In technology-driven world, Aaron Rodgers strives for more face time, less FaceTime

GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Aaron Rodgers has not turned into get-off-my-lawn guy, grumbling about “kids these days.” He is not morphing into a grumpy old man who can’t understand the millennials he shares a locker room with or bemoans all of this newfangled technology they’re using. He’s not using America Online dial-up for his internet access -- the AOL email address he’d had since high school is finally disconnected -- or carrying around a flip phone.

But, as the Green Bay Packers' face of the franchise, he has noticed a sea change in locker room interaction brought on by smartphones and the age of constant connection. And that means being more proactive about getting to know his younger teammates.

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