Re: Will Rodgers have his number retired?
Posted: 05 May 2020 12:47
It will be in Indy. Without a doubt.
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Re: Will Rodgers have his number retired?
Posted: 05 May 2020 12:52
Re: Will Rodgers have his number retired?
Posted: 05 May 2020 13:10
What about Woodson? #21
Re: Will Rodgers have his number retired?
Posted: 05 May 2020 13:19
Re: Will Rodgers have his number retired?
Posted: 06 May 2020 10:42
I guess for a 90 man roster, with 6 names already retired plus 1 (Lambeau) and 5 (Hornung) unofficially retired, they only have two more before they run out!
Re: Will Rodgers have his number retired?
Posted: 06 May 2020 17:44
Re: Will Rodgers have his number retired?
Posted: 06 May 2020 18:00
Still blows my mind that people are still so butt hurt over Favre going to Minny.
Re: Will Rodgers have his number retired?
Posted: 06 May 2020 19:31
Mine too! It's America and people are here to make a living. If the Packers wanted to keep Brett out the NFC North, then they should have paid him and had him ride the bench. Johnny Unitas sat the bench behind Earl Morrall in 1968. Sonny Jurgenson sat the bench behind Billy Kilmer.TheGreenMan wrote: ↑06 May 2020 18:00Still blows my mind that people are still so butt hurt over Favre going to Minny.
Re: Will Rodgers have his number retired?
Posted: 06 May 2020 22:53
Re: Will Rodgers have his number retired?
Posted: 07 May 2020 04:50
Weird that Hornung's is unofficially retired. Lombardi announced it would be but then left for Washington and died a few months after.
Would be a nice gesture to make it official before he died. (Although maybe they realise they might be needing all the numbers they can get if they retire 12)
Re: Will Rodgers have his number retired?
Posted: 07 May 2020 06:43
never happen, when ya look at that list, your either best in the league for close to a decade, key players in a dynasty, or face of the franchise for that long too.British wrote: ↑07 May 2020 04:50Weird that Hornung's is unofficially retired. Lombardi announced it would be but then left for Washington and died a few months after.
Would be a nice gesture to make it official before he died. (Although maybe they realise they might be needing all the numbers they can get if they retire 12)
lots of almost good enough players on the HOF list, anyway that seems like the criteria, and Rodgers easily qualify's.
Re: Will Rodgers have his number retired?
Posted: 07 May 2020 06:54
I don't think the NFL is encouraging teams to retie numbers now. Didn't we retire Reggie White's "jersey" instead of his number?Captain_Ben wrote: ↑05 May 2020 12:19What would the "no" argument be? Maybe that more iconic Packer names/players don't have their numbers retired? I've never seen a better QB in any NFL season in my life than 2011 Aaron Rodgers.
Re: Will Rodgers have his number retired?
Posted: 07 May 2020 07:40
No.Pugger wrote: ↑07 May 2020 06:54I don't think the NFL is encouraging teams to retie numbers now. Didn't we retire Reggie White's "jersey" instead of his number?Captain_Ben wrote: ↑05 May 2020 12:19What would the "no" argument be? Maybe that more iconic Packer names/players don't have their numbers retired? I've never seen a better QB in any NFL season in my life than 2011 Aaron Rodgers.
Re: Will Rodgers have his number retired?
Posted: 09 May 2020 10:38
If Rodgers wins another SB with the Packers, then yes, retire his number at least unofficially until he passes away. If not, no.
Re: Will Rodgers have his number retired?
Posted: 09 May 2020 22:16
The real question is is retiring his jersey enough? They need to do more for the man after his career if they aren’t going to do anything for him during his career.
Re: Will Rodgers have his number retired?
Posted: 10 May 2020 05:20
Why? He was paid well. If he has invested well, he is on his way to being a billionaire. Why do we need to give him more? Why is he more deserving than for example CMIII or Woodson or a dozen others on that SB team.lupedafiasco wrote: ↑09 May 2020 22:16The real question is is retiring his jersey enough? They need to do more for the man after his career if they aren’t going to do anything for him during his career.
Re: Will Rodgers have his number retired?
Posted: 10 May 2020 06:25
Frank Tripucka wore #18 for the Broncos. Tripucka retired in 1963 after 15 professional seasons. The Broncos subsequently retired his #18 jersey. In 1986, Tripucka was one of three players to be inducted into the Denver Broncos Ring of Fame. On March 9, 2012, Tripucka stated that he would allow #18 to be worn again by Peyton Manning if the Broncos were to sign him. On March 20, 2012, at a press conference announcing his signing by the Broncos, John Elway thanked Tripucka "for allowing the franchise to unretire the number for Manning."On March 7, 2016, the #18 jersey returned to retirement when Manning announced that he was retiring after 18 professional seasons (4 seasons with the Broncos)
Re: Will Rodgers have his number retired?
Posted: 10 May 2020 06:41
Here..........I did a micro-research project. And if you believe WikiBritish wrote: ↑07 May 2020 04:50Weird that Hornung's is unofficially retired. Lombardi announced it would be but then left for Washington and died a few months after.
Would be a nice gesture to make it official before he died. (Although maybe they realise they might be needing all the numbers they can get if they retire 12)
Teams in the National Football League (NFL) retire jersey numbers of players who either are considered by the team to have made significant contributions to that team's success, or who have experienced untimely deaths during their playing career. As with other leagues, once a team retires a player's jersey number, it never issues the number to any other player, unless the player or team explicitly allows it.
Fun Fact (or dumb fact depending on your view): Da Bears have 14 retired numbers.
Based on this information and the Wiki criteria, the following Packers should (or will) have their numbers retired in addition to Canadeo 3, Favre 4, Hutson 14, Starr 15, Nitschke 66, White 92: Jimmy Taylor 31, Paul Hornung 5, Forrest Gregg 75, Aaron Rodgers 12, Willie Wood 24, maybe even Leroy Butler 36. I do not understand why Canadeo has his number retired, and not Taylor and Hornung......makes little or no sense (never did and never will).
Re: Will Rodgers have his number retired?
Posted: 10 May 2020 06:48
The Packers should have retired Taylor, Hornung, Gregg and Wood a long time ago. They should do all four in one announcement.British wrote: ↑07 May 2020 04:50Weird that Hornung's is unofficially retired. Lombardi announced it would be but then left for Washington and died a few months after.
Would be a nice gesture to make it official before he died. (Although maybe they realise they might be needing all the numbers they can get if they retire 12)
Re: Will Rodgers have his number retired?
Posted: 10 May 2020 10:56
And then how are they going to come up with 90 jersey numbers for the pre-season? Can we go to hexadecimal? i.e. 0123456789abcdef? that takes the number of possible jersey numbers to 256 instead of 100. A0 is 100, A1 is 101, A2 is 102, ... FE is 254, FF is 255RingoCStarrQB wrote: ↑10 May 2020 06:48The Packers should have retired Taylor, Hornung, Gregg and Wood a long time ago. They should do all four in one announcement.British wrote: ↑07 May 2020 04:50Weird that Hornung's is unofficially retired. Lombardi announced it would be but then left for Washington and died a few months after.
Would be a nice gesture to make it official before he died. (Although maybe they realise they might be needing all the numbers they can get if they retire 12)