Perhaps the most important task for new Denver Broncos head coach Nathaniel Hackett is finding a quarterback for a team that has struggled at the position since Peyton Manning retired after the 2015 season.
That guy just might be Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers. However, one former QB is advising against it.
On Thursday’s edition of First Take, ESPN NFL analyst Dan Orlovsky declared that the Denver Broncos would be “a death sentence” for Rodgers and pointed to the difficulty level he would have in the division compared to the one he is in now.
“Going to Denver is a death sentence,” Orlovsky said, via NESN.” “I mean, you’re going into the division with the guy that has been in the last four AFC Championship Games in Patrick Mahomes. You’re going into a division that’s got Justin Herbert in it. You’re going into a conference that’s got a guy that’s playing this weekend in the AFC Championship Game in Joe Burrow. You’re also going into a conference that has a guy who threw for 400 yards and four touchdowns and lost last weekend in Josh Allen and then a guy who won the MVP of the league three years ago in Lamar Jackson.
“So I just think the AFC, because of their young, superstar quarterbacks, if you’re sitting there and you’re Aaron Rodgers going, ‘Where’s the best chance for me to win a Super Bowl?’ It’s not in Denver. It’s more than likely in Green Bay. But I don’t think it’s down to those teams either. I think if Aaron doesn’t want to play in Green Bay, it’s not Denver or nobody.”
Hackett, of course, is coming from the Green Bay Packers, where he was the offensive coordinator the past three seasons. Rodgers has spoken highly of him in the past and it seems that he might be headed there as we continue to wait on his decision.
The Packers lost a shocker last Saturday to San Francisco, which put a very bad taste in his mouth yet again after another failed season of not getting to a second Super Bowl.
