OFFICIAL AARON RODGERS THE LIVING LEGEND THREAD

[sharpe1027]

Would you rather have a 40 year old Rodgers with a torn Achilles or Love and two seconds?

Tough call. Love can maybe get one play done with only two seconds.

[Fritz]

Tough call. Love can maybe get one play done with only two seconds.

Good one.

Getting back to my previous post, I do wonder how much sway Rodgers really, really holds over the organization. Does Woodhead Johnson hang onto Saleh and Hackett next year, even if this year goes completely in the pooper, because Rodgers wants them back when he comes back? Does Saleh have to wonder if Rodgers really wants him there, or is it just Hackett?

Could Woodhead really fire Hackett and have Rodgers be okay with that, if the offense can't produce at all this year? Would the Jest fire Saleh but tell any new head coach he has to keep Hackett so Rodgers is happy? (Shades of the MLF hiring with Mike Pettine.) Would Saleh be willing to dump a defensive coordinator as a scape goat, but keep Hackett, just to keep his job?

These are the kinds of headaches you get when you get Aaron Rodgers. Even when he's injured and out, he's still a heavy weight on the decision making of the brass.

You can have that.

[run pMc]

Hackett, Saleh, etc. probably have years left on their contracts, Woody will keep them if Rodgers comes back. I think even if Rodgers doesn't and they get to 6-7 wins they could be back but with a new R1 QB to replace Zach. Their defense is pretty good and they have talent at skill positions...just not at QB.

[run pMc]

I'd take Jordan Love and 2 R2 picks over a 40 yo QB with a torn Achilles.
Rodgers may come back and possibly do so with a vengeance, but his best days are far behind him. Very few 40 QBs have thrown more than 100 passes in the NFL.

[red]

He was already losing accuracy and scrambling ability. We all saw it last year

That’s not gonna get better with this injury, no matter how experimental it is

He’ll be 40 coming off a massive injury that impacts your mobility

I bet he fights his way back, if no other reason the collecting that paycheck, but he isn’t going to better then what he was last season

[run pMc]

Reminder: last season he never cracked 300 yards and only threw for 3 TDs once - vs. Dallas.
In NFL-time, he'll be a long time removed from that, never mind his MVP seasons.

[Anti-Polar Bear]

Would you rather have a 40 year old Rodgers with a torn Achilles or Love and two seconds?

Wait, 2 seconds? I guess Love ain’t Black enough, cos, the Blacks are stereotypically known for their reproduction powers.

To answer your question, IF I were a chick or a queer, I’d take a 40 year old man, even one with a torn Achilles (which ain’t in any shape, form, matter or anti-matter a reproduction organ) any night of the week over some sensitive fuck who can’t last more 2 fucking seconds.

[Fritz]

APB, we all pretty much got a schtick in here; I get that. But yours is getting so old it's crusty. You're supposedly a too-old-to-be-flipping-burgers burger flipper, and your "cool cool" hip-hop and music references are now old and worn out, as are your comments about black and white players. Jesus, your "hip hop safety" Harrison Smith is fucking 34 years old now. You know that, right?

[sharpe1027]

APB, we all pretty much got a schtick in here; I get that. But yours is getting so old it's crusty. You're supposedly a too-old-to-be-flipping-burgers burger flipper, and your "cool cool" hip-hop and music references are now old and worn out, as are your comments about black and white players. Jesus, your "hip hop safety" Harrison Smith is fucking 34 years old now. You know that, right?
I'm curious now. What's my schtick?

[KYPack]

I'm curious now. What's my schtick?

Whatever it is, it's good

[RashanGary]

I'm curious now. What's my schtick?

Being reasonable and solid.

[Fritz]

I'm curious now. What's my schtick?

You're . . . Sharpe.

Getting back to Arod in this thread, I heard it floated on Detroit sports radio yesterday that maybe the Vikes could hook up with the Jest and trade Cousins over there, so the Jest can salvage their season. Apparently, some of the defensive players are getting annoyed at how protective Long Tall Saleh has been of Zach Wilson. They all know if they played defense like he plays offense, they'd be benched and bitched at. So there's unrest in the Big Asshole.

And Minny would have an interest in getting rid of Cousins.

But do the Jest have to run that by ol' Aaron first, make sure he's cool with it?

Or if they don't, or if he's cool with it, since Cousins is in the last year of a contract, what if Cousins plays really well? Do the Jest dare to offer him a contract and call the Aaron experiment a failed one?

Again: the joys of having an aging HOF quarterback...

