The Green Bay Packers and Pittsburgh Steelers will meet Sunday night in one of the most anticipated games of the 2025 NFL season , as Aaron Rodgers faces the Packers franchise he once defined and the young quarterback who replaced him, Jordan Love .

While Rodgers has moved on, now leading the Steelers to a 4-2 start, his connection to Green Bay remains strong. That includes an ongoing friendship with Love, the player once viewed as his successor and now a leader in his own right.

Love, drafted 26th overall in 2020, spent three seasons learning behind Rodgers and said their bond has carried on beyond the trade that sent Rodgers to the Jets in 2023.

“We shoot each other a text every now and then,” Love recently shared . “A lot of it is just saying good luck throughout the seas

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