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Brad Biggs: It’s over, Chicago Bears fans. Aaron Rodgers is out of Green Bay — and the NFC North.

In this photo from Oct. 17, 2021, Greenbay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers celebrates with his teammates after scoring a rushing touchdown in the fourth quarter of a game against Chicago Bears at Soldier Field.

The Green Bay Packers will find out what it’s like to enter a season without a franchise quarterback for the first time since 1992, when George H.W. Bush was president and a gallon of gas averaged $1.13.

A remarkable run of elite quarterback play that extended 31 seasons — beginning in 1992, when Ron Wolf traded for Brett Favre, and continuing after Ted Thompson drafted Aaron Rodgers in 2005 — has come to an end.

The Packers traded the 39-year-old Rodgers on Monday to the New York Jets, making Jordan Love, a first-round

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