GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Aaron Rodgers differed from his predecessor as the Green Bay Packers quarterback in so many ways -- from how he played to how he lived his life in the public eye.
It was by design.
He wasn’t a reckless gunslinger, the persona that defined Brett Favre, whose interceptions were as spectacular as his touchdowns.
Rodgers didn’t often let outsiders get to know him until much later in his career -- and then usually only via his weekly appearances on “The Pat McAfee Show” -- unlike Favre, who lived as an open book, sharing everything from his early career addiction to painkillers to grieving his father’s unexpected death to his wife’s recovery from cancer.