"Which one do Packers Fans Love the Most?"

When I was a kid growing up on the farm, my Dad always used to say that it was OK to have favorite animals in the herd, but don't get too attached. They're all livestock. They all gotta go at some point.

Love to watch my Packers play...

Ken you are really getting down to the nitty gritty on that one.

What I've liked the most is that between the two of them we have had well over a quarter of a century of the best quarterback play the NFL has had to offer. Both guys have there good points and their quirks just like most of us. I've watched football essentially all my life and remained a avid fan of the Packers. Watching the Packers mostly on Sundays provided me relaxation and a chance to watch a game I loved and played as a kid, but at a greatly reduced level of expertise. I thank both guys for their contributions to the Green Bay Packers.

I always liked the Packers under Favre, but I became a Pack fan (I'm a lifelong Eagles fan, and I even root for the Packers over the Birds now) because of Rodgers.

Rodgers is equally exciting, and simply better. I also would not call him conservative, even compared to Favre. Rodgers fits it into the same, if not tighter, windows. He has the same arm strength, but he's more accurate and a better decision maker.

Favre smeared crap on something I love. I’m not going to forget that. I hope Rodgers doesn’t do the same.

Starr and it’s not even close. That being said , Rodgers is the better QB but Favre played the game like I did as a kid on the sandlot. A TD pass that would bring you to you feet and a interception that would put you on your knees, lol. Head butting and carrying teammates to getting in the faces of opposing players.
Rodgers is the cold, calculating, assassin and Favre, as it has been mentioned, is the fun loving gun slinger. Football is just entertainment and who has been more entertaining than Favre. Cry about him wanting to go to the Vikings and get back at the Pack but the majority of us would have wanted to do the same thing as we are all human.

I like Favre better, just the way he played the game. And I'll never forget Rodgers press conference upon returning. I do not like his " I'm smater than you attitude, his ego, and his scowling at his receivers, even when it was his fault. I don't like Rodgers, even as I admit he is a great QB. i Started disliking him about 8 years ago, still do

Love them both and as much as I did or didn't agree with things they said or did at times, I accept that if it were me in their shoes I'd likely be the same to a point and so would all of you who claim otherwise. You can't treat them differently and then expect them to behave and think like you as the staus you place upon them warrants, allows, and expects such difference. If you feel hurt or harmed by anything they've done or said, personally, you're over the cliff in regards to fandom, unless you ACTUALLY did suffer harm directly from either. Want to change their demeanors, etc? Hit the NFL pockets which will hit their pockets. The more you keep paying for football, the bigger your issues with them grow.

Brett Favre? The Vikings QB? Pffff

First it should be noted the ring number 4 has should be credited to the incredible defense and the architect that put that team together, Ron Wolf. Baby Brett was a stand in for just about any girl-scout that could have QB'd that team through the playoffs and to that Superbowl with that team behind him or her.

I gave #4 a lot of credit for his hard nose "rub a little dirt on it" style of play, he was fun to watch even though the records prove he was a Hongo more times than not (336 INTs. Standing NFL record.) and he proved whaling it out there and hoping one of our guys would come up with a catch could add to your numbers on the good side. In the years he was with the Packers I was a critic of his selfish and non disciplined play out of one side of my mouth and out of the other I was high fiving everyone watching the game when he made a great play. Yep, he was my guy and I pulled for him, I'm a "homer" I bleed green and gold.

All of that love came to a screeching halt when he selfishly without any regard for the Green Bay Packers or the fans attempted to undermine the team, his team mates and the fans by attempting the backdoor underground deal with the Vikings. In short, he spit on us! He spit on every player in the locker room that went to war with him and for him and he spit on his fans that loved him and did it without any remorse.

Favrey turned out to be a selfish me, me, me, I am bigger than the game and bigger than the team player. If he came into the cigar bar I'd get in his face and tell him this personally, if I saw him in the grocery store I'd probably knock over his cart and if I had the chance, If I had it my way I'd take his number and his jersey down at Lambeau and burn it.

You don't spit on the team, NOT THE PACKERS !

Favre legacy: disrespected the team, the GM, tried to rub it in our faces by going to the vikings. dick pic sending, vicodin addicted, cheated mississippi out of 1 million dollars of low income federal funding (which he has yet to pay back), cheated on his wife, and threw away a playoff game to the giants because he was cold. he was an interception machine.

