He'll never not be a topic here, folks. After Aaron Rodgers spent 18 seasons with the Green Bay Packers, it's difficult not to see his name or face continuously come up around this organization. Heck, he's still all over the mainstream media coverage to this day.
He'll forever be a Packer. But, this holiday season, Rodgers has appeared to put his Green Bay bias aside and, instead, offer praise to a former division rival.
The Minnesota Vikings are one of the teams Green Bay is chasing at the moment, and very well could see them for a third time in the postseason. Out of anyone in today's league, Rodgers understands the rivalry there on a grand level. He gets it.
But, apparently he's willing to give some credit to the Vikes now that he's no longer a Packer.
As he does every week, Rodgers spent some time on The Pat McAfee Show on Monday and covered several topics, as per the norm.
Aaron Rodgers is a fan of the Minnesota Vikings end zone celebrations
The Vikings' viral end zone celebrations were a topic brought up at one point, and right as the crew acknowledged, "Aaron doesn't like them," the quarterback cut them off to praise his former rival in amazement.
"Oh my gosh... they did The Parent Trap one," Rodgers started to say. Then, McAfee and his crew joined in and listed off a bunch of other celebrations such as the one from "White Chicks," the Olympic dancer Ray Gun or most recently "Camp Rock."
"They spend a lot of their time doing those things. It's impressive," Rodgers said with a smile.
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OK fine, these celebrations have been pretty impressive. It's hard to deny how entertaining they've been.
But, Rodgers took his praise to a whole different level, singling out specific players for their efforts in some of the videos.
"You have guys on point though ... Phillips in the front there, he's pretty on point (as a video of one celebration played in the background) ... Bynum has got to be one of the ring leaders because he's been a part of every one of those ... guy coming up big, being a leader. I love it," Rodgers said.
I suppose we can all relish in the fact that Rodgers' Jets are 4-11 and, quite frankly, he doesn't have a whole lot more to do these days. Sure, there are a couple of games left this season. But, the Jets have already been long-eliminated from playoff contention.
Rodgers choosing to spend time offering compliments to a former bitter rival should still get underneath the skin of those die-hard Packer fans. But, for now, we can be thankful this team is indeed headed for a playoff run.