[run pMc]

Getting back to Arod in this thread, I heard it floated on Detroit sports radio yesterday that maybe the Vikes could hook up with the Jest and trade Cousins over there, so the Jest can salvage their season. Apparently, some of the defensive players are getting annoyed at how protective Long Tall Saleh has been of Zach Wilson. They all know if they played defense like he plays offense, they'd be benched and bitched at. So there's unrest in the Big Asshole.


Not sure they can make that work with Cousins contract? Seems like just water cooler talk to pass time.
I can't imagine trading Cousins 3-4 weeks into the season, it's a bad NFC and you're waving the white flag awfully early. You're also hoping the Bears and Cards do better than you so you can pick a top 3 QB. The Minny fan base is cranky already, if they trade their QB away they'll be really mad... and so will Justin Jefferson. You want to extend him with nobody at QB? No matter what, Vikings are in a tricky spot.

As for Jets defensive players, they'd have to send some over in the trade, probably. I might prefer to play for Saleh and hope to stick around for Rodgers' return next year.

[Fritz]

Not sure they can make that work with Cousins contract? Seems like just water cooler talk to pass time.
I can't imagine trading Cousins 3-4 weeks into the season, it's a bad NFC and you're waving the white flag awfully early. You're also hoping the Bears and Cards do better than you so you can pick a top 3 QB. The Minny fan base is cranky already, if they trade their QB away they'll be really mad... and so will Justin Jefferson. You want to extend him with nobody at QB? No matter what, Vikings are in a tricky spot.

As for Jets defensive players, they'd have to send some over in the trade, probably. I might prefer to play for Saleh and hope to stick around for Rodgers' return next year.

If I recall correctly, Cousins is in the last year of his contract. And Aaron Rodgers did regnegotiate so the Jets would have some cap room.

Sure, it's early, but it sure looks like Cousin's not coming back to Minny anyway, so why not get a pick or two for the rebuild? It can't matter to much to Justin Jefferson, as Cousins wasn't coming back anyway.

[sharpe1027]

Rodgers has to go to the Vikings per the Favre rule. Maybe the Jets cut bait and trade him to the Vikings.

[Fritz]

Rodgers has to go to the Vikings per the Favre rule. Maybe the Jets cut bait and trade him to the Vikings.

Cool thought, but I can’t imagine why a rebuilding Vikes team would want an aging injured HOF QB.

But you never know.

[sharpe1027]

Cool thought, but I can’t imagine why a rebuilding Vikes team would want an aging injured HOF QB.

But you never know.

Because it's preordained.

[Harlan Huckleby]

Rodgers has to go to the Vikings per the Favre rule. Maybe the Jets cut bait and trade him to the Vikings.

Don't get ahead of your skis. First a dick pic.

[sharpe1027]

Don't get ahead of your skis. First a dick pic.

Check your PMs.

[RashanGary]

Check your PMs.

:lol:

[bobblehead]

I'm curious now. What's my schtick?

Same as most of us. Make outlandish claims then never admit when you're wrong. Its entertaining and harmless. Tex is the true master of it though, the rest of us are mere padowans.

[sharpe1027]

Same as most of us. Make outlandish claims then never admit when you're wrong. Its entertaining and harmless. Tex is the true master of it though, the rest of us are mere padowans.

I tend to be pretty boring in my claims.

[Joemailman]

Rodgers throwing in warmups today. Worst scenario for Packers would be Rodgers comes back to help Jets win games but doesn't play 65% of snaps. Could be a late 2nd pick.

[run pMc]

Rodgers throwing in warmups today. Worst scenario for Packers would be Rodgers comes back to help Jets win games but doesn't play 65% of snaps. Could be a late 2nd pick.

That's a publicity stunt. No way he's back and ready to play an NFL game until late in the season, and by then it might take time to shake the rust off.

Sure, Cam Akers tore his Achilles in July and made it back for Week 18, but he was a much younger man, and his performance left something to be desired.
I wouldn't doubt Rodgers is using all kinds of crazy drug cocktails invented by some Bulgarian to help him recover faster and make crazy claims on the podcast circuit... but a 40 year old human body can only recover so fast.

He's probably throwing just because he wants to keep the muscle memory of it, and he probably genuinely misses doing it on the field.

[bobblehead]

Rodgers has never had a PED suspension so I think a first is only 4 games. He should be shooting the HgH with both hands. Come back in week 13. If he gets busted he serves it out during the time he would have missed if he stayed clean.

[call_me_ishmael]

That's a publicity stunt. No way he's back and ready to play an NFL game until late in the season, and by then it might take time to shake the rust off.

