Green Bay Packers: Is Aaron Rodgers Getting What He Deserves?

When it comes to the NFL, it can be a very fickle place. Even though Aaron Rodgers is one of the greatest quarterbacks to play the game of football, his success as of late isn’t quite what fans had hoped for. With a loss in week 1 against the division rival Minnesota Vikings, the Green Bay Packers’ QB is already getting off to a rocky start in 2022. Even as he goes down as one of history’s greatest, he’s becoming one of those guys you love to hate.

The only problem is, it’s not because of his play on the field, because he’s on a division rival, or because he causes your fantasy team a headache when you play against him. Nope, it’s his professionalism that’s proving just how much a diva he can be. If it were just about his contract dispute that took a page out of a Brett Favre-style contract negotiations, you could live with that. However, this offseason proved that Aaron Rodgers cares only about himself.

After calling out his receivers group in the preseason, I’ve lost all respect for Aaron Rodgers. Should he have done it, absolutely but why did he have to handle it in the media? Why does every time something doesn’t go his way, does he have to go off on his teammates, the Green Bay Packers, or anyone for that matter? At the slightest inconvenience here comes the face of the organization saying just how crappy the organization is. If the Packers suck so much, why did you stick around? For the love of Green Bay? Hell no, Rodgers did that so he didn’t have to look like the bad guy. Now week in and week out he gets to sit around and pawn off blame on everyone but himself. He might have taken the blame with mics in front of him, but no one except Packers fans buys it.

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Newsflash Mr. Rodgers, you’re one of the leaders on this team. How about acting with a little professionalism and coaching up your young group of receivers and not calling them out with cameras rolling? That same “me first” attitude is another play right out of the Brett Favre playbook. Just like Favre not wanting to mentor Rodgers when they drafted him, Rodgers is alienating his young teammates as well. They can be starstruck and stand up for their QB because he’s that good, but as a leader, you build the confidence you want your teammates to have. Keep calling them out and they’ll be all up in their heads on gameday leading to more mistakes, which is exactly what happened on Sunday.

Rodgers is one of the greats and doesn’t owe anyone a single thing. However, the route he keeps going in calling out the organization and teammates isn’t exactly doing much for his legacy. He’s only won one Super Bowl early in his career. If he can’t find a better way to put the team first, he may never win one again.