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Football for Breakfast found this 5/18/2008 on greenbaypressgazette.com

By now, everyone has heard Mike McCarthy and Ted Thompson say it repeatedly. “Aaron (Rodgers) is the guy,” Thompson, the Green Bay Packers' general manager, said most recently during last month's draft. “He is our quarterback,” McCarthy, the Packers' coach, also said during the draft. “That is his focus.” In the NFL, however, there's one thing that speaks louder than words — money. The ...