"The NFL is much worse without Aaron Rodgers" — Big Cat

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The NFL is much worse without Aaron Rodgers

I do think the NFL is much worse without [Rodgers] because we already have a league with very few good quarterbacks, and Aaron Rodgers is probably the best one in the NFL.

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General consensus among fans and analysts is that losing elite star talent degrades the quality of the league product.

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The Giants are probably better without Odell Beckham Jr.

Should we just embrace debate right now? Are the Giants better without Odell Beckham? Hmm. Probably.

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The 2017 Giants finished 3-13. While they won their first game without Odell in this episode, they were historically worse without their star receiver.

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Aaron Rodgers has become complacent and needs a backup to challenge him

Aaron Rodgers, I'm just going off my eyeballs here, he seems like a guy that can get complacent. That's just my working theory. So if he has someone who has taken the first four rounds behind him [Brett Hundley], then he has to show up on time.

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Subjective opinion on Rodgers' mental state, but Rodgers continued to be the face of the franchise and arguably the league's best QB for several more years before any real 'complacency' narratives took hold in the 2020s.

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I would bet $100 million that America would pay to see Brett Favre come back one more time

If J.J. Watt can raise $30 million for hurricane relief, I guarantee that if all the football fans in America come together and we're like, hey, we want to watch Brett Favre just throw the fucking ball around the yard just a couple more times... I guarantee we could raise $100 million.

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A hypothetical crowdfunding goal that was never attempted. Favre was 48 at the time; the interest would have been massive, but the figure is satirical.