That's the tier personnel people voted to put Aaron Rodgers in the sixth annual Quarterback Tiers survey as compiled by Mike Sando (formerly of ESPN, now writing for The Athletic)
Fifty-five NFL coaches and executives contributed to the survey this year by placing all veteran starting quarterbacks into one of five tiers and then offering insights into their thinking.
Tier 1 is reserved for the best, while Tier 5 is so poor that no starters received a majority of votes in that tier this year.
Once ballots were in, I averaged the results to create a ranking.