Packers QB Aaron Rodgers appeared on CBS’ "Late Show" last night, where he was greeted by a loud ovation. Host David Letterman told the audience, "Don’t make me cut off beer sales." Letterman asked about former Packers QB Brett Favre's indecision regarding retirement: "Did this become a distraction as you were taking his place on the team?" Rodgers: "I don’t think it was a distraction. I was the guy who took all the reps in the offseason and he was the guy who took all the reps during the season." Letterman: "So there’s a certain justice in this, isn’t there?"
Letterman: "There’s only a handful of men who do this – and some women – and is it impossibly hard to be an NFL quarterback?" Rodgers: "I don’t know how to answer that. If I say I don’t think so, it makes you sound arrogant." Letterman said at this "stage of the game, you don’t get guys coming into the huddle saying, ‘Now is that where I go left or is Larry going left?’ At this point you don’t get that, do you?" Rodgers: "Well, actually you do." Letterman, in reference to his Favre interview, later asked, "So you think you’ll play next year?" ("Late Show," CBS, 2/7).
Meanwhile, FedEx runs a full-page ad in USA Today congratulating Rodgers and Chiefs RB Jamaal Charles for winning the FedEx Air & Ground Players of the Year promotion. The winners were decided by fan vote (THE DAILY).