Sure, Cam Akers tore his Achilles in July and made it back for Week 18, but he was a much younger man, and his performance left something to be desired.
I wouldn't doubt Rodgers is using all kinds of crazy drug cocktails invented by some Bulgarian to help him recover faster and make crazy claims on the podcast circuit... but a 40 year old human body can only recover so fast.

He's probably throwing just because he wants to keep the muscle memory of it, and he probably genuinely misses doing it on the field.

Cam Akers probably doesn't have the money to get the good stuff the way guys like Peyton, Kobe, etc do. Anybody think Rodgers isn't doing some crazy shiz here? I have no doubt he is getting every possible sketchy ass intervention. I would too with my legacy on the line. He kinda looks like a chump if he can't come back and do well in NYJ after the way he left.

[King Friday]

There is no chance that Rodgers plays later this season. He can live in a hyperbolic chamber for the next 3 months…won’t matter. He’s not at an age where that injury is going to heal in 4 months.

[Joemailman]

There is no chance that Rodgers plays later this season. He can live in a hyperbolic chamber for the next 3 months…won’t matter. He’s not at an age where that injury is going to heal in 4 months.


How, exactly, is Rodgers moving so quickly? Jaramillo points primarily to the "speed bridge" technique used to accelerate recovery, which allows for early weight-bearing. It's a fairly new procedure that few surgeons are trained to perform, he said, and Rodgers' surgeon, Dr. Neil ElAttrache, a close colleague of Jaramillo's, is "quite the pioneer in sports medicine." He notably repaired Tom Brady's torn ACL in 2008, and the former Patriots QB "only got better," appearing in five more Super Bowls before retiring at 45..

[King Friday]

The point is that Akers returned to football in a timeframe that would mean Rodgers could return for the Super Bowl if he came back at the same time. Akers had the same surgeon, but was also 15 years younger.

I’m sure he’ll do plenty of prancing around on the sidelines and in pregame the rest of the year. The diva can’t become a wallflower.

[MadScientist]

Cam Akers probably doesn't have the money to get the good stuff the way guys like Peyton, Kobe, etc do. Anybody think Rodgers isn't doing some crazy shiz here? I have no doubt he is getting every possible sketchy ass intervention. I would too with my legacy on the line. He kinda looks like a chump if he can't come back and do well in NYJ after the way he left.

Sketchy ass intervention is probably more likely to increase the time it takes to heal than shorten it. Rodgers probably got something akin to an internal brace ( abstract here (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27440059/)), but there is still a big difference between able to move around decently and being healed enough for full contact football.

[Anti-Polar Bear]

That's a publicity stunt. No way he's back and ready to play an NFL game until late in the season, and by then it might take time to shake the rust off.

Sure, Cam Akers tore his Achilles in July and made it back for Week 18, but he was a much younger man, and his performance left something to be desired.
I wouldn't doubt Rodgers is using all kinds of crazy drug cocktails invented by some Bulgarian to help him recover faster and make crazy claims on the podcast circuit... but a 40 year old human body can only recover so fast.

He's probably throwing just because he wants to keep the muscle memory of it, and he probably genuinely misses doing it on the field.

Butte plays QB, not RB. Sloths like TB12 and P-Mann were able to dominate without mobility. And besides, if Butte could play on a bum calf, ain’t no reason he can’t play on a bum ankle.

[call_me_ishmael]

Nah I don't think so, they can give you all sorts of stuff to stimulate healing. It's just not illegal or accessible to the normies.

[RashanGary]

Nah I don't think so, they can give you all sorts of stuff to stimulate healing. It's just not illegal or accessible to the normies.

What do you mean not illegal to the normies?

[call_me_ishmael]

Legal.

[RashanGary]

Legal.

I’ve never heard that drugs are legal for rich and famous people but not legal for us. I cant find anything about it either.

[RashanGary]

I guess Rodgers found a headset during last weeks game and started giving play call suggestions in the middle of the game :lol:

12 gonna be 12 smh

[RashanGary]

The Jets article in the athletic is absolutely hilarious. Just like here when everyone was looking like clowns, they all look like clowns in New York.

After the leaks came out of the Jets camp, Saleh lead a meeting with everyone in attendance and called for the rat to step forward. This is absolutely priceless because Saleh is an intimidating presence, and a room of over 100 people is intimidating too. I just imagine the rat sitting there trying to act cool as everyone looks around the room for, scanning for guilt on the rat’s face.

