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Dan Wiederer: ‘All my (bleeping) life! I own you!’ With a win-sealing touchdown run — and one harsh insult — Aaron Rodgers adds to the Chicago Bears’ misery again

CHICAGO — Maybe the fan was a figment of his imagination. But Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers swears he saw her somewhere in the front row of Section 128 in the southwest corner of Soldier Field.

Rodgers had just tumbled across the goal line on a pivotal 6-yard touchdown run late in Sunday’s game against the Chicago Bears.

He was feeling it in that moment. The adrenaline rush from such a crucial run. The momentum of the Packers’ nine-point lead. The familiar thrill of sticking it to the Soldier Field crowd.

As he began to soak in the euphoria, Rodgers said one angry spectator caught his eye.

“All I saw was a woman giving me the double bird,” he said. “So I’m not sure exactly what came out

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