Packers’ QB Aaron Rodgers has reportedly emerged from his darkness retreat, throughout which period he mirrored on his life, his profession, and the chance of constructing a movie about his darkness retreat. Rodgers stated he would let the world find out about his determination to play or retire in 2023 after rising from the mushy cocoon of enlightenment (endarkenment?). Which makes this video posted by former NFL large receiver Brandon Marshall to his Instagram tonight actually awkward.
“So I wanted to be the first to say, ‘Salute to Aaron Rodgers for a phenomenal career.’ You are one of the greatest,” Marshall tells the digicam. “Me personally? You’re my favorite quarterback ever. Favorite. Aaron Rodgers, congratulations on a phenomenal career. You won a Super Bowl…hell, I never even make it to the playoffs. You should be proud, bro. Your name and your team, that team, forever sketched in the history of the NFL. Your kids’ kids’ kids’ kids’ is going to be able to see that. You won back to back MVPs. Then you won three MVPs. You’re phenomenal. It’s okay to walk away, bro. There’s nothing left to prove. Go travel the world. Go explore. Go build your family.”
Uh.
We are confused, to say the least.
Not certain what to say about all that, aside from that Marshall appears to have details about Rodgers’ future plans which might be unknown to the general public at giant. He alternately appears like he’s congratulating Rodgers on a call that’s already been made, and urging Rodgers to retire, which … have we ever seen that earlier than?
Didn’t we simply have a quarterback who certain appeared like he performed an entire further season simply to spite the man who broke the information of his retirement first? And if that’s how Tom Brady reacted to getting scooped about his personal retirement, picture how effectively Aaron Rodgers, Mr. Critical Thinker himself, goes to deal with it. Can’t wait to listen to what Joe Rogan thinks of all this.
More on this story — if that is even a narrative — because it develops.