thanks san fran for skipping over aaron rodgers and selecting alex smith, if you guys would have taken aaron you may actually be a good team right now. we are very fortunate to have a quarterback to take over for a hall of famer and right now couldnt be any happier with our 24th pick of the 1st round vs. the 1st overall pick !!

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I do think it's was Rodgers' coaches made him who is truly is today 🙂

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Coaching and time to learn with no pressure. Great situation for Aaron to fall into, and he has taken advantage of it.

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he had plenty of pressure on himself last season, taken over for brett !!

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ironically, it was also his coach that caused him to get passed over by San Francisco in the draft.

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For being a California boy, I sure hope he loves his time in Wisconsin, I want him to stick around for a while.

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Makes you wonder what could've become of Alex Smith if he fell into that situation. Good arm, used to be pretty smart on the field in college. That horrible team combined with a new offensive cordinator every year can not have done him any good.

I think we should all add the 49ers to our Christmas card like we use to send the Atlanta Falcons for trading us Favre.

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It's amazing how things work out in the end.

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It's interesting to ponder how well Alex Smith would have done if he had the chance to sit for 3 years behind a quality starting QB. It's the same with David Carr, Tim Couch etc.

Rodgers, in many ways, inherited the ideal situation. He got the chance to learn behind one of the greatest players of all time. Moreover, he's inherited a pretty good team, something which most first overall picks do not (assuming if San Fran would have passed on Smith they would have selected A-Rod.)

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