And although Inexperienced Bay, Wis., is sort of a methods from Chico, the Rodgers household seemingly remained as supportive as might be.
Ed, Darla, Luke, Jordan and the brothers’ maternal grandparents, Barbara and Chuck Pittman, had been all in Arlington, Texas, when the Packers beat the Pittsburgh Steelers to win Tremendous Bowl XLV in 2011, three years after Rodgers had taken the group reins from veteran quarterback Brett Favre. Rodgers threw for 304 yards for 3 touchdowns with no interceptions and was named Tremendous Bowl MVP.
Interviewing Ed earlier than the large recreation, a author for Dallas Information‘ Sports activities Day famous that there was no proof in his chiropractic workplace of who his son was.
“Simply my means, I suppose,” Ed mentioned. “I do not go strutting my stuff. Individuals right here form of know me and what’s occurring.” That being mentioned, he could not have sounded prouder.
“I knew Aaron had a particular present,” Ed additionally instructed The New York Occasions earlier than the sport, “however you by no means assume your child goes to wind up within the Tremendous Bowl.”
The elder Rodgers additionally instructed a narrative a couple of buddy of his who complimented Aaron on his recreation. “Aaron was like, ‘Yeah, however it is best to see my brother. He is higher.’ The gentleman turned to me and mentioned, ‘You understand, that response is de facto uncommon.'” Ed added, “Aaron has at all times had this attention-grabbing mixture of being actually humble and intensely assured.”
