Green Bay Packers fans are eating up an old tweet by San Francisco 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo ahead of the two teams meeting this weekend in the NFC Championship Game. The tweet came following his junior year at Eastern Illinois, as the then-Panthers quarterback watched a little NFL playoff action on television.
At the time, Rodgers was engaged in a Divisional Round playoff game against the New York Giants, a game the Packers would lose 37-20. The 20-year-old Garoppolo was obviously pulling for the then-28-year-old Rodgers to pull off a win.
Let's go rodgers
— Jimmy Garoppolo (@JimmyG_10) January 15, 2012
Most of the replies to the tweet have come within the last day or so.
Garoppolo won't be pulling for Rodgers come Sunday. After all, a trip to the Super Bowl is on the line. Although, on Wednesday, the quarterback was asked about his Packers counterpart and what impressed him about the future Hall of Famer's play.
"There's a lot," Garoppolo responded. "Aaron, just the way he processes information quickly, the way he could scramble and make throws on the run, he really has a little bit of everything.
"Just watching his film, I love watching it to prepare and also to learn from him and see things that he does. It's just impressive. He does it at such a high level for such a long time now. You've got to tip your hat to him."
The 49ers and Packers kick off from Levi's Stadium on Sunday at 3:40 p.m. PT. San Francisco is currently a 7.5-point favorite.
H/t to The Spun for the find.