Aaron Rodgers: Speech| Mvp awards| Nfl honors| Did win mvp

Aaron Charles Rodgers (born December 2, 1983) is an American football quarterback for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL).

Aaron Rodgers: Speech| Mvp awards| Nfl honors| Did win mvp

Speech:

Watch quarterback Aaron Rodgers’ speech when he accepted the MVP award on Saturday night and you might conclude one thing about his future with the Green Bay Packers. Listen to what he said in his 11-minute news conference moments later when he walked off the NFL Honors stage and perhaps you have other ideas.

Read the reports, including one by ESPN’s Adam Schefter, that came out the morning of the Super Bowl, and you might be swayed to an entirely different direction. 

Packers president Mark Murphy presided over the awkward Favre-to-Rodgers transition. General manager Brian Gutekunst was an area scout at the time, but he worked under then-GM Ted Thompson.

MVP Awards:

Thompson and Murphy became Public Enemy Nos. 1a and 1b in the summer of 2008. A large portion of the fan base believed the Packers erred in not allowing Favre to return to the team after he unretired.

By making it abundantly clear they want Rodgers to finish his career with the Packers, they effectively shifted the burden to him. If he retires or decides to play for another team, the Packers now will be able to say they did everything they could to prevent it.

NFL Honors:

Did win mvp:

Aaron Rodgers taking home the NFL MVP award is special for a couple of reasons. First, he joins a select club of players to have won the award in back-to-back seasons. Additionally, he moved into second place in terms of the most MVP awards won on his own (4). As it stands, Rodgers is just one award behind former Colts and Broncos QB Peyton Manning — who won the award five times.

Rodgers’ 2021 season did not light up the NFL the way he had the year before. However, he still led the league in four categories that are often highly cited by voters for the award.

Rodgers led the league in touchdown rate (7%), interception rate (0.8%), passer rating (111.9), and QB rating (69.2). It was the second straight year he led the league in all those categories and his fourth consecutive year leading the league in interception rate.