Future Hall of Fame quarterback Aaron Rodgers’ glory-filled resume includes a Super Bowl title and four MVP awards, making him one of football’s greatest players.
Yet, at this very moment, the Canton-bound QB might be just as well known for an off-the-rails feud with comic Jimmy Kimmel, ayahuasca trips, “isolation” retreats and the livestock dewormer ivermectin.
It’s been a wild ride for the Berkeley-educated 40-year-old whose career and public persona have been grist for both the back and front pages.
April 23, 2005: After two spectacular college seasons, the Cal QB inexplicably fell to the 24th overall pick of the NFL Draft, much to the Green Bay Packers’ benefit. To make matters worse, the San Francisco 49ers passed on him and Rodgers correctly predicted that his hometown team would come to regret it.
Feb. 6, 2011: The Super Bowl MVP Rodgers brought the Lombardi Trophy back to Titletown with a 31-25 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Nov. 4, 2012: Despite being one the game’s greatest players, it’s been long believed that Rodgers could be oddly defensive on mundane issues, such as his height. In a “60 Minutes” profile, he told a fan, “I don’t appreciate that” when asked whether he’s really 6-foot-2.
Summer 2016: In Season 12 of ABC’s “The Bachelorette,” Jordan Rodgers, a former Vanderbilt University QB, opened up to eventual bride JoJo Fletcher about the family’s on-again, off-again relationship with brother Aaron. The story arc triggered years of coverage about the family’s strained ties with Aaron — though there have been movements toward reconciliation in recent years.
April 5, 2021: Rodgers had once been hailed as a renaissance man with widely varied interests, such as his love of the game show “Jeopardy!” And with a degree of begrudging good humor, the guest-host Rodgers absorbed a contestant’s trolling Final Jeopardy question in the wake of a much-maligned action by Packers coach Matt LaFleur a year earlier.
Aug. 26, 2021: A reporter asked Rodgers if…
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