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Aaron Rodgers documentary "Enigma" is coming to Netflix Dec 17 (Original Post) milestogo Dec 2024 OP
Who gives a shit johnnyfins Dec 2024 #1
Well said! Succinct and to the point. surfered Dec 2024 #2
Excellent question Johnny BOSSHOG Dec 2024 #14
Why didn't they go with this title instead: True Dough Dec 2024 #3
He is such an asshole. Not a nice person at all. Cutting to other people. Ego driven. LizBeth Dec 2024 #4
He used to be normal. milestogo Dec 2024 #5
Exactly what you say. Diva is the perfect description. LizBeth Dec 2024 #8
Right you are! comradebillyboy Dec 2024 #9
I never liked the SOB. Crowman2009 Dec 2024 #11
Or maybe you never got over this. milestogo Dec 2024 #12
Oh I did get over that with this season, 11-1 baby! Crowman2009 Dec 2024 #13
First paragraph Rebl2 Dec 2024 #16
Brett Favre turned into a jerk also. milestogo Dec 2024 #17
Will set myself a reminder not to watch it Blue Owl Dec 2024 #6
I'll pass kimbutgar Dec 2024 #7
Enema would have been a more fitting title Bristlecone Dec 2024 #10
No thank you! Rebl2 Dec 2024 #15

LizBeth

(11,171 posts)
4. He is such an asshole. Not a nice person at all. Cutting to other people. Ego driven.
Sat Dec 7, 2024, 01:32 PM
Dec 2024

He says the stupidest shit then he and everyone around him says, he knows.... He read it somewhere. He gets his crap off the rw BS and then struts around as being the "smart" guy. Watching him over the last yr, he is my least fav and so happy to see him be loser all season while blaming everyone else.

milestogo

(20,164 posts)
5. He used to be normal.
Sat Dec 7, 2024, 01:53 PM
Dec 2024

He was a great athlete. His teammates loved him. He did a lot of charity work. He was never someone who was in trouble with the law or who abused women.

When they brought in another QB (Jordan Love) in 2020 he freaked out and he did it publicly. Surely he knew how Green Bay does things - they invest a lot in a QB before letting him start. But after that Rodgers started whining to the media about every decision the Packers made. They deferred to him a lot, but he wanted to be in charge. He's a diva.

I'm not someone who listens to athletes except maybe for the 5 min talk after the game, and I don't usually do that. But Rodgers apparently became a media darling with people like Pat McAfee and Joe Rogan. He moved from talking about football to being an expert on EVERYTHING.

He told Wisconsin media that he was immunized against Covid, and then he got Covid and missed playing in the Chiefs game - so GB lost. Well, it turns out he had used a homeopathic remedy and did not get a vaccine. So he lied. That was really the beginning of the end. Heck, there were people on the team whose family members died of Covid.

And it went on from there. If it was weird he had to try it. I think the Packers were lucky to get rid of his contract. The Jets were stupid to take him on. And now he is just embarrassing. His achievements are all behind him and he's still hanging on.

LizBeth

(11,171 posts)
8. Exactly what you say. Diva is the perfect description.
Sat Dec 7, 2024, 02:44 PM
Dec 2024

I like Pat McAfee, watch them often and yes have seen him there often. You are exactly right. And that Covid issue really pissed me off.

Crowman2009

(3,037 posts)
11. I never liked the SOB.
Sat Dec 7, 2024, 05:06 PM
Dec 2024

Of course I have bias because I'm a Lions fan who laughed every time he got sacked. Especially during that last season he was with the Packers. To which I've asked since I was a kid: WTF is a Packer?

Crowman2009

(3,037 posts)
13. Oh I did get over that with this season, 11-1 baby!
Sat Dec 7, 2024, 06:13 PM
Dec 2024

Whereas A-a-ron is 3-8 with the Jets this seaon? That team would have better off throwing that money into a bonfire.

Rebl2

(16,063 posts)
16. First paragraph
Sun Dec 8, 2024, 11:54 AM
Dec 2024

interesting. Maybe he has taken so many hits to the head, it has caused some brain damage. Multiple hits to the head does cause brain damage. They are now finding some young players (high school) who have never had concussions have small changes in their brain.

milestogo

(20,164 posts)
17. Brett Favre turned into a jerk also.
Sun Dec 8, 2024, 12:07 PM
Dec 2024

I don't know, maybe he always was one but the stuff he did after his football career was hard to get past.

I think some people don't handle the fame well. Maybe they like it a little too much and they think it means something it doesn't.

The Dunning-Kruger effect is a cognitive bias that occurs when someone overestimates their knowledge or abilities in a particular area, even though they aren't especially knowledgeable or skilled.


So, you're really good at football - so you think that makes you a doctor, a politician, a tv show host, etc. Nope, you're just really good at football, and just for a given period of years. That's it.

I'm not saying its not CTE, but he doesn't seem to be showing the symptoms yet. I'm not sure how common it is in QBs.
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