GREEN BAY, Wis. — It didn’t click immediately, but with each passing day during the Green Bay Packers’ practices this past spring, Aaron Rodgers grew more suspicious.
Ever since Packers coach Mike McCarthy gave up offensive play-calling duties, Green Bay’s defense was communicating in ways Rodgers hadn’t heard before, showing increased awareness to the reigning NFL MVP’s checks and signals at the line of scrimmage.
“I started thinking, ‘Somebody must’ve told them something, because there’s no way that they would say anything like that unless somebody told them,’” Rodgers said in an interview last week with USA TODAY Sports at his locker inside Lambeau Field.