Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers correctly pointed out on Tuesday that Sunday’s game against the Patriots is not about a matchup between him and Tom Brady because they won’t be on the field at the same time barring some really strange coaching decisions.
That doesn’t mean that people are going to stop focusing on the two quarterbacks ahead of their first meeting, however. It also doesn’t mean that anyone involved with the game has to play along any more than Rodgers did. Patriots coach Bill Belichick was asked about similarities between Brady and Rodgers at his Wednesday press conference and the one he found came without the deep analysis his questioner may have been looking for.
“They both wear No. 12,” Belichick said in comments distributed by the team.
Belichick said that he didn’t think there was much benefit or disadvantage to Rodgers never having faced one of his defenses -- “Whatever hasn’t happened hasn’t happened” was his take -- but he made it clear that he thinks highly of the Packers quarterback when asked what makes him different than others that Belichick has faced.
“It’s just, he’s great,” Belichick said. “He’s quick, he’s big, he throws the ball very accurately, has great vision down the field. He finds guys that there’s not a lot of space, but he finds them and he hits them. He’s really good. I’m not taking anything away from anybody else, but this guy is a really good player.”
And Sunday has all the makings of a really good game thanks in large part to the guys wearing No. 12.
