‘You can move on to other things in your life’: ESPN analyst advises to dismiss Aaron Rodgers’ ‘utter nonsense’
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Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers is in the middle of what he is insisting will be his final season in the NFL. The Steelers are 5-2 and heading into a pivotal matchup with the Cleveland Browns this weekend to determine which team will sit alone atop the AFC North.
However, as large as Sunday looms, some of Rodgers’ comments last week in Paris have made the rounds on social media. During his postgame media session following Pittsburgh’s 16-10 win over the New Orleans Saints, Rodgers touched on the NFL’s previous discussions surrounding an “international week” during the last CBA negotiations.
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“There was talk about doing a week, an international week, where you had games in 16 different places, and you just added an extra bye week,” Rodgers began. “So you play 16 regular season, you have two bye weeks, one of those weeks would’ve been an international week. I think it would’ve been phenomenal for the game. Owners wanted to push for 17 games for the extra revenue, and because they care so much about player safety, but it would’ve been nice.”
Now, one ESPN analyst is pushing back on Rodgers’ claim entirely and taking some shots at the future Hall of Famer in the process.
“Aaron Rodgers’ odd claim that the idea of an ‘international week’ of games was discussed during the 2019-20 CBA discussions created a lot of confusion around the league Monday, in particular among people who were there and remember nothing of the sort ever coming up,” Dan Graziano said, per Steelers Nation.
“So if you’re wondering whether this ‘international week’ was ever treated as a viable idea, you can move on to other things in your life and remember that a large portion of what Aaron Rodgers has said publicly over the past six or seven years is utter nonsense.”
Graziano also said that the only recollection of any conversation resembling anything like what the “international week” Rodgers is talking about is of Rodgers mentioning it himself during a players-only meeting, which everyone else in the room reportedly ignored. If true, this would mean that Rodgers is likely simply trying to push his own agenda for how the league handles international games.
Rodgers has played in four international games in his career, and it sounds like if he changes his mind and returns to the league, there’s about a zero percent chance his fifth will be a part of a larger “international week.”
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