Colin Sheridan: Aaron Rodgers - the silent, dark, retreat
IN THE DARK: Aaron Rodgers of the Green Bay Packers. Picture: Patrick McDermott/Getty Images
The next time you dare take aim at your local GAA superstar for “being difficult” - for wearing rainbow laces, sporting a suspiciously deep tan or banking some coin from Instagram, consider the fans of the NFL's most storied blue-collar franchise, the Green Bay Packers, who’ve had to patiently tolerate the moody modus operandi of quarterback Aaron Rodgers for almost two decades now.
Rodgers - one-time Super Bowl champ and four-time regular season MVP - is widely regarded as the most talented quarterback of a generation led by Tom Brady. As a football player, Rodgers breathes rarified air; he is, as one commentator once described, “a modern-day Rembrandt”, which makes his contradictions as a person all the harder to decode and reconcile.
