The 2005 NFL Draft will remain infamous for the fall of future Hall-of-Famer Aaron Rodgers. Rodgers and Alex Smith were the two candidates for the San Francisco 49ers, as the once-proud franchise held the first overall pick and was in need of a quarterback. The 49ers chose Smith. Rodgers, meanwhile, dropped to 24th overall and the Green Bay Packers, where he sat for three years behind Favre.
While Smith struggled in San Francisco — largely due to a lack in personnel, at least in this writer’s opinion — Rodgers eventually blossomed into arguably the league’s best quarterback.