GREEN BAY, Wis. -- The last time Aaron Rodgers returned from a broken collarbone, Julius Peppers was on the other side of the line. It was the 2013 regular-season finale at Chicago, and Rodgers narrowly avoided Peppers to throw the game-winning touchdown pass to Randall Cobb in the final minute.
Four years later, Peppers will be there again. The pass-rush specialist is back in Carolina, where he started his career and where Rodgers will make his return from his broken collarbone on Sunday.
In between, the two spent three years together with the Packers and although Peppers didn’t get the Super Bowl ring he came to Green Bay for – the closest he got was two appearances in the NFC Championship Game – he left quite the impression around here.
Rodgers said this week that he won’t change the way he plays to try to keep from getting hit on his collarbone but when asked whether he’d request that Peppers take it easy on him, he Rodgers joked: “Well, I might do that.”
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