Terry Bradshaw calls it like it is: Aaron Rodgers is weak for worrying about the Packers drafting a QB in 2020


Maybe Aaron should "get on with the rest of his life" like Chuck Noll told 
Terry to do 40 years ago

… recalls Mark Malone and Cliff Stoudt and his reaction to their drafting


One thing you have to say about that septuagenarian Terry Bradshaw: He calls it like he sees it — something that he could not do as a player. 


And at 72, he still has an impressive gig with Fox Sports where he can go on and on about the game — and people love him. Even more than they did as a player who won four Super Bowls in six years, earning MVP in the final two of them. 


So, when he called out Green Bay diva extraordinaire Aaron Rodgers last week, no one should have been surprised. 


Rodgers is simply being childish


So, how did this problem start and get to the point when Terry has to call out a QB who will some day join him in the NFL Hall of Fame?


Terry went on a popular talk show and did not hold back his disgust for Rodgers’ behavior since he insists that he will not play this year unless the Packers fire their general manager. 


Rodgers had the previous coach fired, and now is going after the GM. 


Terry smells a rat,


NFL commentator and former Pittsburgh Steelers QB Terry Bradshaw isn't one to hold back his opinions when he's in front of a camera or microphone. If you want to know what he thinks, you usually just have to ask him.


Well, on Monday's "Moose & Maggie" show on WFAN, Maggie Gray asked Bradshaw for his take on the current situation between Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers. He responded the only way he knows how: with brutal honesty. 


Maggie Gray

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‘It makes him look weak’ - Terry Bradshaw on Aaron Rodgers displeasure with the Packers 


Do you agree?


1:45 PM · May 3, 2021


Bradshaw has no patience for Rodgers' behavior


The root of Rodgers' dissatisfaction with Green Bay, according to Yahoo Sports' Charles Robinson, is GM Brian Gutekunst. Gutekunst selected QB Jordan Love in the first round of the 2020 NFL draft, but reportedly didn't let Rodgers know ahead of time. Rodgers reportedly has other issues with Gutekunst, but the animosity over drafting Love is what Bradshaw focused on.


"Him being that upset shows me how weak he is. Who the hell cares who you draft? He's a three-time MVP in the league and he's worried about this guy they drafted last year at No. 1?"


Liz Roscher, “Terry Bradshaw says Aaron Rodgers is ‘weak’ for being upset with Packers,” Yahoo Sports, May 4, 2021


Is Terry right? Of course he is, and he knows it


Terry understands what it is like to get no respect. He was the ultimate Rodney Dangerfield when he played with the Steelers, whether it was with his wives or his tough-as-nails head coach, Chuck Noll.


Even in the first year in which the Steelers won a Super Bowl, back in 1976 season, Noll benched his future Hall of Fame QB for part of the season. 


And he held a grudge against Noll and the Steelers for the way they released him after about 14 seasons. 


He made that clear in the interview,


"...And for him to be upset, my god, I don't understand that. Pittsburgh drafted Mark Malone No. 1, Cliff Stoudt in the third or fourth round - I had them coming at me from all angles. I embraced it, because when we went to practice, I wasn't worried about those guys. They didn't scare me a bit. So I don't understand why he's so upset at Green Bay."


Liz Roscher, Yahoo Sports, May 4, 2021


Tells the Packers to show him the door


In fact, Bradshaw said that the Packers, who have dug in during this dispute, should stand their ground, 


“Are you kidding me? Really? Aaron, that’s where this is?


“Here’s what I would do: I wouldn’t budge. Let him gripe. Let him cry. Retire. You are [37]. Go ahead and retire. See you later. I’m really strong about stuff like that. It just makes him look weak. How dare you draft somebody?


“...Obviously he doesn’t need the money. Probably he should just retire and go do ‘Jeopardy.’... 


“Either he gives in, or Green Bay don’t give in. Move on.”


Liz Roscher, Yahoo Sports, May 4, 2021


So, who do you like in this battle? Terry, he of the four Super Bowls, or Aaron, with just one that he probably would not have had without the Steelers Mike Tomlin insisting on drafting Rashard Mendenhall, who fumbled away the Steelers chance for a seventh Lombardi Trophy. 


I know who is right here.

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