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Since Aaron Rodgers and his No. 1 seed Green Bay Packers were dumped out of the NFL playoffs with a shocking 13-10 loss to the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Divisional Round, everyone has had their say on his career.
Some have called him fraudulent due to his post-season record, and some have made jokes about his pre-season immunized comments. ESPN personality and analyst for First Take Stephen A. Smith did not hold back when speaking about the Green Bay quarterback. He said:
"It was the worst loss of Aaron Rodgers' career. The 'Bad Man' no longer applies. It's just one game in a lot of people's eyes, not mine. When he beat Chicago, he made news earlier this year, he said, 'I own you. I still own you'. He forgot to mention who he's owned by, and that's the San Francisco 49ers in the post-season."
And Smith is correct. Rodgers is 0-4 in the playoffs against the 49ers, the team that famously did not select him with the first pick in the 2005 NFL draft and, instead, selected quarterback Alex Smith.
Stephen A. continued:
"I don't give a damn what the weather conditions were. I don't give a damn if it was so foggy like it was in Chicago years ago that you can't see two feet in front of you. You can't lose that game. Can't do it."
Does this loss define Aaron Rodgers' career as under-whelming and under-achieving?
With many questioning the future of his craeer and whether he will be back in Green Bay next season, this could very well have been his final game in a Packers uniform at Lambeau Field. This is not be the way that he wanted it to end.
With just one Super Bowl ring in a 17-year career that promised so much, this loss could potentially mark the end, and Stephen A. called it "legacy defining."
He said:
"It was the worst defeat of Aaron Rodgers' career, and it could not have come at a worse time... he could be handed the league MVP award, and nobody gives a damn. You're the man who came up flagrantly short. He didn't go out like Tom Brady did yesterday. This is legacy defining."
We will find out in the coming weeks and months whether the veteran quarterback will be back in Green Bay for another season, but this could well have been the last dance for Rodgers and the Packers.
