December
Aaron Rodgers: The Hero Green Bay Deserves
Packers QB Aaron Rodgers salutes his fans. Today, on 12-12-12, his fans salute him back on Aaron Rodgers Day
In case you are not aware, today December 12, 2012 (or 12-12-12) has been declared Aaron Rodgers Day by the State of Wisconsin.
It’s a day to pay tribute to the starting quarterback of the Green Bay Packers and what he means to our great state (I am a lifelong Wisconsin resident, for the record).
I first heard of Rodgers towards the tail end of the 2004 season. All I knew about him was that he played quarterback at Cal and was very possibly going to be the first pick of the 2005 NFL Draft. I didn’t pay much thought to him because he wasn’t going to end up on the Packers and because Brett Favre was still the king of everything Packers, we didn’t need to think about any other quarterback.
After the end of the 2004 season, Favre began to flirt with retirement but it was soon enough that he was going to be back in Green Bay for 2005. No one really made a big deal out of it. As for the team, Mike Sherman had given way to Ted Thompson as general manager, but the Packers still finished 10-6 and won another NFC North division title. All seemed to be well in Packer Land.
