I find this Pat McAfee interview with AR annoying and self serving.
Gist is that he’s saying the Ownership (Sheila) backing of Holmes and Campbell set the stage for the success the Lions have had since then.
2 Issues.
Aaron is asking for (or implying) that same backing from the Jets to let him turn the ship around (which I don’t think he will and rumors that he wants out now). Very self-serving.
We saw the culture changing even in 2021. They were losing but the players were fighting hard for a team that was 0-10-1 and eventually won a few games when Goff was allow to play. In 2022 to start the season the team was 1-6 but had lost a few crazy ones and the offense was humming. Sheila’s support was very big and important but this was a team getting better aside from that.
I feel like Rodgers is using this example to serve his own purposes as he wants full control but will never do what MCDC, Brad Holmes, and Jared Goff have done.
They would not want Aaron Rodgers now because he’s done but if he was in his prime and they needed a QB, they absolutely would go after him. He’s a douche but he was a great player for a long time.
I really doubt that, actually. You’ve heard how paranoid they can be about compatibility, Dan even called talent overrated next to it. “The standard is the standard,” like Ezekiel Turner said. No way they make an exception for the QB of all positions.
Can’t stand Rodgers, there is no way MCDC would let Rodgers in his locker room, but what he said was accurate and when he was talking about the QB, he mentioned development of a QB.
I think Rodgers was accurate with what he said, having said that, the little bitch needs an a$$ whoppin.
I agree with the never being a part of the roster here part.
Hard disagree with the sucks as a teammate, cancer for team bonding statement. I’ve heard nothing but awesome things about him as a teammate from people that have played with him.
Rodgers was never the greatest teammate IMO but the bad mouthing didn’t really start until he became an anti-vaxxer during Covid. I really don’t care about all that stuff. To me his greatest flaw is his playoff record. He didn’t step up in big playoff games too often.
My sucks as a teammate is based in not showing up for off-season workouts when chemistry is formed but later throwing guys under the bus. Leaders and good teammates put in the work.
AR is a douche. The smug look of, I’m the smartest guy in the room, rubs me the wrong way. Buddy, you throw a football for a living. That does not make you an expert on everything. Get over yourself. He’s the type of guy who would argue against an astrophysicist because he “did his research” on Twitter. There’s a reason why his family doesn’t speak to him or why he can’t find a woman who can stand to be with him for more than 12 months. He rails against the press then goes on the Pat Mcafee show because he knows Pat will kiss his ass, let him say outrageous things, and not challenge him on anything. Even Packer fans can’t stand him. Glad he’ll never be a Lion. ■■■■ him. Glad he’s getting everything he deserves at the end of his overrated career.
His bizarre non-relationship with his family was the first time I started to hear it nationally. Maybe his family sucks, I have no idea, but it was at least very strange.
But I thought from year one he was a passive-aggressive smarmy douche, and that shit doesn’t fly in locker rooms. Sure it does if you’re on his side, but if you’re not it won’t.
I took that as an endorsement of the coaches and staff. More a dig at ownership. He’s saying the owner over reacted and should have endorsed the staff instead of firing them. Like Detroit did.
on the surface that is what it is… It’s also a carefully crafted and chosen anecdote with the purpose of passive-aggressively moving his own narrative. That’s why it bothers me.
If it was just a praise of the amazing things the Lions are doing, I’d love it.
Rodgers has never really bothered me off the field… As a player I hate him. But he makes some good points. He also has complimented Stafford and Goff often over the years.
