Aaron Rodgers Backs Up Marques Valdez-Scantling Following Criticism

Aaron Rodgers

Aaron Rodgers came to his teammate’s defense following a heavy dose of criticism. Rodgers took Scantling’s side after a costly error.

Tied in overtime, 31-31, with the ball in their possession, it appeared as if the Packers were in good shape. However, the Colts had other plans:

As a result, Scantling received heavy criticism, including even death threats:

Rodgers saw his teammate in a stressful situation and stepped in to defend him.

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Aaron Rodgers Responds To Scantling’s Death Threats

Aaron Rodgers took to social media to suggest that everyone “RELAX” over this mistake. Here is what he had to say in detail:

“I think we need some perspective in this time about production. Everybody wants to make these knee-jerk reactions to things and you forget about the facts — as the kids say these days, the big facts — that there’s a human element to this” 

“Anybody who is so distraught about this that they need to go to Twitter and talk about killing someone, I would suggest that you relax”

Rodgers stepping in to show solidarity for his teammate is admirable, but it’s sad that he has to do that in the first place. Human-beings play in the NFL. Mistakes are bound to happen.

Moreover, while the loss may have stung, the Packers are still bound for a deep run in the NFC Playoffs. They lead the NFC North by two games and sit at a well positioned 7-3. Look for Scantling and Rodgers to bounce back in big ways.

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Ashish Priyadarshi is The SportsRush's content manager and editor. Ashish freelanced for 1 year in the NFL division before taking on an editorial role in the company. He then tacked on managing content while adding on a writing role in the NBA division. Ashish has been closely following the NFL and NBA since the 2012 season when the Patriots lost the Super Bowl and Derrick Rose was at the height of his powers. Since then, Ashish has focused on honing his knowledge for both leagues in, even writing crossover pieces. In his free time, Ashish is an avid basketball player, he loves to watch movies and TV shows, immersing himself in the cinematic world. Ashish studies computer science and data science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and would love to mesh his love for sports with his technical skills.

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