Aaron Rodgers, Why You Mad?: Unchecked

The Green Bay Packers have not failed Aaron Rodgers from a football standpoint.

What is why you mad for 500 Aaron? I seriously don’t get it. Aaron Rodgers has nothing to be upset about. 

Aaron Rodgers is "adamant" that he won't return to the Packers if Brian Gutekunst remains as the GM, per @CharlesRobinson

(@brgridiron) pic.twitter.com/EdCOwR3LF9

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) May 1, 2021

Ok, the Packers drafted his possible replacement last year rather than adding more to the roster. In the moment if that bothered him...I completely and fully understand. But now, fresh off an MVP and an NFC Championship appearance where he had the ball in his hands several times with a chance to change the outcome and didn’t? Not so much. 

Tom Brady has won the NFC championship as many times as Aaron Rodgers.

— Jay King (@ByJayKing) January 24, 2021

This isn’t a situation where Rodgers was let down by the team around him. The Packers defense was the only one that gave Tom Brady any trouble en route to his seventh Super Bowl and Rodgers is protected by a top flight left tackle, has support from an excellent rushing attack and is throwing to arguably the best wide receiver in the game in Davante Adams. And aside from what you think of the Jordan Love pick, Green Bay has drafted well. 

.@AlbertBreer tells @RobinLundberg that "maybe Aaron Rodgers doesn't realize how good he has it" in Green Bay.

Will Rodgers be the starting QB for the Packers in 2021? pic.twitter.com/PY8ns8WeI0

— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) April 30, 2021

Don’t get me wrong, this is not some takedown of Rodgers. The guy is inarguably an elite and all-time great quarterback. But his franchise has also put him in position to succeed. I’m old enough to remember when Mike McCarthy was supposedly his problem. If Rodgers wants to play somewhere else, fine. That’s his prerogative. Or if this is all part of a contract negotiation, we've seen those play out publicly before. I just don’t buy the notion that the organization has somehow failed him. 

Matt LaFleur to Larry McCarren of the team's website about the Aaron Rodgers situation.

"Obviously, it's pretty disappointing, considering all the success we've had these past two seasons."

"The fact we're in this spot is certainly not what I want."

He's stuck in the middle.

— Zach Kruse (@zachkruse2) May 3, 2021

My response to that would be to quote Rodgers himself, "relax". Because as far as this particular situation goes, it certainly seems like the category is whining to me.