May 5, 2021
GREEN BAY, Wis. – In the midst of Aaron Rodgers’ push to get out of Green Bay, which has gone from threat to demand to insult,
The Onion has stepped in to provide some levity to an increasingly ugly situation.
In a “story” published at midday Wednesday, the satirical newspaper reports:
Threatening to test the trade market if the front office didn’t intervene, a visibly unhinged Aaron Rodgers told Packers brass Wednesday that it was “him or me” in reference to team custodian Glen Pardlo. “I can’t let another off season go by without getting help cleaning up around here,” said the reigning NFL MVP, who has reportedly been at odds with the custodian since taking over as the Packers’ starting quarterback in 2008.