Really, though, nothing has changed for Tolzien. He’s concerned about one thing — getting better — and he can do that in Indianapolis as well as Green Bay.

“Like anything, you just weigh all of your options and I feel like it’s a good fit and a good way to extend my career,” he said. “My focus every year is getting better. I try not to focus on outside factors of, ‘Where can I play? Where can’t I?’ My focus ever since I stepped foot here at UW was to improve myself as a player and the results take care of themselves. I think it’s a good fit.”

In Luck, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2012 NFL draft, Tolzien sees a player who “works his tail off, is a super-smart guy and great teammate.”

In many ways, Luck reminds him of Rodgers, with whom Tolzien developed a close working relationship.

Rodgers is a two-time NFL most valuable player, but he has two attention-seeking critics in the national media who continually question his leadership skills. After sharing a corner of the locker room with Rodgers for three years, Tolzien thinks Colin Cowherd and Skip Bayless, formerly at ESPN, now at Fox Sports 1, are so far off-base it’s comical.