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14 years ago
http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/Packers-Aaron-Rodgers-Bears-Jay-Cutler-criticism-disrespectful-012611 

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP)

Before the Green Bay Packers really start cramming to get ready for the Super Bowl, Aaron Rodgers wanted to make a few things clear.

First, Rodgers says he didn't sustain a concussion on a helmet-to-helmet hit from Chicago Bears lineman Julius Peppers in Sunday's NFC championship game victory. He believes his new helmet may have helped prevent another head injury.

And while he's speaking on the subject of injuries, Rodgers has heard people questioning the toughness of Bears quarterback Jay Cutler this week and thinks it's ''very inappropriate'' and ''disrespectful.''

''I was real disappointed, to be honest with you,'' Rodgers said Wednesday. ''I've known Jay for a few years now and know what kind of competitor he is. I thought it was disrespectful, some of the stuff said about him.''

Cutler was criticized by current and former players, fans and media members after leaving Sunday's NFC championship game with a knee injury.

Rodgers is friends with Cutler - the former Vanderbilt player helped Rodgers' younger brother, Jordan, get settled at the school when he decided to play there - and doesn't believe the criticism was justified.

Rodgers applauded Bears coach Lovie Smith and players such as safety Chris Harris and linebacker Brian Urlacher for sticking up for their teammate.

''To attack a guy's toughness, when you're not playing in the game especially, I thought was very inappropriate,'' Rodgers said.

Unlike Cutler, Rodgers generally has earned praise for his conduct on and off the field in three seasons as the Packers' starter.

But even Rodgers' positive public image took a recent hit when a local television station did a story about a female cancer patient who went to the airport hoping to get Rodgers' autograph. The station showed footage of Rodgers walking past her.

Some fans and bloggers took that as a sign that Rodgers intentionally snubbed a fan with a serious illness, although the woman later said Rodgers had signed for her before.

''You realize when you get in this league, you can't please everybody,'' Rodgers said. ''You can't fulfill every request. You just be the person you are. And I think through the whole thing, with the airport incident, I just realized, you know what, I'm myself, and I was raised the right way.''

So while Cutler goes into the offseason perhaps needing to mend his image, Rodgers is waiting for his body to heal.

He was roughed up a little in Sunday's victory over the Bears, taking a shot to the shoulder in addition to the hit from Peppers.

Rodgers shot down speculation that he sustained another concussion on the Peppers hit and credited his helmet for potentially preventing another significant head injury. Rodgers switched helmets after sustaining two concussions earlier this season, although he has been hesitant to share details about how the new helmet might be safer.

''Not too much to talk about,'' Rodgers said. ''I didn't have a concussion. I want to dispel that rumor. No concussion. I was fine. Yeah. Helmets are designed to prevent concussions, I think.''

Packers coach Mike McCarthy said this week that Rodgers was sore, adding that all players have bumps and bruises at this point in the season.

Packers offensive coordinator Joe Philbin said Rodgers' toughness is unquestioned.

''Unfortunately, he's been sacked a bunch since he started playing in '08 - more times that we'd like to admit,'' Philbin said. ''So I think his physical toughness has really never been in question. How this particular game compares to other games, I don't really have a good feel for. But certainly he's a tough, physical guy.''


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JordyNelson87
14 years ago
Cutlers still a pussy
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go.pack.go.
14 years ago
So much for a bitter rivalry...

But good class on Rodgers' part.
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shield4life
14 years ago

Cutlers still a pussy

"JordyNelson87" wrote:



Sad ... but very true.
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istanbulpacker
14 years ago
Typical media hack job. Note how they go from a story about Cutler and his injury and how Aaron Rodgers sticks up for him to the "Rodgers should know because a recent story about a cancer survivor"....which was never news but some hack reporter made it news because some JV news editor at a small market station edited a story it a bullshit way...is now news again and I am going to continue to dredge up this story anytime I talk about Aaron Rodgers and his media/public image or any other future Green Bay QB and their media/public image because I have no story and am trying to manufacture one in a slow week when there will be no NFL games other than a BS Pro Bowl game.

Seriously, how shallow is the media? Yet they continue to do it time and again just like their viewers continue to care what some Kardashian or another did or said as if they were important people. Let this anonymous troll AP writer crawl back under their rock and leave our players alone.
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Nonstopdrivel
14 years ago

Seriously, how shallow is the media?

"istanbulpacker" wrote:



It's a business. Like it or not, he did his job, which was to get you to talk about it.
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istanbulpacker
14 years ago

Seriously, how shallow is the media?

"Nonstopdrivel" wrote:



It's a business. Like it or not, he did his job, which was to get you to talk about it.

"istanbulpacker" wrote:



It's the same issue I have with the media. Any story...you name it...they go back and find every scandalous item they can tenuously link with the current topic to incite controversy. Sure, I'm bitching about it now...but watch me never buy that newspaper again. I discuss it here because it was posted but I'm not buying from that guy and his gossipy, yellow journalism hack job won't incite me to buy his paper. Which hopefully means he will go the way of the horse whip maker and then I won't have to read his drivel again.
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evad04
14 years ago
Istanbul -- the critical part you are missing is that when a piece goes "viral" there's no stopping the fallout (at least in the immediate aftermath). I don't disagree with your overall criticisms of the media, but the overall girth of blame falls almost as much on the fact that we're all wired in.

TL;DR: I blame da internets.
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istanbulpacker
14 years ago

Istanbul -- the critical part you are missing is that when a piece goes "viral" there's no stopping the fallout

"evad04" wrote:



It's like my favorite quote from the movie TommyBoy.

Dan Akroyd as the car parts manufacturer says "What the American public doesn't know makes them the American public."

We're a bunch of sheep headed to slaughter....a bunch of lemmings. Wired in-Yes. Capable of making a critical appraisal of a reported story/news event/etc.-not so much.
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Greg C.
14 years ago

Typical media hack job. Note how they go from a story about Cutler and his injury and how Aaron Rodgers sticks up for him to the "Rodgers should know because a recent story about a cancer survivor"....which was never news but some hack reporter made it news because some JV news editor at a small market station edited a story it a bullshit way...is now news again and I am going to continue to dredge up this story anytime I talk about Aaron Rodgers and his media/public image or any other future Green Bay QB and their media/public image because I have no story and am trying to manufacture one in a slow week when there will be no NFL games other than a BS Pro Bowl game.

Seriously, how shallow is the media? Yet they continue to do it time and again just like their viewers continue to care what some Kardashian or another did or said as if they were important people. Let this anonymous troll AP writer crawl back under their rock and leave our players alone.

"istanbulpacker" wrote:



Yes, the writer brought up that dumb story about Rdogers, but he didn't buy into it at all. And he kept it brief. I think he handled it perfectly.

Anyway, Rodgers' response to the Cutler fallout is further proof that he is one of the classiest guys in the league and a true leader.
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