Aug 7th 2008 1:20PM by Stephanie Stradley (author feed)
Filed under: Packers, NFL Fans, NFL Media Watch, NFL Real Talk

Green Bay quarterback, Aaron Rodgers says he doesn’t want our pity, but he is going to get some of mine. The kid in the short YouTube above rejected Rodgers’ attempt to autograph his football, and as was explained in an article preaching that fans take it easier on Rodgers, another kid told him:
“We don’t love you. You suck.”
Children often express elemental but brutal honesty, and I’m not sure things are going to be much better for AaRod in his dealings with fans in general.

Whatever side you pick in the Packer front office versus Brett Favre pissing match dispute, there is going to be a percentage of the fanbase who will be bitter at GM Ted Thompson and coach Mike McCarthy for kicking Favre to the curb in favor of an unproven Rodgers. And however misguided it is, those fans will take it out on Rodgers.

Though the course of a game, it is easier to boo Rodgers than Thompson and McCarthy. Emotional and overwrought perhaps, but that’s how things work. The decision makers don’t throw incomplete passes and every quarterback does.Continue Reading