GREEN BAY, Wis. – He had delivered his message with chilling precision, giving all of Lambeau Field the golden-armed celebration it never got to experience last January and the back of his hand to the rest of the football world.
Yes, actions spoke louder than words for Aaron Rodgers in the first game of the 2011 season, and his first as a Super Bowl champion. But that didn’t stop the ultra-confident quarterback from talking a little smack, if only because he could.
Not long after the Packers’ 42-34 victory over the New Orleans Saints on Thursday night, Rodgers and I had a short conversation at his locker. After a 27-for-35, 312-yard, three-touchdown, no-interception performance in which he...
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