Jason McCourty’s story about the Patriots facing Aaron Rodgers: While the current iteration of the Patriots has been difficult to watch at times in 2024, it wasn’t that long ago that New England was still competing at a championship level.
And in 2018, Bill Belichick’s team (and Brian Flores’s defense) faced off against Aaron Rodgers, then still a member of the Packers. Former New England cornerback Jason McCourty recalled the matchup in a recent segment on ESPN’s “NFL Live” while discussing how to play against the future Hall of Fame quarterback.
While explaining a point about the importance of Rodgers’s pre-snap cadence against a Flores defense (the former Patriots assistant is now the Vikings’ defensive coordinator), McCourty dug into some enjoyable Patriots details.