It’s Jordan Love’s turn to take the reins in Titletown, but that doesn’t mean he and his mentor don’t still have a relationship.
Speaking to the media Wednesday, Love revealed that Aaron Rodgers reached out to him prior to his first NFL training camp as QB1. And this is what the four-time MVP had to say:
Aaron reached out to me last night and he said, ‘Be yourself, have fun, enjoy it.’ It’s obviously my time now and he just said ‘Be yourself.’ I mean, that’s all you can do. That’s kinda been the message for everybody is be yourself, don’t try to be anybody else, don’t try to be Aaron, things like that.
Jordan Love says Aaron Rodgers reached out last night ahead of Love’s first camp as QB1. Here’s what he told him: pic.twitter.com/nRkkG65an8
— Matt Schneidman (@mattschneidman) July 26, 2023
Fans appreciated Rodgers’ message for his former understudy.
“The fact Rodgers still maintains a relationship with Love is amazing,” a fan said. “If anyone knows about this situation it’s Aaron. I’ll never forget the signs ‘We Want Brett” at Packers practice field.”
The fact Rodgers still maintains a relationship with love is amazing, if anyone knows about this situation it’s Aaron. I’ll never forget the signs “we want brett” at packers practice field
— Dennis (@GoPackGo541) July 26, 2023
“Pretty cool of him,” a radio host replied.
Pretty cool of him
— 🎙JD🎙 (@JDSportsRadio) July 26, 2023
“Aaron did everything for Jordan that he wished Favre would’ve done for him,” tweeted CheeseheadTV.
Aaron did everything for Jordan that he wished Favre would’ve done for him. https://t.co/el10P0dhir
— CheeseheadTV 🧀 (@cheeseheadtv) July 26, 2023
“Aaron doing the complete opposite of what Favre did. You love to see it.”
Aaron doing the complete opposite of what Favre did. You love to see it https://t.co/QBvdPLr40Y
— Gags (@TooSweetKyle) July 26, 2023
So far, the Packers locker room has been impressed with Love’s growth as a QB. But we’ll see how it goes once Week 1 kicks off.