Like most of his teammates, long snapper Scott Daly wasn’t around when Aaron Rodgers bossed around the Chicago Bears.

But he gets it.

Daly grew up in Downers Grove, attended Downers Grove South and played college ball for Chicago’s adopted team, Notre Dame.

He knows that when Rodgers, now a Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback, amassed a 25-5 record against the Bears during his 18 seasons with the Green Bay Packers, he didn’t just “own” the Bears, as Rodgers said, he owned Chicago’s psyche.

“When I played him for the first time my rookie year (with the Detroit Lions), it was definitely one of those experiences I didn’t forget, you know, being from Chicago and watching him, growing up, playing the Bears,” Daly said. “All those great games and a great rivalry. It was really cool for me to be

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