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One wonders... is it the CTE's or was he always just dumb?
99.999% of the time to be a NFL starter you've been the best player in the field at least at your position up till you were drafted into the NFL.
It's just how the numbers work out, exceptions are noteworthy because they're exceptional.
It doesn't make you dumb, but because education and football are so intertwined, if you don't care about education no one is going to try and make you.
Then if you keep your mouth shut in public till you sign a big contract, no one knows how dumb you are and it feels like it comes out of nowhere
I forget his name, but a recent NFL player legitimately believes he's part solar powered reptilian and that's why he's a pro athlete
Had to Google it but: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammy_Watkins
Notable that he’s acknowledged his mental health and addiction struggles since making the flat earth and lizard person comments.
Looks like it was right around when he got out of the NFL.
That's kind of my point, an athlete of that level can say/do anything and as long as they keep playing football everyone goes along with it
With Rodgers trying to transition to podcasts before retiring from the NFL, he may never get that moment of clarity where he's not surrounded by yes men. Especially since saying insane shit on podcasts is probably the most attention he's gotten not connected to football
For the entirety of Aaron Rodgers' life, people are going to be telling him he's amazing, and that fucks with everyone's head. You can't only get positive feedback and wind up well adjusted.
The mental health comments were 2020, so he was still playing. Technically still in the NFL, just a free agent
He's always had agents and publicists filtering what he says publicly. I think this is just unfiltered Rodgers.