Oh god, it’s too much. I’m dying :lol:

[RashanGary]

The only thing funnier would be if the rat started crying :lol:

[RashanGary]

Over the years, we’ve been lucky as Packers fans to have the two most dramatic quarterbacks in NFL history play here. It’s always a hoot.

[MadtownPacker]

We can only wonder what your former employers (likely many) would say….

[red]

so the story goes that that hackett and the jets installed a playbook built around all of rodgers super secret plays. then he goes down, and the team still has to use rodgers special plays, that none of them know how to run, and refuses to run normal plays that the players do know. so the players were pissed, and completely confused

well, i'm shocked

[Anti-Polar Bear]

Now, I ain’t follow hoops feverishly like I did in my youth. Looks like white euros, like that tall fellow in Denver and cocky 77 of the Mavs, are evolving game to complete with the Blacks. Anyways, from the looks of it, the Greek Freak’s little bro ain’t got the game to be on a NBA D team. Yet, said little bro’s getting paid a shitload of frogskins to warm the bench in the NBA.

Point being, superstars playing GM ain’t nothing new. Lebron got a coach in Cleveland fired in favor of Ty Lue. Greek Freak’s little bro’s on the Bucks cos the Greek Freak demands it. GM Brady, with the Bucfuckneers, signed Gronk out of retirement along with the locker room cancer, AB.

Butte’s a superstar flying in the same stratosphere as LeBron, Freak, Brady, among others. Butte’s worthy of playing GM.

[Fritz]

Now, I ain’t follow hoops feverishly like I did in my youth. Looks like white euros, like that tall fellow in Denver and cocky 77 of the Mavs, are evolving game to complete with the Blacks. Anyways, from the looks of it, the Greek Freak’s little bro ain’t got the game to be on a NBA D team. Yet, said little bro’s getting paid a shitload of frogskins to warm the bench in the NBA.

Point being, superstars playing GM ain’t nothing new. Lebron got a coach in Cleveland fired in favor of Ty Lue. Greek Freak’s little bro’s on the Bucks cos the Greek Freak demands it. GM Brady, with the Bucfuckneers, signed Gronk out of retirement along with the locker room cancer, AB.

Butte’s a superstar flying in the same stratosphere as LeBron, Freak, Brady, among others. Butte’s worthy of playing GM.


The problem? He’s uh, not good at it.

[Anti-Polar Bear]

The problem? He’s uh, not good at it.

Butte won 2 MVPs and took the Packers to 2 NFC Title games as GM. Only a choke job in the clutch vs the Pussies of Detroit prevented Butte from matching Sherman as the only GMs in Packers history to never miss the playoffs.

The front office fuck or fucks who - in an act of vetoing Butte - got cheap and refused to pony up for OBJ costed Pack another Roman numerals trophy. All things considered, I’d say Butte was a damn good GM in the Green and Mustard Yellow.

[Fritz]

Butte won 2 MVPs and took the Packers to 2 NFC Title games as GM. Only a choke job in the clutch vs the Pussies of Detroit prevented Butte from matching Sherman as the only GMs in Packers history to never miss the playoffs.

The front office fuck or fucks who - in an act of vetoing Butte - got cheap and refused to pony up for OBJ costed Pack another Roman numerals trophy. All things considered, I’d say Butte was a damn good GM in the Green and Mustard Yellow.

I couldn’t disagree more.

Can’t wait for the Jest to pass on a future franchise QB in the first round so they can draft some bust offensive tackle, per Rodgers’s command.

[ThunderDan]

I couldn’t disagree more.

Can’t wait for the Jest to pass on a future franchise QB in the first round so they can draft some bust offensive tackle, per Rodgers’s command.

Well, we already know that APB is awful at judging GMs with his love for Mike Sherman. The same Mike Sherman who traded up for a punter who couldn't crack the starting lineup and we carried 2 punters on our 53 man roster.

[Anti-Polar Bear]

I couldn’t disagree more.

Can’t wait for the Jest to pass on a future franchise QB in the first round so they can draft some bust offensive tackle, per Rodgers’s command.

You mean top 5 draft picks franchise QBs like Sanchez, Darnold and “Mormon Boyz” Zach Wilson?

The Jesters can’t draft QBs in the 1st to save Batman’s life, so might as well take a Yokozuna.

[Fritz]

It would be a shock if it's anything other than an offensive tackle.

[George Cumby]

Butte who?

[Joemailman]

Butte who?

Body Cleanse Butte.

[Joemailman]

@KashwrapSupreme

Packers signed #1 Safety and Top 3 RB today to 4 year deals

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GIbTYArX0AA9CeQ?format=jpg&name=small

[MadtownPacker]

What are you trying to post?

