Aaron Rodgers ready to 'let bygones be bygones' in longtime rivalry with Bears

For the archetypal clip since 2022, Aaron Rodgers volition sojourn Chicago, but conscionable similar aged times, helium again volition beryllium the astir hated antheral successful the building.

The 41-year-old, of course, was the Bears' archrival arsenic the Green Bay Packers' starting backmost for 15 seasons, owning a 25-5 grounds against them, including the playoffs.

In 2021, Rodgers famously claimed that helium "still own[ed]" the Bears, which surely cannot beryllium argued. However, present arsenic a subordinate of the Pittsburgh Steelers, helium is acceptable to enactment the rivalry down him.

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Green Bay Packers backmost Aaron Rodgers celebrates his rushing touchdown during the 4th fourth of the Green Bay Packers' 24-14 triumph astatine Soldier Field successful Chicago connected Sunday, Oct. 17, 2021. (Mike De Sisti/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / USA Today Network)

"I’d alternatively not beryllium [the villain]. I’m not successful Green Bay anymore. I consciousness similar we tin fto bygones beryllium bygones. Maybe. I can, I guess," Rodgers told reporters connected Wednesday. "It’s a large rivalry. I mean, successful the past of each sports, you speech astir the [Los Angeles] Lakers and the [Boston] Celtics and the [Boston] Red Sox and the [New York] Yankees. You’ve got to speech astir the Packers and the Bears. And there’s been immoderate large memories there."

But Rodgers took 1 much dig.

Green Bay Packers backmost Aaron Rodgers  scores a rushing touchdown during the 4th fourth of the Green Bay Packers 24-14 triumph astatine Soldier Field successful Chicago connected Sunday, Oct. 17, 2021.  (Mike De Sisti/USA Today Sports)

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"When I archetypal got to Green Bay, the Bears had the all-time bid lead. When I left, the Packers did," helium said. "Since [Jordan Love] has taken over, it’s adjacent gotten better.

"But I anticipation those fans tin enactment that down them. I’m definite they can’t. Don’t expect them to. But I truly bask the city. They got large sports."

In his 29 regular-season games against Chicago, Rodgers has thrown for 6,965 yards, 64 touchdowns and 10 interceptions with a 109.0 passer rating. In his lone playoff crippled against his erstwhile NFC North rival — the NFC Championship earlier their Super Bowl XLV triumph — Rodgers threw for 244 yards and rushed for a touchdown successful a 21-14 win.

Green Bay Packers backmost Aaron Rodgers runs with the shot during the archetypal fractional against the Chicago Bears astatine Soldier Field.  (Dennis Wierzbicki/USA Today Sports)

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Rodgers has not mislaid to the Bears since Dec. 16, 2018, a 24-17 Bears triumph successful Chicago. The Steelers and Bears volition footwear disconnected astatine 1 p.m. ET connected Sunday.

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