It took Rodgers three rocky years - no time, really - but he won the Super Bowl. He won the Super Bowl. His receivers and tight end dropped passes, and one of his most valuable defensive teammates got hurt, and Rodgers still found a way to lead the Packers to a 31-25 win over Pittsburgh.
After watching it and seeing how jubilant and grateful and classy Rodgers was in victory, Kolb was jacked up. There was his proof. If he keeps working and keeps being a professional and does not complain about how unfair it was that Andy Reid jerked the starting job from him last season after one half of a football game, he too can get there. All he needs is the chance.
"I told my wife, 'I can do that,' " Kolb said during a phone call Wednesday afternoon while walking on a treadmill at his home in Texas. "If you hear him talk, he says confidence is the one thing that got him through it. They were 6-10. There were a lot of doubters. The coaches, everybody with him knew what they had, but there were times he doubted himself, and I think he's a confident guy.
"You say, 'Man, I can really do it,' and to hear a Super Bowl MVP say it, that means a lot. So you keep pressing. You know it's possible, so you put that in your memory bank and keep working."
Rodgers has elevated himself into the Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, Drew Brees category. He is accurate, tough, crafty, and smart, and he throws as perfect a ball under duress as anyone in the league. He kept hitting his receivers in the numbers on Sunday, and even when the drops mounted, Rodgers did not become frustrated.