[Joemailman]

What are you trying to post?

I finally got it to work. Something about the guy's twitter name that was causing a problem.

[MadtownPacker]

What was the name? Candyman? Bloody Mary? Did you say it three time?

[Fritz]

@KashwrapSupreme

Packers signed #1 Safety and Top 3 RB today to 4 year deals

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GIbTYArX0AA9CeQ?format=jpg&name=small

How long before Bakh signs with the Jest?

[Sparkey]

It will be in August for the Vet minimum.

[KYPack]

How long before Bakh signs with the Jest?

There is the matter of passing a physical first...

[Frozen Tundra]

There is the matter of passing a physical first...


Yeah, that's what everyone keeps forgetting. I don't think there's going to be any kind of a quick resolution to Bakhtiari, because we don't even have any idea when he'll be able to take the physical.

The fact that he hasn't had it yet (5 months after a surgery that nobody will even reveal the nature of) makes me wonder if he and Green bay both know it's not gong as well as had been hoped. It's one of the reasons I can't help wondering if he pretty much knows his career is over, but is just waiting as long as possible to make the final decision.

[Fritz]

There is the matter of passing a physical first...

Slip Bakh AND the team docs a little ayahuasca, and - - poof! — he’s cleared to play.

Well, for one or two games, until he gets hurt.

[sharpe1027]

One or two practices.

[red]

are we still on the hook for some kind of injury settlement from bahk, or are we clear of that since we waited until the start of the new league year?

[sharpe1027]

are we still on the hook for some kind of injury settlement from bahk, or are we clear of that since we waited until the start of the new league year?

We should be good.

[Teamcheez1]

Now AR may be running for Vice-President under RFK Jr. So happy the circus left town last year.

[George Cumby]

Now AR may be running for Vice-President under RFK Jr. So happy the circus left town last year.

IKR.

So over him.

[MadScientist]

Sending dick picks to a massage girl would be a more respectable thing to do.

[Deputy Nutz]

Rodgers is such an asshole.

[Anti-Polar Bear]

Rodgers is such an asshole.

Favre’s an asshole. Butte is simply misunderstood.

[run pMc]

Favre’s an asshole. Butte is simply misunderstood.

Not much to misunderstand: he thinks he's the smartest guy in the room, he's an egotistical hypocrite with some douchey takes who just happens to be a good football player. He's not (allegedly) stealing from the poor or anything like that (thank goodness), but Rodgers has made it pretty clear who he is.

[texaspackerbacker]

Favre was the best in the league, maybe the GOAT as of the tie he played. Rodgers definitely was the greatest in the league and probably the GOAT as of now. There's a more than decent chance that our new QB will end up taking the mantle of GOAT away from Rodgers. We have been blessed with over three decades of excellent football. Yet some ingrates and dumbasses buy into the media idiocy and piss all over these Packer greats. Shame on ya'all for that.

[Frozen Tundra]

Favre was the best in the league, maybe the GOAT as of the tie he played. Rodgers definitely was the greatest in the league and probably the GOAT as of now. There's a more than decent chance that our new QB will end up taking the mantle of GOAT away from Rodgers. We have been blessed with over three decades of excellent football. Yet some ingrates and dumbasses buy into the media idiocy and piss all over these Packer greats. Shame on ya'all for that.

As opposed to worshipping a guy just because he was a great athlete, and give him a free pass on being a total jackhole because he's entitled to some double standard?

I guess character matters more to some people than it does to others.

[Fosco33]

I like AR more everyday

[Frozen Tundra]

I've been on the fence about Rodgers for a while, more than a lot of other people. I've been sick of him for years, but still couldn't help liking the guy on some level - or at least, finding some really likable things about him. Kinda like some friends many of us had in college, who never seemed to grow up as much as the others and you never knew what stupid thing he was going to do next to irritate people, but you still can't help liking him.

Now I'm done with him. He's completely lost...

NOTE: Removed link because “new” poster doesn’t know better.

[MadtownPacker]

Frozen. You can’t be posting straight up political links in the Packers area. You are welcome to in FYI which is where ALL things politics go. While it is mentioned on this thread that Rodgers is potentially running that is where it ends. Going deeper into the subject other than the football side of it is discussing politics and will get you booted for a week the first time around.

Yeah it’s complicated so best to avoid it. Thanks.

[texaspackerbacker]

As opposed to worshipping a guy just because he was a great athlete, and give him a free pass on being a total jackhole because he's entitled to some double standard?

