A breaking point had to exist. An event, a fight, a setback—a turning point that ended Aaron Rodgers and Mike
McCarthy’s football marriage.
Long before that unbelievable December 20–17 defeat to the lowly Cardinals, the game that ultimately led to
McCarthy’s firing, everyone could see the Packers quarterback and head coach were going toward divorce. Rodgers’s
defiance and death glances had been a regular sight for years by that point.
However, how far back can you go to discover the start of the end?
Was Rodgers yelling at his coach, “Stupid fucking call!” in Week 3 of the 2017 season?
Or even further back, to the NFC Championship Game on January 18, 2015, when McCarthy, possessing the ferocity
of a sloth, called for field goals twice from the 1-yard line in the first half and then ran three times in a row with five
minutes remaining to effectively end his quarterback’s season and enrage fans?
Or even earlier, back in 2013 during a Cincinnati loss, when Rodgers and McCarthy seemed on the verge of hurling
haymakers?
Those who have been a part of this relationship from the start advise you to persevere.
Rewind to the initial phase of love. even though Rodgers was named league MVP and the Packers were 15-1 in 2011.
Even though Rodgers was named Super Bowl MVP in the 2010 season, when they won their final Super Bowl
championship. Rodgers was already fuming at his coach at that point.
Thus, continue. back to the initial moment these two were brought together. early in 2006.
The least well-known fact about 1265 Lombardi Avenue was that Rodgers appeared to detest McCarthy as his coach
from the outset.
In any sport, nobody is as resentful as Aaron Rodgers. Accusations against Rodgers don’t go away easily. They
adhere. They expand. They replenish.
No, McCarthy had played a part in prolonging Rodgers’ four-and-a-half-hour wait in the NFL draft green room the
year before. His embarrassed national television debut. Alex Smith was selected first overall by McCarthy, the 49ers
offensive coordinator at the time. Not Rodgers.
