49ers tried to trade for Aaron Rodgers in 2021: How QB reacted to possibly playing for Kyle Shanahan

After missing nearly all of the 2023 season, Aaron Rodgers will be making his return to the field on Monday night on the road against the San Francisco 49ers. 

It’s a fitting setting for Rodgers, who grew up as a 49ers fan in Northern California. When he was coming out of college in 2005, Rodgers wanted to play for the 49ers, but the team passed him over to take Alex Smith with the No. 1 overall pick that year. 

In 2021, the 49ers tried to make things right when they called the Packers about making a possible trade for Rodgers. At the time, the veteran quarterback had made it known that he was unhappy in Green Bay and that he wanted out. 

With Rodgers getting set to return to San Francisco this week, Mike Silver of the San Francisco Chronicle asked him about the trade speculation from 2021 and if he had ever thought about what it would be like to play for Kyle Shanahan. 

“I mean, I’ve thought about that from time to time, and I’ve had conversations with people who think that’s an interesting idea,” Rodgers said of playing for Shanahan. “I don’t know; it’s one of those ‘what if?’ things. He is a phenomenal play-caller. I think he’s a fantastic coach. I think anything can work if two people can find a common ground. The common ground for great relationships is respect.”

Rodgers thinks that he would thrive in Shanahan’s offense. 

“So, even though Kyle seems to be — I don’t know what the right word is, cause I’m kind of speaking out of turn and don’t know him that well — but he seems to be very headstrong, which I think is a phenomenal attribute,” Rodgers said. “It’s almost like, had that imaginary world happened, with his genius, what would you actually need to change? [I feel like] it would work because he’s a genius and I have a lot of years of experience.”

Shanahan clearly feels that Rodgers would have been a good fit for his offense, which would explain why he called the…

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Author : John Breech

Publish date : 2024-09-03 16:34:27

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