"The not-so-subtle dig sifted through his acceptance speech with tight-spiral precision. In front of about 2,500 people at the Murat Theatre, Aaron Rodgers smirked and "thanked" the San Francisco 49ers for drafting him.

No, that career-defining chip on Rodgers' shoulder isn't going anywhere.

"This is special, this is important to me," Rodgers said Saturday night. "It's a staple of consistency. It means you played consistently well. And it took a lot of preparation and hard work to be nominated, and to be recognized is a special thing for me."

He'd rather be elsewhere. Like, say, a couple miles away preparing for Super Bowl XLVI at the downtown Marriott.

But this isn't a bad consolation prize."