BF4MVP
06-01-2009, 06:18 PM
Nice snippet from the GBPG blog...Sounds like this rivalry between the two will exist only on the field. Also talks a little bit about Jennings and Favre.
Rodgers welcomes rivalry with Cutler
Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers is looking forward to the rivalry against new Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler, who was traded during the offseason by the Denver Broncos.
“It will be good to play against him and get a little friendly rivalry going,” said Rodgers.
Rodgers joked that Cutler "big-timed" him during the offseason until he was traded to the Bears.
“He kind of didn’t talk to me for a couple of months, after he didn’t hang out with me at the Super Bowl,” said Rodgers. “Then once he got traded, the next day he called me and we talked. You know Jay and I have been buddies since last summer so we’ve been texting back and forth. I was in Chicago at a Bulls-Celtics game, I was texting him saying I’m in your city right now. Jay’s a good guy, I think he definitely helps that team out.”
And what does Rodgers think about the possibility of former Packers quarterback Brett Favre signing with the Minnesota Vikings?
“I’d say we’d have a very solid group of quarterbacks in the NFC North,” replied Rodgers.
Rodgers also talked about the chemistry he has with receiver Greg Jennings. “I think we formed that over the years of offseasons working out together,” he said. “He’s a guy who’s been around the facility the last few offseasons pretty extensively. That helps in going a long way as far as timing. I think that’s under-appreciated a lot of times.”
Rodgers said he isn’t worried about Jennings’ contract talks. “I don’t really like talking about guys’ contracts too much,” said Rodgers, “but I will say this: if Ted (Thompson) has shown anything, it’s that he’s going to pay the guys who are here.”
-- Mike Vandermause, mvandermause@greenbaypressgazette.com
http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/ic/blogs/insider/index.shtml
Rodgers welcomes rivalry with Cutler
Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers is looking forward to the rivalry against new Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler, who was traded during the offseason by the Denver Broncos.
“It will be good to play against him and get a little friendly rivalry going,” said Rodgers.
Rodgers joked that Cutler "big-timed" him during the offseason until he was traded to the Bears.
“He kind of didn’t talk to me for a couple of months, after he didn’t hang out with me at the Super Bowl,” said Rodgers. “Then once he got traded, the next day he called me and we talked. You know Jay and I have been buddies since last summer so we’ve been texting back and forth. I was in Chicago at a Bulls-Celtics game, I was texting him saying I’m in your city right now. Jay’s a good guy, I think he definitely helps that team out.”
And what does Rodgers think about the possibility of former Packers quarterback Brett Favre signing with the Minnesota Vikings?
“I’d say we’d have a very solid group of quarterbacks in the NFC North,” replied Rodgers.
Rodgers also talked about the chemistry he has with receiver Greg Jennings. “I think we formed that over the years of offseasons working out together,” he said. “He’s a guy who’s been around the facility the last few offseasons pretty extensively. That helps in going a long way as far as timing. I think that’s under-appreciated a lot of times.”
Rodgers said he isn’t worried about Jennings’ contract talks. “I don’t really like talking about guys’ contracts too much,” said Rodgers, “but I will say this: if Ted (Thompson) has shown anything, it’s that he’s going to pay the guys who are here.”
-- Mike Vandermause, mvandermause@greenbaypressgazette.com
http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/ic/blogs/insider/index.shtml