GREEN BAY, Wis. -- After slogging through two straight seasons without the playoffs, Aaron Rodgers has meaningful games to play in December.
And just two days past his 36th birthday and late in his 15th NFL season, that's more than enough to drive the Green Bay Packers' two-time NFL MVP quarterback.
"Yeah, that and seeing the 18th hole coming up, realizing I can't play forever and the opportunities don't come along all the time," Rodgers said Wednesday.
Rodgers, who turned 36 on Monday, has said repeatedly that he plans to play into his 40s, but in continuing his golf-as-a-metaphor-for-his career analogy, all he would say he is he's "making the turn, I think.