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GREEN BAY — Ahmad Brooks had his doubts. Cast adrift after nine years in San Francisco, the two-time All-Pro outside linebacker wasn’t sure he wanted to start over. At 33, he contemplated calling it quits.

“I thought about it,” Brooks said Monday afternoon. “That thought came in my mind.”

Then the Green Bay Packers made him an offer he couldn’t refuse: The most money — reportedly $3.5 million, with potential incentives worth another $1.5 million — and the opportunity to play with two-time NFL MVP quarterback Aaron Rodgers, whom he’d faced seven times, including twice in the playoffs, during his time with the 49ers.

As it turned out, Rodgers was one of the first to welcome him to his new team.

“He pretty much told me, ‘I’m glad that you’re a part of the team now and I don’t have to worry about you on Sundays.’ And I was like, ‘The same goes for me — I don’t have to worry about you on Sundays,’ ” a smiling Brooks said after his first practice with the Packers. “I mean, you’ve got your (two) top, elite quarterbacks in the NFL. You’ve got (New England’s) Tom Brady. You’ve got Aaron Rodgers. And then whoever else is after that. Those are the two.