It's really the national media who do most of the fawning, IMHO.
I don't know about the goldfish bowl; Brett is from a town of 750 so for him, this is the big city.:)
The thing about GB is that since you see Packers at the grocery store, at the movies, at the restaurant, at church.......it almost gets to be "old hat". Many of them live here during the off-season and some retire here (the most famous example being Ray Nitschke.)
Fair enough. Context is everything. :)
I'm glad to see our guy getting his props, though. He deserves them.