Sunday Night Football sportscaster Michelle Tafoya points out Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers owns a home in Los Angeles and rents another home in San Diego. But when she asked him where he considers home, his answer was Green Bay.

He wasn't always so comfortable here.

In a lengthy interview published this week in Artful Living (

), Rodgers talks about being thrust into the starting quarterback position after years in Brett Favre's shadow. He says it affected his relationship with Favre and Packers fans for years.

Rodgers portrays himself as a player "caught in the middle" between the Packers legend and the front office.

"It's tough when you want to keep playing and you get traded away from the place you've been for 16 years," Rodgers says. "But I was the guy caught in the middle. I'm just the new guy up, a backup who started to show promise in the preseason and played well the previous year against Dallas. I was drafted the first round by a new GM who wanted the kid to play at some point."

Rodgers says he received threats and tried not to let attacks and criticism affect how he saw Green Bay Packers fans. "There are people ... who want you to do poorly because they wish Brett were still playing."

He felt it got a lot better in the last game of that season. The Packers were 5-10 and out of the playoffs when they met the 0-15 Detroit Lions. The Packers received an ovation when they won that game -- for not losing to a winless team and cementing a rival's winless season.

"I see a lot of 12s at the stadium now."

Rodgers adds he has more insight now about being an older player with younger players coming in, and that he and Favre have become strong friends and "text buddies."

In the far-reaching interview, Rodgers also talks about the kneeling controversy, concussions, his relationship with Danica Patrick, helping children in India get hearing aids, and getting a picture of the Dalai Lama in a Packers cap. Read the full article at