When the Packers chose Aaron Rodgers in the first round of the 2005 NFL Draft with Brett Favre still on the roster, many questioned Green Bay’s thinking. Flash forward a decade and the Green Bay way is the gold standard.
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, who watched an aging Tony Romo miss 12 games last season with injuries, said he hopes to have an Aaron Rodgers-like succession plan in place and ready to take the keys when Romo decides to call it quits.
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“If a player came in here and played behind (Romo) 3-4 years, he would come out with a Harvard degree in how to play quarterback, in my mind,” Jones said (via ESPN.