GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Jared Cook has played with 11 different quarterbacks in his seven NFL seasons. It’s no wonder he sounded giddy Tuesday when he talked about playing this season with Aaron Rodgers.

Perhaps he flashed back to last season in St. Louis with Nick Foles and Case Keenum.

Or to 2014 with Austin Davis and Sean Hill.

Or 2013 with Sam Bradford and Kellen Clemens.

Or 2012 with Matt Hasselbeck and Jake Locker.

Or his early years in Tennessee with Kerry Collins, Vince Young and Rusty Smith.

“It was more than the top priority I was looking for,” Cook said during a conference call one day after he signed a one-year deal with the Green Bay Packers. “It was imperative that I find a person that‘s known for getting the job done and is good at what they do. I think that he’s probably one of the best in the league at doing it, clearly.”

It’s safe to say, Cook didn’t want to experience another season like his last. In the third year of a five-year, $35 million deal with the Rams, Cook’s numbers dropped significantly. He caught just 39 passes for 481 yards and no touchdowns -- his lowest totals in all three categories since 2010.

Still, he said he didn’t see his release coming. He thought at worst the Rams might ask him to take a pay cut.

“Man, last year was a rough year, man,” Cook said. “It was just the luck of the draw. It wasn’t anybody’s fault. It’s just things didn’t pan out the way the organization had planned, or the way that coach [Jeff] Fisher or the offensive coordinator had planned. That’s just how things went. We had a new quarterback, a new offensive coordinator, a new offensive scheme, a lot of guys trying to get used to each other in a short period of time that it was rough on a lot of people. I don’t think anybody on that offensive coaching staff last year really planned on the season going the way it did.

“It was tough, but those are the things that you have to deal with in this business. Not everything is going to be rainbows and ice creams. So you have to keep pushing and try to do the best you can to make things better for yourself and for your teammates.”

We don’t know if Cook and Rodgers talked about rainbows and ice cream, but we know they’ve already spoken.

“I think I was more excited than he was just to be able to play with somebody that’s so great at what he does and somebody that’s proven,” Cook said. “But it was a mutual feeling by both and excited to be part of such a great organization and such a great team.”