“People have a problem with the truth,” Aaron Rodgers justifies publicly slamming young wide receivers with a BRUTALLY honest response
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“Reality is often disappointing,” a saying which looks very simple but is often very hard to digest for people. Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers almost followed this famous saying while speaking about his wide receivers.
The 38-year-old simply finds a way to remain under the spotlight and has been doing so ever since the preseason. He publicly called out the young wide receiving group of the franchise after a loss in the preseason.
Aaron Rodgers did not find fault in his comments criticizing his teammates
Since then, it has become a pattern of sorts and a go-to excuse for the veteran to put the blame almost wholly on the wide receivers. The Packers currently have a 3-4 record and are on a three-match losing streak. Rodgers had claimed that the Packers cannot afford to lose 80 percent of their chances to score a touchdown if they are to make it into the playoff spots this season.
Aaron Rodgers even called out head coach Matt LaFleur urging him to simplify the offensive plays for them, to make them understand things better and eventually implement them on the pitch. Recently, he appeared on the Pat McAfee show and continued to blast his teammates, making a bold claim that most of them do not deserve to play for the franchise.
His comments in the media headlined various news portals, and the quarterback copped plenty of trolls on social media. However, that did not seem to make him change his comments or go back on them.
“People in this society have a hard time hearing truth sometimes,” Aaron Rodgers said as reported by ProFootballTalk. The veteran also said that players need to be comfortable listening to critics since everyone has to do that at some point or the other.
“I did do it privately,” Rodgers continued. “I’m not saying anything [publicly] that I’m not saying to those guys. So, maybe that’s talking about a conversation that’s behind closed doors in public, but the level of accountability is the standard here. Again, I don’t think it should be a problem to any of those guys to hear criticism. We all hear criticism in our own ways, and we’ve all got to be OK with it and take it in and process it. And if it doesn’t fit, then it doesn’t fit. But if it fits, we’ve got to wear it and improve on those certain things.
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