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15 years ago
Aaron Rodgers calls Tony Kornheiser "stupid," "dumb" and "terrible" 

By Michael David Smith

In 2008, when Tony Kornheiser was a Monday Night Football commentator for ESPN, Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers once sat down with him for a pre-game production meeting.

It would be an extreme understatement to say that Rodgers came away unimpressed.

In an interview with ESPN Radio in Milwaukee, Rodgers went off on Kornheiser and said he was embarrassingly unprepared for his job.

"You know who was better than Tony Kornheiser? Dennis Miller was ten times better," Rodgers said, via SportsRadioInterviews.com. "Dennis Miller was a great comedian, but one of the worst Monday Night Football guys ever. And he was ten times better than Tony Kornheiser. His stuff was actually funny. Tony wasn't funny at all. He did absolutely no research. We'd sit in those production meetings and he would add absolutely nothing to the conversation. I'd be like, 'What are we doing here? This is stupid.'"

Rodgers praised Monday Night Football play-by-play man Mike Tirico as coming into production meetings thoroughly prepared. Kornheiser? Not so much.

"You get in there with Tony and he's asking you all these dumb questions that have no application to the game you are playing or anything you are doing," Rodgers said. "He's terrible. . . . I don't think he's funny. I don't think he's insightful. I don't think knows, really, anything about sports."

Most football fans regard Ron Jaworski as one of the top analysts in the business, but Rodgers isn't particularly thrilled with Jaworski, either.

"I like him, but, when I was coming out, he did the worst segment in the history of TV about me talking about my fundamentals," Rodgers said of Jaworski. "It was not even close to anywhere near my fundamentals. The first time I met him, someone introduced me to him and I said, 'Yeah I know him. He's the guy who ripped me before the draft.' The rest of the night he told me how great I was. I was like, 'I know your song and dance.' And now he loves me."

The whole interview, in which Rodgers criticized other ESPN employees and took a shot at the Detroit Lions, is well worth listening to. Rodgers comes across as an entertaining and engaging player who's not afraid to speak his mind. When he retires, he'd be perfect for the Monday Night Football booth. Or as co-host of Pardon the Interruption.



You can hear the entire interview here. 

Edit by Zero2Cool, added MP3 player
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TheEngineer
15 years ago
I gotta thank Rodgers for one thing.

At least there's something to discuss for a couple of days over the long wait until August/September.
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bozz_2006
15 years ago
Kornheiser's a dunce.
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Jacob
15 years ago
woah rodgers was on the attack here
Since69
15 years ago
Rodgers is spot-on, but I don't really care for the quotes. He's coming off arrogant - I just don't like seeing anyone bash anyone else in public like that.

Crap like that would sound more natural coming out of the mouth of a T.O. or an OchoCinco...
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digsthepack
15 years ago
Taking a swipe at the man who has deep-throated Favre for years....atta boy AR!! Kissing Favre ass the last two years during Packers' pre-game and the game itself is pretty much akin to saying AR cannot do the job, if you ask me.

I like his forthrightness on this matter!
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Zero2Cool
15 years ago
Waiting for Shawn to tell us how arrogant Aaron's remarks were ...


Edit, If you click HERE  you can see the Trent Difler list that's mentioned in the interview.


Edit2, just finished listening to the whole thing. Sadly, some will hear this and mistake his comments for arrogance not understanding that Homer is not a favorite of Aaron at all. If you listen to them talking a few times you'll pick up on it easy.

Aaron does say a few things that have a tone of being full of himself and I think he should ease up on the playful grudge he has against Trent, I mean it is funny, but some are going to take it as snotty and grudge beholding.


Overall, very entertaining interview, thanks for the post!
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Greg C.
15 years ago
Wow, it's not very often that a player is so candid about something like that. Rodgers should be careful not to make enemies in the media, but I have to say I really enjoyed reading his comments about Kornheiser, who deserved everything he got. I especially liked the comparison to Dennis Miller, slamming both of them at once.

The Jaworski thing sounds more like sour grapes, though, because Jaworski didn't project him to be a good NFL player. Aaron needs to get over that, especially because there were plenty of others besides Jaworski who said it.
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Zero2Cool
15 years ago

Wow, it's not very often that a player is so candid about something like that. Rodgers should be careful not to make enemies in the media, but I have to say I really enjoyed reading his comments about Kornheiser, who deserved everything he got. I especially liked the comparison to Dennis Miller, slamming both of them at once.

The Jaworski thing sounds more like sour grapes, though, because Jaworski didn't project him to be a good NFL player. Aaron needs to get over that, especially because there were plenty of others besides Jaworski who said it.

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Yeah, sour grapes for sure. I think it's good to keep that chip on his shoulder, but should be more careful how he portrays publicly.
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Pack93z
15 years ago


The Jaworski thing sounds more like sour grapes, though, because Jaworski didn't project him to be a good NFL player. Aaron needs to get over that, especially because there were plenty of others besides Jaworski who said it.

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Yes... but I think the underlying point, as with McShay, is that their analysis lacked a proper eye for what was incorrect about his delivery and footwork.. more than likely comparing what MM has changed in his game to what these talking heads had to say.

But you are correct.. it sounds like sour grapes.. use it to motivate you and throw the garage (his opinion of their analysis) behind him..
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