And although Inexperienced Bay, Wis., is kind of a methods from Chico, the Rodgers household seemingly remained as supportive as may very well 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 workforce 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 massive 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 manner, I suppose,” Ed mentioned. “I do not go strutting my stuff. Folks 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 advised The New York Instances earlier than the sport, “however you by no means assume your child goes to wind up within the Tremendous Bowl.”
The elder Rodgers additionally advised a narrative a few good friend 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, ‘, that response is actually uncommon.'” Ed added, “Aaron has at all times had this attention-grabbing mixture of being actually humble and very assured.”
