
Aaron Rodgers was with the Green Bay Packers for 18 seasons. He won a Super Bowl with the Packers and also won four NFL MVP awards.
He's arguably the greatest player in franchise history, and that says a lot considering this franchise has boasted players like Brett Favre, Reggie White, Jim Taylor, Ray Nitschke, Don Hudson and Bart Starr.
Rodgers is a future Hall of Famer, and when he does retire, he's going to go into the Hall as a Packer. Speaking of, he recently told the media that when he officially calls it quits on his legendary career, he will (symbolically) finish things up as a Packer.
"I was there for 18 years," Rodgers said, per Rob Demovsky of ESPN. "Regardless of when I hang it up, that's the bulk of my career. I'll retire a Packer and see what happens after that. I've got a lot of love for the organization [and] my time there. They asked this week is it a revenge game or whatever. What do I got to be avenging here? They made me a ton of money. I grew up there, spent some of the best years of my life there. I've got nothing but love for the organization."
Rodgers says he has love for the organization, and there's no reason to doubt that.
To say that he's not out for "revenge" against the Packers is a bold faced lie, though. Rodgers, perhaps more than any other player in NFL history, is known for his ability to hold a grudge.
He's a former community college quarterback who nobody believed in, who ended up being talked about as the type of player who could go No. 1 overall in the NFL Draft by the end of his college career. The problem? That never happened. Rodgers infamously fell to pick No. 24 in the first round, where the Packers scooped him up.
The San Francisco 49ers had the first overall pick in that draft and instead of going with Rodgers, they selected Alex Smith. Rodgers grew up in California and idolized the 49ers, but when he was asked if he was disappointed that the 49ers didn't draft him, he responded with indignation.
"Not as disappointed as the 49ers will be that they didn’t draft me," Rodgers said.
The rest, as they say, is history, and Rodgers is going to get a chance to add another chapter to his history book by beating his old team. If he can beat the Packers, he'll go down as one of only five NFL quarterbacks to beat every team in the league. The other four are Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, Drew Brees and Brett Favre.
If you don't think Rodgers knows how significant that would be, you simply don't know Rodgers.
So yes, when all is said and done he's going to be a Packer, but on Sunday Night Football, he's going to be a Steeler.
And he's going to want to punish his old team.