The reason Rodgers is in the news is because he chooses to be and goes on Youtube every week and makes himself the headline of the day - arguably the week. Don't kid yourself. Nobody is talking about ARod last week if he doesn't go on McAfee and talk about the dark room.
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Then please stop looking at, tweeting, listening or surfing for sports news. The whole reason that journalist or any job exists is because you demand their services.
But Rodgers leads the league in frumpy expressions and negative body language on the sideline, which makes him, like Josh Allen, a unique double threat.
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He's enabling the media pukes you claim to hate. Creating drama that they thrive off and make money from. Creating media storylines that people latch into making it impossible to not hear about.
The alternative is just to let the fans know he's only interested in being a Packer. Instead, he's effectively lying by omission, pretending he might leave.
Asshole.
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I think the Packers front office has to keep up Rodgers' appearance as a tradable asset. That means they can't alienate him and cause him to pout or rage-quit. They have to make Rodgers' return to the Packers look plausible so they're not weighing whose seventh-rounder to take in exchange.
As for Rodgers, he doesn't want to look like the bad guy. So I'd expect him to reply, "If it were up to me, I wouldn't want to rock the boat. I just wish I could stay here and have all my best friends and nobody ever doubting me."
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Yup. Without journalists and sports media, you would be hearing and learning NOTHING about what was going on.
People want to complain about journalists, but maybe the people they are reporting about need to stop being idiots.
I think that's all true, but I don't think it quite answers my original question: so does anybody really want a trade? If so, who is it and for what reason or reasons? Is it Rodgers? The Packers? Both? Neither?
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I think the Packers front office wants him gone for financial reasons only, they fear fans backlash and all of this is just testing out reactions. I have yet to see many fans saying he should stay outside of Tex, so I think it ultimately happens. I just pray we get a 1st back and it is not tied to Rodgers playing out the contract.
I think the Packers would like a trade, but don't want it to look like they ran Rodgers out of town. They want it to look like it was his idea. Who knows what Rodgers wants? My guess is he is leaning in a certain direction, but is still open to a change of mind. And so we wait a little bit as he emerges from the darkness into a great light. I think Isaiah wrote something like that.
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack, a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in - Leonard Cohen
I think you way over estimate what the front office thinks of our reaction as fans. I think they know what they want to do, but are playing poker with 31 other GMs and ARod. You and I factor into that consideration about as much as most of us matter to anyone outside our immediate circles.
I don't hold Grudges. It's counterproductive.
I think he is just a guy living his life. All the people who are saying "asshole" are doing so because they simply want answers RIGHT NOW and he needs a minute to rap his head around what happens next. I haven't worked in a long time, but recently was made an offer that is tough to refuse. When I said "give me a week" I wasn't being dramatic or being an asshole, I seriously need some time to decide what is in my best interest. Could it be that simple for ARod?
I don't hold Grudges. It's counterproductive.
I think this is the front office changing course after going all-in to Rodgers' requests (as opposed to going all-in to win a Super Bowl) and seeing what it got them. Shorten his contract, hire some veteran favorites, never publicly disparage him or reply to his passive-aggressive shots, throw in extra millions to massage his feelings going back to not getting a power D-1 offer out of high school. And they saw what that ceiling was.
It's an enviable ceiling, but the PR hits, the physical wear to Rodgers, and his reversion to bad habits maybe makes them rethink whether it's worth the salary-cap hit and the burning of Jordan Love's R1 pick. Maybe they think the organization's reputation won't take as much of hit if they trade Rodgers and start Love, compared to that scenario last year.
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Yes. People have selfish and immature traits. They go through life telling themselves they’re virtuous and grown and selfless. But when it comes to judging another person, they instantly revert to projecting those selfish traits they have themselves onto other people.
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EXACTLY!
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I think he's more of a weirdo than an asshole, but none of that has to do with not making a decision on retirement/next season. They can't trade him until Mar 15 and he'll decide if he's retiring before then.
I'll read up on some of the college kids for combine etc. in the meantime.
Some acorns of truth in there.
Are you from California? I'm not. My impression, though, was that most of the mellowness was from up there in the San Fran/Silicon Valley area. As for Rodgers playing games and manipuiating them, yeah, that's pretty much what I was saying too. Did I say he wanted the bastards to quit their shit? I don't think so. Are there actually some good media pukes? I suppose if you dig deep enough you can find some. Clicks and attention? Not mine ...... well, seldom anyway. How would we survive without them? Well, maybe a little more stress-free, although admittedly, stress doesn't much bother me. Any news that really needs to be put out, though, generally comes right from the horses' mouths rather than the asses' asses. In other words, we can do without the stupid speculation.
I say again, RG got it right about the profession of media puke.
What could be more GOOD and NORMAL and AMERICAN than Packer Football?
You missed the genesis of this. Tex said Rodgers knows he wants to come back and is just playing with us all.
I said "if true" he's being an asshole.
Then you must know very little about Rodgers, since he tweets about once per month. Everything else that comes from him is via sports media or journalism.Any news that really needs to be put out, though, generally comes right from the horses' mouths rather than the asses' asses. In other words, we can do without the stupid speculation.
Yes, McAfee is sports media.
If you don't use media, you would not know about the MSU shooting today, or the war in Ukraine, or many many many other things happening in your city, state, country and world. That would make you very much insulated from and ignorant of almost everything around you. Please don't hate on journalism and media -- a free press is valuable for many reasons. I strongly suggest you reconsider your attitude and look at specific media individuals vs. an overgeneralization of media. (Hence my comparison of Bayless and Silverstein)
I'm not sure if McAfee qualifies as "sports media". Regardless, though, it's not what comes from his mouth, it's what Rodgers himself says on the show that counts.
What could be more GOOD and NORMAL and AMERICAN than Packer Football?
He is more like Rodger's fluffer.
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