Aaron Rodgers: From Most Valuable Patient to Most Valuable Player

February 9, 2011   ·   Davide Lavarra   ·   Jump to comments

For the bigger part of his career, Aaron Rodgers had to patiently wait for his turn. But after all the time spent in someone else’s shadow, he was rewarded with the biggest prize of them all.
 
Patience is a strong man’s virtue. Rodgers kept that motto in his mind anytime he faced adversity and scepticism, because he knew that sooner or later his hard work would pay dividends.
 
He never was a high-ranked recruit coming out of high school because of his limited height and his lack of weight. He never was the first overall pick that many scouts predicted he would be six long years ago.
 
When he finally was chosen in the first round by Green Bay, he knew he would carry a clipboard for an extended period of time, sitting behind a Hall of Fame quarterback that already won a Super Bowl on a mission to bring the trophy back to Titletown for a second time.
 
Aaron Rodgers has often been derided by fate. But he remained c...

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