Tom Brady hails Aaron Rodgers as an 'amazing player' before the two go head-to-head

By CNN Sport staff

Updated 1011 GMT (1811 HKT) September 23, 2022

Quarterbacks Aaron Rodgers (left) and Tom Brady will face each other this weekend.

(CNN)Tom Brady has said he «love(s)» watching Aaron Rodgers play ahead of the two veteran quarterbacks facing each other on Sunday.

It will be the third time since signing for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers that Brady has gone head-to-head with Rodgers, with the Bucs defeating the Green Bay Packers in the teams' two previous meetings — including in the 2021 NFC Championship. «He's an amazing player, has been for a long time,» Brady told reporters when asked about facing Rodgers, with whom he partnered on the golf course earlier this year for The Match. Tom Brady throws tablet to ground, involved in scuffle in nervy Bucs win«I love watching him play, and he's from California, too, so I feel like we always have a little bit of a connection. »He's an older guy now. He's been a great player in the same place for a long time. There definitely are some challenges with that, but he's navigated them pretty well and has done a great job, leads the team. They've won a lot of games since he's been there."Read MoreBrady's Tampa Bay is 2-0 on the season, largely thanks to the team's strong defense, having recorded wins against the Dallas Cowboys and the New Orleans Saints at the start of the 2022 NFL season. Even though results have gone his way, Brady has hinted that he's «close to the end» of his NFL career having already returned from retirement earlier this year. Earlier this week, Brady also revealed he had given his seven Super Bowl championship rings — six of which he's won with the New England Patriots — to a friend who was arranging for them to be displayed at a museum in Qatar during