Aaron Rodgers shared a quarterback room with Brett Favre for his first three NFL seasons, backing up the Corridor of Famer with the Packers earlier than taking on the beginning job in 2008.
Rodgers stated that it was “robust” to be taught of the 54-year-old Favre’s revelation Tuesday that he lately was recognized with Parkinson’s illness.
“The older you get, and a few of you understand this, however mortality form of will get thrown in our face somewhat bit extra,” Rodgers stated earlier than Jets observe Wednesday in Florham Park. “It’s truly, sadly, extra regular to listen to a couple of demise or a most cancers prognosis or a prognosis like this. It doesn’t desensitize it for me.
“I imply, I really feel unhealthy for him, and [wife] Deanna. It’s sadly a part of our recreation. That’s a part of the danger of taking part in within the league, and all of us at the back of our minds know that might be a actuality sooner or later. We hope drugs sooner or later can catch up and both make the signs simpler or eradicate a few of these points that we have now.”
Favre, who retired from the NFL in 2010, made the announcement Tuesday whereas testifying at a congressional listening to earlier than the Home Methods and Means Committee on welfare misspending and reform.
“Sadly, I additionally misplaced an funding in an organization that I believed was creating a breakthrough concussion drug I believed would assist others,” Favre stated in ready remarks. “I’m positive you’ll perceive, whereas it’s too late for me as a result of I’ve lately been recognized with Parkinson’s, that is additionally a trigger pricey to my coronary heart.”
Parkinson’s illness is a motion dysfunction of the nervous system that worsens over time with no identified remedy.
Favre, who began an NFL file 297 consecutive video games, was referring in his testimony to Prevacus, a now-defunct concussion drug firm of which he was an investor.
Favre beforehand had been linked to the 2020 Mississippi welfare scandal; he was accused however not criminally charged for misusing welfare cash on private tasks.
That included prices for a brand new volleyball heart on the College of Southern Mississippi, his alma mater, the place his daughter additionally was a student-athlete.
When Rodgers was requested about being 321 passing yards from 60,000 for his profession, he additionally invoked how Favre used to deal with reaching milestones.
“I bear in mind once I was a younger participant, there have been lots of data Favre was getting,” Rodgers stated. “I believe he obtained 421 touchdowns to cross [Dan] Marino on the time. All of the yard markers that he had, the consecutive video games performed, and he used to at all times say, ‘it simply means I’ve been round a very long time.’ And I used to be like, I believe it’s somewhat greater than that.
“I’m within the place now, and that’s what it seems like. It seems like I’ve been taking part in a very long time, and naturally this might be a part of the method, however I’m grateful to be taking part in nonetheless, and that there’s milestones like this to hit … However I’m grateful for all the blokes that caught passes from me and all the blokes that blocked for me. I couldn’t title all of them, however give me somewhat time.”