I guess character matters more to some people than it does to others.

A gigantic HELL YEAH to that. We're Packer fans, and both QBs (now maybe all three) gave us a helluva lot of pleasure for a LONG time. I don't give two shits about the alleged crap, true or not, and shame on any ingrate fake Packer fans who do.

That, and the God damned media attributing shit to them, to me that just reinforces what a bunch of assholes the God damned media people are.

[Fritz]

Saw an article in the Athletic in which neither writer could really believe Rodgers would really do such a thing; and if he did, they suppose he'd have to miss part of the season - thus the new Jest backup QB.

It's just not going to happen. How can it? Unless RFK thinks Rodgers's playing football on Sundays is as good as campaigning - that it IS his campaigning.

Guess we'll see.

[Joemailman]

It'll never happen. It would take RFK's people too long to learn the hand signals.

[MadScientist]

I'm not certain, but him running might make it difficult or impossible for networks to show games that he plays in. Which would cause a lot of financial headaches for the NFL, or force him to be on a reserve list (or suspended). The Jets might try to reclaim some of the bonus they paid him in that case. So I predict he will just play for the Jets until he gets hurt again.

[George Cumby]

It'll never happen. It would take RFK's people too long to learn the hand signals.

Hahahahahahahaha

[QBME]

Tip toeing

[Fritz]

It'll never happen. It would take RFK's people too long to learn the hand signals.

"Bobby, did he just wave away the last call you made, or did he just fart and he's waving the smell away?"

[run pMc]

Meh. He's a knucklehead and some other's team's problem. It's a distraction for the NYJ they don't need, but it gives Rodgers some of that spotlight he covets. You'd think he has some media competition with Russell Wilson.
One thing you have to wonder about: if he's considering this, how committed is he really to playing QB? Seems like if you are interested in multiple career paths at once, you aren't really committed to any. For a pro football player that's ... not great.

Ultimately he won't be a VP candidate, and RFK is a kooky truther who won't get enough votes anyway.

It does make for a lot of fun on social media on a slow day, though.

[MadtownPacker]

I remember when all you fuckers loved Rodgers. :lol:

[KYPack]

I remember when all you fuckers loved Rodgers. :lol:

Those days are gone, amigo,

Long gone.

[texaspackerbacker]

A lot of ingrates in here.

[Fritz]

Meh. He's a knucklehead and some other's team's problem. It's a distraction for the NYJ they don't need, but it gives Rodgers some of that spotlight he covets. You'd think he has some media competition with Russell Wilson.
One thing you have to wonder about: if he's considering this, how committed is he really to playing QB? Seems like if you are interested in multiple career paths at once, you aren't really committed to any. For a pro football player that's ... not great.

Ultimately he won't be a VP candidate, and RFK is a kooky truther who won't get enough votes anyway.

It does make for a lot of fun on social media on a slow day, though.

Ah, you just hit on it. IF Rodgers accepts as the VP candidate, he's two-thirds of the way to "MVP"!

[bobblehead]

I remember when all you fuckers loved Rodgers. :lol:

Who?

[texaspackerbacker]

Ah, you just hit on it. IF Rodgers accepts as the VP candidate, he's two-thirds of the way to "MVP"!

Wow that's the most profound thing I've seen for a while hahahaha. Fritz, you're really doing the math.

[MadtownPacker]

Who?
You were the 2nd or 3rd member of the club I started but took you almost a decade to join.

[George Cumby]

I remember when all you fuckers loved Rodgers. :lol:

We all thought you were just being an overly-sensitive/dramatic Mexican.

Turns out you were right all along.

[Joemailman]

One year ago today.

Clear the runway: Aaron Rodgers is preparing to land in New York as the newest Jet.

Green Bay and New York are finalizing a trade to send the four-time NFL MVP to the Jets, NFL Network Insiders Ian Rapoport and Tom Pelissero reported on Monday.

The Jets receive Rodgers, the Packers' 2023 first-round pick (No. 15 overall) and a fifth-round pick (No. 170) in exchange for New York's 2023 first-rounder (No. 13), 2023 second-round (No. 42) and sixth-round (No. 207) picks, as well as a conditional 2024 second-round selection that could become a first if Rodgers plays in at least 65 percent of the Jets' snaps this year.

[run pMc]

Rodgers is a good QB but a total tool. I think fans loved Rodgers before all the weird stuff came out. Many fans saw Russell Wilson and his nanobubbles and Cam Newton with... whatever, and Michael Vick with his dogs and were willing to overlook Rodgers weirdness.
Being a jerk isn't against the law.

