Aaron Rodgers was lucky when he fell to the 24th pick in his draft, just not as lucky as Tom Brady was when he fell to the 199th in his. In 2005, Rodgers was picked by an iconic franchise with a history of fielding special players at his position.
Five years earlier, Brady was picked by a coach whose system helped land the quarterback in the Super Bowl in half of his 16 healthy seasons as a starter.
"I'm really a product of what I've been around, who I was coached by, what I played against, in the era I played in," Brady told ESPN.com last year. "I really believe if a lot of people were in my shoes, they could accomplish the same kinds of things."
What if Rodgers had been in those shoes for his entire career, playing for Bill Belichick in a New England Patriots system that rarely produces players who make the mistakes Green Bay's Ty Montgomery made Sunday, when he cost Rodgers a chance to beat the unbeaten Rams -- and ultimately got himself traded to Baltimore -- by turning the preferred touchback into a kick return and then fumbling the ball?
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