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Years removed from 2005 NFL draft, Aaron Rodgers and Alex Smith have a mutual admiration

GREEN BAY — Aaron Rodgers can see the resemblance. But he still can’t believe how many people get them confused.

Obviously, he understands why he and Alex Smith will always be inextricably linked by their fates in the 2005 NFL draft — Smith going No. 1 overall to the San Francisco 49ers; Rodgers tumbling to the Green Bay Packers at No. 24. Now 34 years old and in their 14th NFL seasons, they’ll face each other for the fourth time today.

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But it’s not like they’re separated-at-birth lookalikes here.