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Aaron Rodgers: Nfl's Best Quarterback
Aaron Rodgers Aaron Rodgers is one of the best Quarterbacks in the NFL right now. He plays for the Green Bay Packers, but before then, he had already set several passing records in college football for California. He was a first round pick for Green Bay in 2005, but he didn’t get much play time till 2008. He spent these first years of his NFL career watching another one of the NFL’s greatest Quarterbacks, Brett Favre. Finally, after three years, Aaron Rodgers took his seat as the starting Quarterback for the Green Bay Packers and earned them a Super Bowl victory during the 2010 NFL season. He won the Super Bowl MVP. He was the Associated Press Athlete of the Year in 2011, and voted by the Associated Press in 2011 and 2014 for league MVP. Three

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