Minnesota Vikings coach Mike Zimmer is one of the few defensive minds in the NFL to enjoy some level of success against Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who is headed to Minneapolis Sunday for the first of two meetings between the rivals in 2017.

Zimmer still isn’t excited about facing a quarterback he believes has no rival. In fact, he’d rather not face him at all.

“I think they should trade him,” Zimmer joked Wednesday, according to Tim Yotter of Vikings Update.

“I’ve been in the NFL 20-some years and I can’t remember a guy that does the things that this guy does,” Zimmer said. “Obviously, we’ve played against [Tom] Brady and Manning, Peyton Manning and the other Mannings, all these guys. When you combine everything – his arm strength, his intelligence, his escapability, the way he sees things.”

Rodgers also appreciates the yearly battles with Zimmer, who often got the best of the Packers quarterback in early matchups between the two.

“There’s some guessing involved, that you just know that’s what happens when you go against a Mike Zimmer-coached defense,” Rodgers said Wednesday. “There’s going to be some looks you haven’t seen, there’s going to be some stuff that looks exactly like what they’ve run in previous games and they’ll run something different. That’s the genius of him, and the innovation he’s brought to the league with that style of defense.”

The Vikings are 2-4 against Rodgers and the Packers since Zimmer took over as the coach in Minnesota in 2014. Rodgers has 13 touchdown passes and two interceptions in the six games against Zimmer’s Vikings. However, Zimmer’s defense produced a game-sealing interception as the Vikings took down the Packers in the first-ever meeting at U.S. Bank Stadium last season.

“This is a good challenge for us, every time we play against a Mike Zimmer defense, because he’s a fantastic coach,” Rodgers said.

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