Did you know 23 teams passed on Aaron Rodgers before the Green Bay Packers stopped his NFL Draft free fall? Or that he had to sit behind Brett Favre for a few seasons before getting a chance to start? What about how all of this drives the quarterback?
Did you know Aaron Rodgers fell in the NFL Draft?
What’s that? You do know all of that?
Apparently neither Rodgers or every member of the mainstream media knows that because he’s talking about it. Again.
“It’s funny,” Aaron Rodgers told Peter King of Sports Illustrated. “When I was sitting in that Green Room at the draft in New York, and I was dropping, and no one would pick me, the last thing I was thinking was it was a good thing.
“But I’m glad I got to fall way down. I should be here. It’s the place for me. The game is bigger than us. The team is more than us. It’s a community team, blue-collar and understated and not at all about self-glorification. Vince Lombardi put it that way: Winning is the only thing that matters. It’s about the team.”
Hey, that’s great. How noble. But seven years after the fact, after winning a Super Bowl, maybe it’s time Rodgers and the media drop the draft fall thing. It’s a more overwrought meme than the My Little Pony nonsense (and if anyone starts posting My Little Pony pictures in comments, I may consider banning you).
Here are five things Aaron Rodgers can talk about that are more interesting than falling in the 2005 NFL Draft:
1. What it's like to be that close to Clay Matthews' wonderful hair that often.
2. His alleged dalliances with the women of ESPN.
3. How he feels about being the man-crush of every quarterback who entered the 2011 NFL Draft. (Seriously, every quarterback at the NFL Combine wanted to be like Aaron Rodgers.)
4. The varieties of cheddar cheese made readily available on the Packers’ post-game spread.
5. How he looks awesome with a beard while I look like a creepy hobo.
Here’s a tip for Rodgers and the writers asking him the questions: Everyone but the first overall pick technically fall in the draft. Most just know when to shut up about it.











