Aaron Rodgers’ Critics Won’t Let a Little Thing Like 4 Touchdowns Stop Them

September 27, 2016   ·   Mike Tanier   ·   Jump to comments

Aaron Rodgers did not silence his critics by throwing four touchdowns against the Lions on Sunday. 
He made them pause a little bit, however, forced some columns to be rescheduled for the next Packers loss, perhaps pushed a "turnaround" narrative into the news cycle for a week. But Rodgers is like a political figure: criticizing him is always fun and profitable. Especially when he is playing "poorly."
Rodgers knows this. He called out the media last week. And brother, did we have it coming. "No offense, but you guys are predictable," he said last Wednesday when the press pool arrived with the storyline of the week—that the loss to the Vikings was caused by a stale, predictable offensive game plan. "I knew what the line of questioning was going to be."
Of course he did. Rodgers criticism is its own literary genre. Here are its characteristics:
Point out how great he was from 2008 until September of last year. It sets the stage and heightens ...

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