Last month, Green Bay Packers QB Aaron Rodgers said that New England Patriots signal caller Tom Brady was "the best by far" in the NFL.

Rodgers' teammate, Charles Woodson, will disagree.

Woodson, the reigning Defensive Player of the Year, said he thinks Rodgers is the league's best quarterback. (Side note: It was Woodson who dislodged a fumble from Brady in the infamous "tuck rule" play in the 2001 playoffs.)

He told WJFK-FM in Washington, D.C.:

"As far as A-Rod is concerned, I told the Monday night crew last year, I said, 'If this guy, if they protect him the way he needs to be protected, he's the best quarterback in the league, and I stand by that. If you look at last season, you take a guy that had over 50 sacks that still threw over 4,000 yards, that's incredible."

The 50 sacks Rodgers absorbed last season were tied for the most in the NFL. But he was credited with helping to hold the team together as the Packers patched a porous offensive line and earned a wild-card berth.

-- Sean Leahy

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