GREEN BAY — Brett Favre still thinks the Green Bay Packers made a mistake.
Not 15 years ago, mind you, when they drafted Aaron Rodgers to be his eventual replacement. Looking back now, even Favre can admit that then-general manager Ted Thompson made the right call by snatching Rodgers out of his draft-day freefall with the 24th overall pick in the 2005 NFL draft.
No, the Pro Football Hall of Famer and one of the NFL’s all-time greatest quarterbacks thinks the Packers erred when they tried to replicate that move last month by trading up in the 2020 NFL draft to take Utah State quarterback Jordan Love with the 26th pick.