For pretty much the entire offseason, drama defined Aaron Rodgers’ relationship with the Green Bay Packers. Coming off a second consecutive loss in the NFC Championship Game, Rodgers seemingly requested a trade during the spring.
While the situation was settled for the short term leading up to Week 1 against the New Orleans Saints, it became apparent that things were not great between the reigning NFL MVP and his organization.
That come out in droves Sunday with Green Bay putting up an absolutely pathetic performance against the Saints in Jacksonville.
Aaron Rodgers and Co. found themselves down 31-3 early in the fourth quarter. At that point, Rodgers had completed 15-of-27 passes for 133 yards with two interceptions. Remember, he threw all of five interceptions compared to 48 touchdown passes a season ago.
On the other side, Jameis Winston turned in a stellar outing with five touchdowns against zero interceptions for the Saints in replacing the recently retired Drew Brees. The end result was a brutal 38-3 loss for the Packers with Rodgers watching from the bench as Jordan Love finished the game. Just think about the backstories there.
Either way, this was the talk of the football world Sunday afternoon.
Aaron Rodgers returning to Green Bay just to sabotage their season is a tremendous conspiracy theory that I am willing to spread
— Benjamin Solak (@BenjaminSolak) September 12, 2021
Jameis Winston watching Aaron Rodgers play like Jameis Winston: pic.twitter.com/ys6PGPZ88S
— TPS (@TotalProSports) September 12, 2021
Packers fans rn pic.twitter.com/QdITSYI2M8
— FOX Sports: NFL (@NFLonFOX) September 12, 2021
Aaron Rodgers seriously looks mentally checked out. pic.twitter.com/HJ6vzOQ9W9
— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) September 12, 2021
Not trolling but… do the Packers even look prepared?
— Colin Cowherd (@ColinCowherd) September 12, 2021
Aaron Rodgers pic.twitter.com/QrQBNyISjq
— Jasmine (@JasmineLWatkins) September 12, 2021
Tom Brady looks 44 going on 24. Aaron Rodgers, 37, looks like an aging gray-bearded folk singer who wore a man bun in the FOX interview that aired today.
— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) September 12, 2021
Jameis Winston has thrown for four touchdowns but less than 100 passing yards. That's how bad the Packers played today.
— Jason B. Hirschhorn (@by_JBH) September 12, 2021
The Packers look like a team that's been reading their press clippings.
— Aaron Nagler (@AaronNagler) September 12, 2021
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