Aaron may think he's the second coming of jesus, but at least he's been a committed packer.

Favre was more fun to watch. He seemed to find a joy in playing football which Rodgers doesn’t seem to share. Even Rodgers’ celebrations seem more ego-driven, e.g., the belt & “I own you”.

I don’t care about stats. The only start worth considering is championships. The Packers won a bunch of division titles with both, 2 NFC titles with Favre vs 1 with Rodgers & then 1 NFL championship with each. Pretty close, so i go with the guy who was more fun to watch.

Ken, you forgot to mention interceptions. While Rogers has yet to hit 100, Favre had nearly 300. There's the big difference and the reason why Rodgers is so much better of a QB than Favre was. Taking care of the ball. Favre could of been one of the greatest, but his bone head decision making costed us a lot of games. I still love him, but he's just not as good as Rodgers is. Rodgers is considered one of the greatest!

I appreciate them both more or less equally-- both deserve the HOF-- and I feel great that my team is the one that got them both while the Bears have had about 60 or 80 quarterbacks in the past 30 years.

The personal stuff? They're people and have their faults. Almost as many as I do, probably. I just take people as they come. Favre and Rodgers are fine; at least we're not Bucc fans trying to make excuses for Ndamakan Suh and Antonio Brown.

One thing, though, hits me. Rodgers is probably the most skilled QB who's ever played. Everything about his game is a joy to watch. Unmatched.

I loved Brett Favre the player until he became, by his actions, bigger than the team. The Favre Watch each off season at the end of his Packer career hurt the team. Insisting on playing with a mangled thumb to continue his consecutive game streak hurt the team. His final I've-got-nothing-left-to-give-trade-me-so-I-can-play-against-you tantrum gutted a fan base and hurt the team. Favre in a Viking uniform? Still unforgivable. Off the field? Well, would you want him to marry your daughter? Would you leave him alone with your wife?

Rodgers has been the superior athlete and better QB, imho. I've admired his command of the game while being frustrated with his leadership style. I've marveled at his courage and toughness, and questioned his guts. I've been moved by his compassion with the MACC Fund and disgusted by his treatment of his family. The guy is a huge contradiction, maybe even a complicated fella, and a hell of a competitor. I still don't like him.

I've always told my kids, you don't have to pick a favorite. These two men have provided fans with thrilling wins and heartbreaking defeats. With all their wealth and accolades, I wouldn't want to be in their shoes. Favre's memory is slipping away, and Rodgers will never be enough for himself.

I have loved watching both of them. Both are among the top 10 QBs and throwers of the football that the league has ever seen. But I must give the edge to Rodgers. He is the smarter QB and he rarely hurts the team with either turnovers or poor decisions. Favre played on better overall teams, especially from 95-98, than Rodgers with the possible exceptions of 2010 and the current season. Even now I could argue that Rodgers is playing without his 2 best defensive players for nearly the entire season, specifically Alexander and Z, plus without his best OLs, Baka and Jenkins. Rodgers is also the better thrower when he is on the move although Farve was pretty good on the move as well.

Rodgers is also better at reading the defense and changing the play at the LOS. He is a master in ball handling and fakes at a level which few QBs have ever reached.
Rodgers is quite simply the best QB and maybe the best player that the Packers have ever had. I watched Starr and Starr played brilliantly especially in 1966 but Starr was the quintessential system player. He benefitted from playing with 11 other HOFers and the GOAT Head Coach. Starr had the best OL ever and probably the greatest defensive unit in NFL history. Put Rodgers on Lombardi's Packers and the Lombardi Packers never lose a game. Put Starr on the Rodger's Packers and they don't win as often as they have with Rodgers. Starr was not good throwing on the run and he couldn't make some of the absolute laser throws that Rodgers makes down the field into tight windows.

Rodgers is the most talented QB that I have ever seen and he has changed how the position is played. That has not been done by any other QB since Johnny Unitas. Thanks, Since '61

As a Canadian kid who watched CFL pretty much only. Seeing Favre chuck bullets in the snow was what made me a Packer fan.

This is an endless Packer debate, but one that we all love because they both were/are so phenomenal. How great is it to have two of the best QBs of all time, back to back, for a 30 year stretch, with Starr in the rear view window?? I've been blessed to watch all three.

