Danica Patrick is the new beau of Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers. This is not recent news. What many might not know is that Patrick grew up a Chicago Bears fan. So this naturally complicates matters with her family. None more so than her father, T.J. He’s been a Bears fan for over 50 years. While he respects his daughter’s choice in boyfriend, it’s in no way going to change his team loyalties.
One can understand. He’s had to endure some rough times in Chicago at the hands of Rodgers, who has lost just one game to the Bears since 2011 in which he started and finished. That is not something a man forgets. In fact, it could lead him down the wrong path. According to Autoweek, Daddy Patrick almost went to the dark side in his first meeting with Rodgers.
Like any daughter, Danica wanted Rodgers to meet her parents once she was sure the relationship had gotten serious. She couldn’t have known what her father had in mind.
T.J. Patrick planned to tackle Aaron Rodgers in Urlacher jersey
When Danica brought Rodgers over to meet her parents, TJ had a ploy in mind.
“Actually, the first time we met him I told the kids I was going to wear my Brian Urlacher jersey and tackle him,” TJ recalled to Autoweek, referring to the Bears linebacker who was a first-ballot Hall of Fame selection. “I couldn’t find it. He walked in and asked, ‘Where is your jersey?’ I told him I couldn’t find it. He said, ‘I would respect you a lot more if you had it on.’
It’s rather fitting that the first thing out of Rodgers’ mouth was where #54 was. He spent the early part of his career worrying about that every time he stepped on the field against Chicago. That jersey is burned into his memory. The man has admitted multiple times that there is no player he enjoyed playing against or respected more than Urlacher.
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Seems T.J. learned that if you plan to tackle Rodgers, you better do it. Otherwise, he’s going to make you pay for it. One would think after 10 years the veteran Bears fan would know this.
