Few players can relate to the emotions Pittsburgh Steelers QB Aaron Rodgers has felt all week. Feelings that will intensify throughout the night ahead of facing his former team the Green Bay Packers. Peyton Manning offered his take on how Rodgers is processing things and the critical aspect of the game that’ll make things easier on him.
“You could tell it’s been an emotional week already…look, Aaron is lucky,” Manning said on ESPN’s NFL Countdown Sunday morning. “The game is not in Green Bay. That’s the tough one. As you know, Alex [Smith], going back, seeing the stadium, being in the visitors’ locker room, the fact that it’s in Pittsburgh is a blessing for Aaron.