Happy Birthday to the one, the only, Aaron Rodgers.
The Packers’ signal caller turns 37 years old today…or should I say 37 years young?
37 used to be elderly for quarterbacks in the NFL.
Steve Young retired at 37, Boomer Esiason at 36, Troy Aikman at 34, and most recently, Andrew Luck at just 29 years old.
The NFL takes an immeasurable toll on the body.
For all of the hits he took, it’s incredible that Brett Favre played until he was 41.
He was broken by the time he finally hung ’em up.
But the new generation of NFL quarterbacks ages like Benjamin Button – they get younger as they get older.
Tom Brady changed the game with his TB12 method, treating his body like a temple, and trading processed foods for things like avocado ice cream.
It sounds gross, but it’s working.
He’ll turn 44 in August, heading into the last year of his contract with the Buccaneers.
Drew Brees is still kicking in New Orleans at 41.
And Peyton Manning won his final Super Bowl while flirting with 40.
Rodgers has every intention of playing into his 40’s.
He said as early as Tuesday of this week, and these are his words, not mine, that he’s “nowhere close to done.”
As quarterbacks continue to defy Father Time, #12 is just the latest in line to prove that age is just a number.
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