Aaron Rodgers Talks Brett Favre Pranks, Bart Starr Mentorship

GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Aaron Rodgers is looking Brock Osweiler Womens Jersey forward to seeing Brett Favre again, but the Green Bay Packers quarterback better keep his helmet in a secure location with his predecessor back in the building.

In advance of Favre's return to Lambeau Field to have his retired No. 4 unveiled on the north end zone facade during Thursday's game against the Chicago Bears, Rodgers recalled Tuesday how Favre, who might have been an even better prankster than he was a quarterback, got Rodgers good during his time as Favre's understudy, from 2005 through 2007.

Before one midweek practice, Favre placed a helmet on a table inside the Packers' locker room with a couple of markers, as players often do with memorabilia they need signed for charity events or their own collections. Except this helmet wasn't a replica -- it was the backup QB's helmet for practices and games.

"Everybody signed it, and I had to go down Frank Clark Limited Jersey to practice with [it]," Rodgers recounted with a chuckle after practice Tuesday. "Everybody had signed it, including myself, on my own helmet."

After the initial embarrassment, it dawned on Rodgers that he had some valuable signatures on that helmet.

"I realized, 'That's got Favre's and some other guys' autographs -- don't wipe it off,'" Rodgers said.

Alas, that realization came too late, as equipment manager Gordon "Red" Batty successfully removed most of the ink before Rodgers could stop him.

"You just had to watch yourself sometimes around him because [he was] always trying to incite some pranks," Rodgers said. "So you had to be careful."

The Favre-Rodgers relationship wasn't always so chummy. The veteran quarterback was less than thrilled when the team drafted Rodgers with its first-round pick in 2005, and Favre's departure went from awkward to downright ugly during training camp in 2008. But when the two shared the stage at the 2013 NFL Honors event to present Peyton Manning with the NFL MVP...