Aaron Rodgers of the Green Bay Packers has eclipsed his predecessor, Brett Favre, in off-the-field jersey sales, too.
The most valuable player of Super Bowl XLV rose to No. 2 on the NFL list of most popular player jerseys over the past year, according to a preview of the rankings obtained by Game On!
Rodgers sits behind only No. 1 Troy Polamalu of the Pittsburgh Steelers on the list which is based on sales at NFLShop.com from April 1, 2010 through March 31, 2011.
Favre ranked No. 1 the previous year. He plummeted to 14th place this year.
It's the first time Rodgers has had more jersey sales than Favre, who retired from the NFL in January.
Drew Brees of the New Orleans Saints, Peyton Manning of the Indianapolis Colts and Tim Tebow of the Denver Broncos round out No. 3-5 in the Top 5 list.
Other big shifts: Tebow, who ranked No. 1 through November, finished No. 5. Packers linebacker Clay Matthews, who didn't crack the Top 25 last season, finished 8th -- ahead of quarterbacks Tony Romo of the Dallas Cowboys and Eli Manning of the New York Giants. Despite his dog-fighting past, Michael Vick of the Philadelphia Eagles rose to No. 6th from 20th place.
The Packers, Steelers, Cowboys, Chicago Bears and New England Patriots were the Top 5 teams for total merchandise sales.