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We know that Aaron Rogers just can't
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help himself. But it seemed like we were
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coming to the close of the dramatics.
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He went to Pittsburgh where dramatics
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are not normally accepted.
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We go to a place where the legends
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before him can kind of hopefully keep
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We go to a final stop in this journey
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and the final season of this journey.
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And it seemed like beyond a few things
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here or there that Aaron Rodgers wanted
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to just play football in this final
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and maybe didn't feel comfortable
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enough, empowered enough to make a thing
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out of everything, which he is always
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usually going to do. And here he is
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before the season saying, "You know
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what? We might have to run it back in
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maybe nobody wants you to bring it back.
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Run it back in 2026. Can we just get
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into the season or do we already have to
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make it? Will he? Won't he? And this has
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always been the most exasperating part
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of Aaron Rogers to me. There was a point
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in time that I absolutely loved watching
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Aaron Rogers that his nimleness in the
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pocket, his arm strength, his arm
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angles, his athleticism,
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his hail Marys, his offbalance throws
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were such a sight to behold that it was
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it was just glorious whether you were
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rooting for the Packers or not. It was
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glorious to watch him. And then he
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allowed the ego of Aaron Rogers to take
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over everything. And now you kind of
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can't separate the two. And I thought
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maybe, just maybe, you could stuff that
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ego into a sock for at least temporarily
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and not make it about Aaron Rodgers.
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Just at least temporarily until we see
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whether the aircraft gets off the ground
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in Pittsburgh. And what did we get
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before the first game? H you know, we
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might have to run it back in 2026.
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So already Rogers takes an opportunity
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to create the storyline. Well, is this
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really the final year? And if this goes
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well, what do we do next year? And will
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he come back? And do we want him to come
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back? And does he have football left in
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him? And dude, just just worry about the
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next game. Just worry about the next
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opponent. If you just did that, be so
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much easier to enjoy your career. But
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instead, it's always the melodrama. And
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I find it hysterical, you know, for Tom
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Brady while he was with the Buccaneers.
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Was there ever a moment before the
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season began where he said, "Yeah, we
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might have to run it back next year." Of
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course not. Because for Brady, he was
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maniacally focused on just the
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immediate. Everything was the immediate.
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Everything was the immediate all the
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time in terms of winning football games.
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His longevity was about him thinking
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long term, but he would never say or
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that anything would go well and thus he
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would have to quote run it back. In
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fact, in his mind, I'm sure most of it
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was anxiety that it would not go well,
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driven by that. Not saying that's always
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necessarily the best thing either, but
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can we just get into the season? Maybe
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like get to Halloween before you start
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saying maybe we'll run it back next