Joe Douglas was recently asked if he'd do the trade again and he said he would 15 out of 10 times. I find that funny; Rodgers has turned that team into a circus and probably has one year left in him. 2023 Jordan Love outplayed 2022 Rodgers and did it with a bunch of rookie receivers (and without Aaron Jones for half the season).

Rodgers was also recently spouting a conspiracy theory long debunked.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/sport/video-3169117/Aaron-Rodgers-claims-HIV-created-government.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Denver

I'm becoming more convinced that he's got CTE and is a public hazard if given a platform and a microphone.

[MadScientist]

I wonder if his believing in these looney ideas are related to his psychedelic usage:
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2023/02/psychedelic-drug-therapy-effects-brain-neuroplasticity/672910/


The thing is, all those changes aren’t necessarily all good. Neuroplasticity just means that your brain—and your mind—is put into a state where it is more easily influenced. The effect is a bit like putting a glass vase back into the kiln, which makes it pliable and easy to reshape. Of course you can make the vase more functional and beautiful, but you might also turn it into a mess. Above all else, psychedelics make us exquisitely impressionable, thanks to their speed of action and magnitude of effect, though their ultimate effect is still heavily dependent on context and influence.

[Frozen Tundra]

I wonder if his believing in these looney ideas are related to his psychedelic usage:
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2023/02/psychedelic-drug-therapy-effects-brain-neuroplasticity/672910/

I know a lot about psychedilcs, and I wouldn't rule it out. I'm not sure just how forthcoming he's been about his usage patterns, but the fact that he's gone on multiple multi-day ayahuasca retreats, speaks frequently about mysterious friends who are deeply into all sorts of out-there "new age-y"theories and philosophies, and seems to suggest that he uses psilocybin frequently and in fairly large doses all make it sound pretty plausible to me. If he's doing multi-day darkness retreats and multi-day psychedelic experiences, that means he's likely getting way, way, wa-a-a-ay inside his head at times when his mind is pretty malleable, and if (once he gets all the way in there) he's spending a lot of time thinking about the odd theories of his new age friends, there's no telling what the inside of his mind looks like anymore.

[MadtownPacker]

Unsurprisingly people try to blame the drugs. He was always a shit human being. You just didn’t care when he threw a ridiculous amount of TDs and yards.

[texaspackerbacker]

You, MadTown, are almost certainly the ONLY one in here who can really comment on what the guy is like as a person because you almost certainly are the ONLY one in here to have any personal interaction with him.

Everybody else is merely believing shit spewed by God damned media shitheads doing their damnedest to stir up trouble. Myself, I really don't know either, but your last line about not caring as long as he was performing in a GOAT-like way for the Packers, THAT is absolutely my perspective about him. Now that he's somebody else's QB, I really don't give a shit at all.

As for the supposedly weird things he supposedly said, don't discount the distinct possibility that he was just messing with those stupid media pukes.

[Fritz]

Unsurprisingly people try to blame the drugs. He was always a shit human being. You just didn’t care when he threw a ridiculous amount of TDs and yards.

Yeah, but now he's a WEIRD shit human being.

[Fosco33]

You guys sure talk a lot about someone you don’t like.

He’ll still go down as one of the best to play the game and arguably the best Packer.

And there are a fair amount of people who don’t think he’s crazy or shitty.

[bobblehead]

Rodgers is a good QB but a total tool. I think fans loved Rodgers before all the weird stuff came out. Many fans saw Russell Wilson and his nanobubbles and Cam Newton with... whatever, and Michael Vick with his dogs and were willing to overlook Rodgers weirdness.
Being a jerk isn't against the law.

Joe Douglas was recently asked if he'd do the trade again and he said he would 15 out of 10 times. I find that funny; Rodgers has turned that team into a circus and probably has one year left in him. 2023 Jordan Love outplayed 2022 Rodgers and did it with a bunch of rookie receivers (and without Aaron Jones for half the season).

Rodgers was also recently spouting a conspiracy theory long debunked.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/sport/video-3169117/Aaron-Rodgers-claims-HIV-created-government.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Denver

I'm becoming more convinced that he's got CTE and is a public hazard if given a platform and a microphone.

Oh run, do you really have to inject politics into this thread? Lets bring this one to FYI so I can thump it like it deserves. In the meantime, please don't tempt me to get banned on the morning of the draft.

[bobblehead]

Unsurprisingly people try to blame the drugs. He was always a shit human being. You just didn’t care when he threw a ridiculous amount of TDs and yards.

