, behind names like Matt Cassel, Kyle Orton, Sam Bradford, Case Keenum and Mitchell Trubisky incidentally the 33rd-highest-rated passer in league history.
So from a statistical standpoint, it's almost impossible to compare quarterbacks across eras, even if their NFL tenures overlapped to an extent the way it has with Brady, Manning and Rodgers. Going by Brady's pace, he'll have thrown touchdowns to just interceptions in games -- assuming he decides to play another 6. Rodgers may not rewrite all the records, but he's set to become the Dan Marino of his era with a Super Bowl championship as the major divider.
Winning a third MVP award will also help his case for one of the five greatest quarterbacks ever, as only five players have ever won the award that many times. Rodgers is just one of nine players to win the award twice, so let's take a look at Rodgers candidacy to win his third MVP honor. The completion percentage and touchdown passes would both be career highs.
Rodgers has completed Rodgers ranks in the top six in completion percentage, passing yards, passing touchdowns, touchdown percentage, interception percentage, yards per attempt, and passer rating -- the only quarterback in the league that can own that title. Rodgers has The Packers offensive line has given Rodgers time as the quarterback is only pressured on If the MVP award doesn't go to Patrick Mahomes -- who is having a history-making season himself -- Rodgers deserves the honor once again.
Getting Green Bay to the best record in the NFC may be enough to sway the votes in Rodgers' direction, especially if he continues at this torrid pace. By Jeff Kerr.
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