NFL MVP Voter Calls Aaron Rodgers a ‘Jerk,’ Says He Won’t Vote for Him
Written by SOURCE on January 5, 2022
NFL MVP voter and sportswriter Hub Arkush went off on Green Bay Packers player Aaron Rodgers during a chat on Chicago’s 670 The Score, calling the 38-year-old quarterback a “jerk” and “bad guy.”
“I don’t think you can be the biggest jerk in the league and punish your team, and your organization and your fan base the way he did and be the Most Valuable Player,” Arkush said, as reported by ProFootballTalk’s Michael David Smith. “Has he been the most valuable on the field? Yeah, you could make that argument, but I don’t think he is clearly that much more valuable than Jonathan Taylor or Cooper Kupp or maybe even Tom Brady. So from where I sit, the rest of it is why he’s not gonna be my choice. Do I think he’s gonna win it? Probably. A lot of voters don’t approach it the way I do, but others do, who I’ve spoken to. But one of the ways we get to keep being voters is we’re not allowed to say who we are voting for until after the award has been announced. I’m probably pushing the envelope by saying who I’m not voting for.”
Arkush added that he doesn’t “think that the way” Rodgers “carried himself is inappropriate.” He continued, “I think he’s a bad guy, and I don’t think a bad guy can be the most valuable guy at the same time.”
If Rodgers does in fact win the NFL MVP award, it will be his fourth. That’ll make him only the second player in NFL history to win four or more times. The other would be Peyton Manning, who won the award a total of five times. Jim Brown, Johnny Unitas, Brett Favre, and Tom Brady have won it three times while Joe Montana, Steve Young, and Kurt Warner have won it twice.
The 2021 NFL MVP is set to be announced next month on Saturday, Feb. 12, just a day before Super Bowl LVI will kick off.
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