Originally Posted by ThrobProng:
When was Rodgers ever immune to criticism? He's been called out for being an underachieving douchebag for most of his career.
It's like y'all forgot who was doing State Farm commercials before Patrick Mahomes...
You fellas just have this wrong. Rodgers was a media darling for the majority of his career.
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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut:
Are you 4?
Aaron Rodgers was pretty much universally beloved around the league until about 2018. Maybe a couple years earlier, but probably not.
Nothing stuck to the guy. He was "The Face of the League" for damn near a decade and nobody had a bad word to say about the guy.
Dude was drafted the same year as Derrick Johnson - he's been around FOREVER. Aaron Rodgers: Douchebag is a relatively recent development for a guy that's been in the league for 20 years now.
No, Patrick Mahomes becoming Aaron Rodgers isn’t exactly on my list of greatest fears for him I’m afraid.
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Originally Posted by philfree:
I've never seen Mahomes not shoulder the blame when the team plays poorly. Your post is way off the mark. Like a Bills kicker it's wide right!
Nor did Rodgers. He was the "Breath of Fresh Air" after Favre finished his career all surly.
Again, it was a decade into his career, a career full of instances of the blame falling everywhere but HIS shoulders, that this monster was created.
I don't think it's LIKELY that it happens to Mahomes. But if it does, that'll be the reason why.
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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut:
It's like y'all forgot who was doing State Farm commercials before Patrick Mahomes...
You fellas just have this wrong. Rodgers was a media darling for the majority of his career.
I shouldn't have used the word "most". "Almost half" would've been accurate.
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