Green Bay Packers Quarterback Aaron Rodgers Is Out Of Control

Why won’t Aaron Rodgers just go away? As a public service, the Green Bay Packers quarterback should do all of us a favor by clicking his cleats three times or something to sprint deep into the shadows.

Oh, that’s right. He can’t.

At least, Rodgers can’t right now. He’s the most insufferable guy in the NFL (or maybe sports, or perhaps the entire universe), but he isn’t leaving the spotlight anytime soon since the only thing playing better these days around the league than the Packers is their quarterback.

The bottom line: You should practice clenching your teeth for the long run regarding all things Aaron Charles Rodgers.

First, Rodgers spent Tuesday suggesting again that he isn’t a doctor when it comes to cures for COVID-19, but he doesn’t mind playing one on The Pat McAfee Show every chance he gets. Then came Wednesday in Green Bay, where Rodgers kept using his tongue to torch the splendid vibes around his NFL-leading Packers (12-3) by hinting again he might bolt after this season.

Or . . .

Who knows?

"It won't be something where I'll drag it out for months and months," Rodgers told reporters during his weekly press conference, when he discussed whether he’ll honor the final year of his Packers contract through next season, or join another team not named the Chicago Bears (since he doesn’t care for the Bears), or retire at 38 for a full-time gig with Jake From State Farm on their national commercials that pays Rodgers between $2 million and $3 million per year.

Rodgers went on and on with cameras rolling, adding he’ll huddle with “loved ones” over what to do. He claimed he’ll even stay open-minded about returning for a 15th season as the Packers’ starting quarterback after he talks with team officials, including general manager Brian Gutekunst, who Rodgers has suggested he dislikes more than the Bears.

“I’m not going to hold the team back from anything,” Rodgers said, regarding his future while talking to reporters. “And once I commit — and if it’s committing to move forward here — it will be a quick decision.”

Whatever, dude.

I mean, why is Aaron discussing all of this now, with two games left during the regular season and the playoffs after that?

Sorry. I forgot. You can’t think logically about Rodgers, especially since he’s always grumbling despite Forbes placing the guy fourth this season on its list of the NFL’s highest paid players at $33.4 million in total earnings.

About Rodgers’ grumbling: After the Packers dropped last season’s NFC Championship Game to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, he stunned reporters by saying he joined other Packers players with uncertain futures. He whispered to a few folks in April he wanted out of Green Bay, and after he skipped the team’s off-season conditioning workouts, he didn’t return to the Packers until the day before training camp.

Rodgers eventually gave team officials a list of demands. Among them, he desired more input into personnel decisions, which essentially meant he wanted to play quarterback while doing Gutekunst’s job.

There also was Rodgers’ vaccination mess. He said during training camp he was “immunized.” Then he told McAfee over the air in November that he really wasn’t, but that he didn’t lie. So, to hear Rodgers tell it, he got an alternative to the COVID-19 vaccines through his version of Dr. Bombay — you know, the quack physician from the old “Bewitched” sitcom of the 1960s?

The NFL fined Rodgers for violating COVID-19 protocols. While he had to pay the league $14,650, the Packers were zapped for $300,000.

Not that it mattered.

Rodgers returned to The Pat McAfee Show Tuesday to promote more of his anti-vaxxer stance. He discussed his Dr. Bombay mixture of Ivermectin and other drugs that he says gets players over the virus, and he told McAfee, "I do know behind the scenes, this is 100 percent true; there are many teams who are using — who are recommending a lot of the same treatments that I got for their players."

You may scream now to practice for later.

Here’s what will happen later: Courtesy of another season of splendid numbers (highlighted by an NFL-leading 110.8 passer rating), Rodgers will capture his fourth NFL Most Valuable Player Award and his second straight. Afterward, he’ll either win his second Super Bowl with the Packers and become Super Bowl MVP for a second time, or he’ll creep near everything I just typed.

Through it all, Rodgers will continue his crazy talk.

And you may continue to scream.