"I don’t know if he’s a scotch drinker ... so we’ve got to get down to it.”
-- Aaron Rodgers, May 21, on what he needs to find out about first-year Packers coach Matt LaFleur
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- It began, the relationship between the ambitious new coach and his headstrong quarterback, over something they both love.
No, not a glass of scotch.
As Rodgers would soon discover of his new coach: "He’s not a big scotch drinker."
Rather, it was in Arizona, in the comfort of a home owned by Rodgers’ girlfriend, retired race car driver Danica Patrick, where LaFleur and Rodgers first met as coach and player -- while watching sports.