The famously strained relationship between Brett Favre and Aaron Rodgers seems to have gotten better with age.
While appearing on ESPN 540's "Wilde and Tausch on Monday, Favre talked about a recent phone call he shared with Rodgers, in which the younger quarterback expressed appreciation for Favre's treatment of him as his eventual replacement under center with the Green Bay Packers.
"He (Rodgers) said, 'I get it now. I get what you were saying, or how you carried yourself,'" Favre said.
"There is no clause that says, 'You groom the next guy who's going to take your job, or else.' It doesn't work that way."
Favre infamously distanced himself from a young Rodgers, whom the Packers drafted 24th overall in 2005 while he was still performing at a high level at the age of 35.
"My contract doesn't say I have to get Aaron Rodgers ready to play. Now hopefully he watches me and gets something from that," Favre said in an ESPN interview at the time, according to Aaron Nagler of the Journal Sentinel.
Rodgers will turn 35 in early December and is awaiting a contract extension (he's signed through the end of 2019) that's expected to make him the league's highest-paid quarterback.
Coming off an injury-derailed 2017 campaign, the Packers upgraded their backup-quarterback position this offseason by acquiring 2017 second-round pick DeShone Kizer from the Cleveland Browns.
It will be interesting to see how Rodgers handles the relationship with his own young backup.
With h/t to Pro Football Talk