We are so lucky, Packer fans! Let's never let go of this.

This is an endless Packer debate, but one that we all love because they both were/are so phenomenal. How great is it to have two of the best QBs of all time, back to back, for a 30 year stretch, with Starr in the rear view window?? I've been blessed to watch all three.

We are so lucky, Packer fans! Let's never let go of this.

Ken— a great article and an excellent question and comparison.
Whom does one select: Superman; Batman; Spider-Man—-all have super qualities?
I’m a Bart Starr guy although I didn’t become a Packer fan until circa 1967.
I agree with Vic Ketchem when he said ARod might be the best ever. The skill I love most about ARod is his propensity to commit very few mistakes, nearly always putting the offense in a position to succeed. Moreover, his accuracy is incomparable.
I liked Farve—I didn’t love Farve. His interceptions in critical playoff games, Giants; Eagles; Rams, and losing the SB to the Broncos—(the team I hate most), changed any love - to like.
That said, who can argue with sooo many years of outstanding QBs.
Happy New Year!

This one is tough for me because I've always felt Favre was one of the best things to ever happen to the Green Bay Packers. I remember watching those Lombardi teams of 66 & 67 with my Dad, and then the DARKNESS that was the 70's and 80's.

I remember that 1992 season and the game that launched the Brett Favre era against Cincinnati. That 1992 season was fun and so were the 15 seasons that followed. Win, lose, or draw, the Packers FINALLY had a QB for the first time since Bart Starr.

Just like I've wondered what might have been if Ted Thompson would have used Free Agency more than he did, I often have wondered what might have been if Mike Holmgren had stayed. That combination of Wolf, Holmgren, and Favre was one of the best and just didn't last long enough.

Based on what they did ON THE FIELD, Rodgers was/is the better QB. But for me, Brett Favre made Football matter again in GB. Growing up in Minneapolis in the 1970's and 80's a Packers fan wasn't much fun, especially with those teams the Vikings had in the 1970's. But we've had 30 years of ass-kicking QB play, and I love them both. Brett Favre as a Viking sucked, but time heals wounds. Brett Favre IS A PACKER, and always will be. At least IMO.

Don’t love either of them. They are both really good QBs but Favre’s bonehead interceptions used to drive me nuts and Rodger’s reluctance to throw to the open guy and tendencies to hero ball do the same. As human beings, Rodger’s is an arrogant jerk but at least he didn’t send dick pics to random women or job the state of Mississippi out of a million bucks.

It's hard to replace Legends. Love them all.

The personality stuff I take with a huge grain of salt. Rodgers is from Chico, a city not much larger than Green Bay. He didn't grow up in LA. Farve may be a "country boy" but he was (and is - cough welfare money cough) a bit manipulative under that country boy demeanor. He ain't my dad, and thank God for that. If you want to take stabs at their personalities, it is more than easy to do. I'm sure some would say the same thing about me.

On the field, a young Farve was hard to beat for entertainment value. Both of these guys have their flaws on the field too. But the bottom line is that they both have given a lot of themselves to achieve what they have. For that they've been paid a ton of money (surely more than enough to last a reasonably posh lifetime, Brett), but they also deserve our respect for it. All of these guys do, for what they put their bodies through, but my greatest respect is for the guys who do it but never make millions. That's just me.

If the question is who do I think is a better QB? I'd have to take Rodgers for the whole of his career v. Farve for the whole of his career. The INTs were kind of impossible to ignore, especially as he got later into his career and the risks didn't pay off as often. I mean, was anyone shocked when the Vikings' Super Bowl hopes ended in a Farve interception? If the question is who I enjoyed more, I'd have to confess it was Farve. Less tantrums with his teammates, more fun. Sorry, that it just how I feel. I didn't enjoy Rodgers' years of bitching out his guys. It's not fun to watch.

I admit to being upset over Aaron’s waffling over his decision to return this season. Yet as I put myself in his shoes over that and some of his other stances (immunization) I find him to be real and likable. I have family members who have taken stances I don’t always agree with but I love them nonetheless. I would love to have a conversation with him in person. I think that the media has treated him badly. On the other hand, Brett brought fun back to GB football and that has stuck with me. Because of that, I think that the media has given him breaks that Aaron never got. All in all I love them both.,

Which one do Packer fans love the most?

Bart Starr

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