Except you are blaming the drugs for him saying something he never actually said. A headline isn't a quote, and mad, you of all people should realize this belongs in FYI.

[bobblehead]

You guys sure talk a lot about someone you don’t like.

He’ll still go down as one of the best to play the game and arguably the best Packer.

And there are a fair amount of people who don’t think he’s crazy or shitty.

Agreed. I think he is different for sure. I think he has a chip on his shoulder. I think he pushes the edge on some things and then a quote gets taken out of context. Most of all I think some people never learn about injecting politics into the football forum and I don't get to respond properly because I'll get banned.

Rodgers was a great QB for us, but now he is a Jet. Bye Felicia, was nice watching you but you gone.

[run pMc]

Oh run, do you really have to inject politics into this thread? Lets bring this one to FYI so I can thump it like it deserves. In the meantime, please don't tempt me to get banned on the morning of the draft.

yeah fair point. lol my bad.


Rodgers was a great QB for us, but now he is a Jet. Bye Felicia, was nice watching you but you gone.
Agree with this too.

I enjoyed watching Rodgers and he had some otherwordly seasons, but those days are long gone.
Favre was incredible for us and he's basically unmentionable to some now because of off-field stuff.

Love the player, strongly dislike the person's words/actions off the field. As a fan of the team, that's ok. Not a Packer now, he can take his crazy to the Jets.

[Fosco33]

So maybe let’s not idolize athletes at all… and learn that Love might be great on the field and a dick elsewhere too…

[run pMc]

So maybe let’s not idolize athletes at all… and learn that Love might be great on the field and a dick elsewhere too…

agree, and I don't. The NFL is full of bad people, and that isn't unique to the NFL.

[MadtownPacker]

Except you are blaming the drugs for him saying something he never actually said. A headline isn't a quote, and mad, you of all people should realize this belongs in FYI.I was getting a reply ready for him but since he is not a repeat offender like Tex or you he got off light. I do appreciate you being my CI, been looking for one.

[sharpe1027]

So maybe let’s not idolize athletes at all
Whoa! Just stop with the crazy talk.

[Scott Campbell]

I remember when all you fuckers loved Rodgers. :lol:

I remember when he was somewhat loveable.

[Anti-Polar Bear]

I remember when he was somewhat loveable.

Not a lot of jocks will push someone’s grandma across an airport, a la Aaron Jones. In fact, a lot of jocks are pompous motherfuckers. Hell, Bill Schroeder once refused to sign an autograph for teenage me unless I shell out $20 for a Packers swimming suit calendar. The Packers lack female cheerleaders. Told Schroeder I ain’t gay and have no use for a calendar full of half-naked men.

Much like ole Fosco, I have grown fond of Butte.

[Frozen Tundra]

Hell, Bill Schroeder once refused to sign an autograph for teenage me unless I shell out $20 for a Packers swimming suit calendar. The Packers lack female cheerleaders. Told Schroeder I ain’t gay and have no use for a calendar full of half-naked men.



:worship:

I wouldn't be surprised if that's a story he still tells, 30 years later. :razz:

[RashanGary]

You guys sure talk a lot about someone you don’t like.

He’ll still go down as one of the best to play the game and arguably the best Packer.

And there are a fair amount of people who don’t think he’s crazy or shitty.

There was a clip of him throwing behind garret wilson a few days ago and packer fans had to chime in that it was behind him. But the efficiency that he has when he uncorks the ball was a thing of beauty. Count me out of the hater list. Plus I love acid and psychadelics and odd ball thinking so I like the off field stuff too.

[Fritz]

Damn I was hoping the Jest would take JJ McCarthy.

Or at least a defensive player.

[bobblehead]

I was getting a reply ready for him but since he is not a repeat offender like Tex or you he got off light. I do appreciate you being my CI, been looking for one.

I'm just trying to dodge temptation and ruin the 20 minutes a morning I enjoy here.

[Joemailman]

Matt Schneidman
@mattschneidman

Aaron Rodgers broke his thumb in the Week 5 London game at Tottenham in 2022 and he’s playing in the Week 5 London game at Tottenham again.

He tore his Achilles in the Week 1 MNF game in 2023 and he’s playing in the Week 1 MNF game again.

NFL might just be screwing with him.

[MadtownPacker]

And against his NFC nemesis!!

[Sparkey]

I was getting a reply ready for him but since he is not a repeat offender like Tex or you he got off light. I do appreciate you being my CI, been looking for one.
Haha, crown him the snitch rat.