GREEN BAY – Aaron Rodgers’ iPhone buzzed to life inside his locker on Wednesday afternoon, and the Green Bay Packers quarterback reached up into the cherrywood cubbyhole above him to see what it was.
The iMessage had come from a familiar sender, a frequent correspondent who had already sent a number of such electronic missives earlier in the day. Although none from quite this close of proximity.
“I’m sitting at my locker, pre-practice, and I get a text from Davante Adams,” Rodgers recounted. “Now, he’s sitting across the room ...”
The 36-year-old Rodgers paused ever so slightly, preparing to deliver his old-man-yells-at-cloud, kids-these-days commentary on the 27-year-old three-time Pro Bowl wide receiver’s communique.