
There were years the Green Bay Packers didn’t have a Super Bowl-caliber roster, but that didn’t stop pundits from constantly picking them to advance to the big game because they had Aaron Rodgers at quarterback.
Even today that respect hasn’t diminished for Rodgers. He’s now a middle-aged quarterback coming off a significant Achilles injury playing for a franchise with a 13-year playoff drought, and still, many picked the New York Jets to make the postseason.