The present Packers quarterback has proven some public love for Inexperienced Bay legend Brett Favre.
Jordan Love paid tribute to Favre – who revealed earlier this week his battle with Parkinson’s disease — when he arrived at Lambeau Subject sporting the Packers’ No. 4 jersey earlier than Sunday’s sport towards the Vikings.
Favre, who made the announcement whereas testifying earlier this week at a congressional listening to on welfare reform, posted on X that he appreciated the gesture.
“Enormous respect to @jordan3love for sporting this previous man’s shirt,” Favre wrote. “I did not suppose I might like Jordan extra till this morning.”
Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who succeeded Favre in Inexperienced Bay, mentioned earlier this week that it was “troublesome” to study of the 54-year-old Favre’s analysis.
“The older you get, and a few of you recognize this, however mortality throws itself in our face slightly bit extra,” Rodgers mentioned earlier than the Jets’ apply Wednesday at Florham Park. “It is truly, sadly, extra regular to listen to a few loss of life or a most cancers analysis or a analysis like this. It does not desensitize it for me.
“I imply, I really feel dangerous for him and [wife] Deanna. Sadly, that is a part of our sport. That is a part of the danger of taking part in within the league and everyone knows at the back of our minds that it may very well be a actuality in some unspecified time in the future. Hopefully, drugs can in some unspecified time in the future catch up and both alleviate the signs or eradicate a few of these issues that we’ve got.”
Love, 25, was below center Sunday for the primary time since week 1 when he suffered an MCL injury in a season-opening loss to the Eagles in Brazil.