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Eli Manning Calls Packers Drafting Jordan Love 'A Little Bit of Deja Vu'

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Eli Manning, like many football fans, has seen something like this before in Green Bay.

Manning reflected on the Packers' decision to trade up and draft Jordan Love in the first round even though Aaron Rodgers is still playing well as the starting quarterback. On SiriusXM NFL Radio, he compared it to when Green Bay selected Rodgers in the 2005 draft even though it had Brett Favre under center (h/t Scott Thompson of SNY):

"When Aaron Rodgers was drafted to Green Bay, obviously they didn't trade up, but they took a quarterback in the first round when Favre was still playing well and had years left of playing.