GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Aaron Rodgers versus a 304-pound defensive tackle in a footrace to the end zone should go in the Green Bay Packers quarterback’s favor every time.
Yet after he lost the 64-yard sprint to Seahawks defensive lineman Nazair Jones, who to be sure had a running start after he picked off a short pass in the first quarter of Sunday’s game at Lambeau Field, Rodgers got a good chuckle out of it.
That’s because although the interception stood (and ended Rodgers’ career-long regular-season streak of 251 passes without one), it turned out not to be a pick-six (which would have been only the second of his NFL career) because of a penalty, and then the Packers defense came up with a stop that forced a punt.