Joe expected this and wrote about it last week. And drama queen Aaron Rodgers did not disappoint.
Rodgers won his third game at The Licht House yesterday. He’s now 3-3 there. The Licht House, through Rodgers’ brilliant career, had been a house of horrors for him.
Yesterday was the first time an offense Rodgers quarterbacked scored over 21 points with him as the winning quarterback. Whether it is the warm weather — Rodgers has a rotten record in warm weather cities — or the turf, who knows why Rodgers has struggled in Tampa?
Rodgers hates the turf of The Licht House. He’s convinced it is evil and he blames the turf for him injuring his foot before.
So in what is expected to be his last season, just before he walked out the door of The Licht House for the final time in his life, Rodgers made sure to blast the place.
> “It’s got to be one of the worst surfaces in the league – and we’re talking about player safety,” Rodgers whined. “I’m very thankful to not get hurt.
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> “I’ve gotten hurt twice on this field. In my opinion, because of the turf, I know \[the University of South Florida\] plays here, I believe. But, that surface, I don’t think is very safe.”
And you know what, Rodgers played the first three quarters like he was trying not to get hurt. He rarely stepped into throws. He threw flat-footed.
In fact, the Sage of Tampa Bay sports, Ira Kaufman, remarked that Rodgers played like an old man afraid to get hurt in the first half yesterday. So, as Joe suspects, the turf really does live rent-free in Rodgers’ head.
Joe has never heard a player whine about the turf at The Licht House other than Rodgers.