15, 2018, his highest mark on MNF, and he spearheaded a dramatic comeback win over the 49ers. "He downplayed it all week, but I just knew it meant a lot to him. "I definitely wanted to get this win for Brett,” Vikings running back Adrian Peterson said afterward. Rodgers was intercepted once and sacked eight times, including once for a safety by Jared Allen, who sacked Rodgers 4.5 times. It was Favre's first game against the Packers. Losing to Favre: Perhaps no MNF game in Packers history had as much tension leading up to it as the one on Oct. It was Favre's first game against his old team. Rodgers was sacked eight times during the tension-filled game when he faced Brett Favre in 2009. "I've been dreaming about that for four years, to be honest," Rodgers said afterward. Afterward, he did his first Lambeau Leap. He made a Favre-like throw - off-balance and into traffic - for only his touchdown pass, and he ran for another on a QB sneak that sealed the win. In his first start, which came after a summer dealing with a largely angry fan base over the Packers’ refusal to let Brett Favre come back, Rodgers didn’t put up huge numbers - just 178 yards passing - but he began to win over people. 8, 2008, at home against the Minnesota Vikings. Rodgers’ first win: Not just his first win on MNF, but his first NFL win ever came on Monday, Sept. Here’s a look at some of the best - and a few of the worst - moments for Rodgers that make up his Monday Night Football legacy with the Packers:Īaron Rodgers celebrated his first NFL win, which came on MNF in 2008, by doing something he said he had been dreaming about for four years: a Lambeau Leap. The second-most touchdown passes (33), fourth-most passing yards (4,373) and third-most wins (10) since 2008. Won seven straight starts dating to 2014. The three-time NFL MVP has shined equally on Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays, too.īut when looking at MNF alone, Rodgers has: To be sure, it’s not exclusive to Monday Night Football.
He also has been special on Monday nights. the opportunity to play on Monday Night Football, it’s a special thing,” Rodgers said before a MNF appearance in 2019.
“When you’re also a lover of the game, a historian of the game, and you grew up watching Frank, Al and Dan on Monday Night Football, and John Madden and Al Michaels on Monday Night Football, and Dennis Miller when he was there, and you’re loving the history of. Given Rodgers’ uncertain future in Green Bay, there’s a chance Monday’s game against the Detroit Lions at Lambeau Field (8:15 ET, ESPN) could be the 37-year-old quarterback’s final appearance on Monday Night Football with the Packers. 19, 2005 - it’s been a time and place where the Green Bay Packers quarterback has shined, especially of late. Rodgers’ first appearance on Monday Night Football aside - and Madden was there to call that disaster in Baltimore on Dec. “My first production meeting with John Madden, you can imagine how exciting that was for me to be able to be sitting across from a guy who I feel like I know, I feel like he’s a part of my viewing family,” Rodgers recalled. It’s the characters and legends associated with it.Įven though Madden called Monday Night Football games for four seasons (2002-05), he’s someone Rodgers closely associates with the brand. It’s not just the games that Aaron Rodgers has enjoyed about Monday Night Football. The San Francisco 49ers won their record 49th Monday Night game with a 31–3 win over the Cleveland Browns on October 7, 2019.GREEN BAY, Wis. Who has the best record on Monday Night Football?įranchises with the most appearances The franchise with the most Monday night appearances is the Miami Dolphins. 21, 1970, commentators Keith Jackson, Howard Cosell and Don Meredith called the very first Monday Night Football game for ABC, featuring Joe Namath and the New York Jets versus Leroy Kelly and the Cleveland Browns. Subsequently, question is, who were the first announcers on Monday Night Football? Subsequently, question is, when was the first Monday Night Football game? September 21, 1970 The Washington Redskins and Green Bay Packers combine to score 95 points on Monday Night Football in 1983. Thereof, what was the score of the very first Monday Night Football game? (Originally published by the Daily News on September 22, 1970. Joe Namath and Jets lose first ever Monday Night Football game in 1970, fall to the Cleveland Browns 31-21.
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