Aaron Rodgers Isn't A Top MVP Candidate After Green Bay Packers Draft Future Quarterback

The Green Bay Packers have begun to prepare for life after Aaron Rodgers, trading up to select Utah State quarterback Jordan Love in the first round of the 2020 NFL Draft. The team did so just a few months removed from going 13-3 and reaching the NFC Championship Game.

Love is expected to be Green Bay’s backup signal caller next season. His future with the Packers likely depends on Rodgers’ performance.

Rodgers is under contract through the 2023 season. Green Bay has no obligation to give Love the starting job if the veteran keeps the Packers in contention for the Super Bowl year after year.

There has been plenty of debate regarding Rodgers’ standing among the rest of the league’s quarterbacks. Once considered to be a top-three signal caller, at worst, Rodgers’ stats indicate that he might no longer be a top MVP candidate.

FanDuel Sportsbook gives eight players better 2020 MVP odds than Rodgers (23/1). At DraftKings Sportsbook, nine players have a better chance than Green Bay’s quarterback (33/1) to win the award.

Patrick Mahomes is favored with 4/1 odds. Reigning MVP Lamar Jackson (6/1) is second. Russell Wilson (7/1) is third as the only other quarterback with better than 10/1 MVP odds.

Rodgers won the MVP award in both 2011 and 2014. He finished fifth with a pair of votes in 2016 when he led the league with 40 touchdowns passes.

In each of the last three seasons, Rodgers has failed to play at an MVP-level. He’s recorded a double-digit passer rating in each year, never completing 65% of his passes or throwing for more than 26 touchdowns. Rodgers has a career 102.4 passer rating.

Nine quarterbacks had a passer rating north of 100.0 in both 2018 and 2019.

Rodgers was selected to the Pro Bowl in each of those years. He’s been a Pro Bowler in seven of the last nine years, only failing to be selected when he missed significant time with an injury.

Rodgers has only thrown six total interceptions in the last two seasons, giving him the best interception rate in the league. He last had more than eight interceptions in 2010.