The Green Bay players toiling alongside Rodgers are probably not unlike the 1920s New York Yankees, who rolled with Babe Ruth. Or the Chicago Bulls teammates of Michael Jordan.
They are playing with a living legend, one of the greatest ever.
“He’s a magician,” Cobb said.
And so crafty. Rodgers pretty much drew up the last offensive play in the dirt, giving each of the receivers instructions on the fly. No wonder Cook flashed an incredulous look when asked if he was the primary target.
“Uh, I don’t think so,” he said. “But you never know.”
“At the end of the day, they’re going to talk about that guy as one of the top three quarterbacks who ever laced them up," Cowboys coach Jason Garrett said of Rodgers.