AARON RODGERS: SEVEN 8 ALL-TIME

Football was Aaron Rodgers’ first love. He was 6 years old, dreaming like so many other little Northern California boys of leading his team to the Super Bowl. And while he doesn’t have the Joe Montana magic imprinted on childlike imagination quite like 4-year-old Tom Brady, Rodgers doesn’t have to wonder what leading the Pittsburgh Steelers to their 7th Lombardi Trophy would do for his legacy.

He can say he doesn’t need it—doesn’t need to prove anything to anybody.

And Rodgers doesn’t.

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At the same time, going with his Golden Bears jersey number again in deference to Terry Bradshaw much the same as he rocked No. 8 in New York out of respect for Joe Namath, another ring would do more than close the 181-mile gap from Chico (his birthplace) to San Mateo (Brady’s).

It would cement Aaron Rodgers’ claim to second-best QB of his generation.

Which might just make him the second-best signal caller of all-time.

Rodgers will pass Brett Favre into fourth place in touchdown passes a few weeks into 2025—just like he usurped Favre throughout the Green Bay Packers’ record books. A slightly-above-17-game-career-average season would also push Rodgers past Peyton Manning onto the all-time TD medal stand, behind only Drew Brees and Brady.

Aaron Rodgers is a 4-time MVP.

He is the game’s highest-rated passer ever.

The only QB to throw 3- and 4- and 500 TDs with a 100+ rating.

And yet Rodgers remains the owner of exactly as many championships as chinstraps.

He might never be 12 in Boston, Tampa Bay, Gotham, or even The Paris of Appalachia.

But ring number two would more than stir the pot on all-time QB rankings for all of time.