Aaron Rodgers: “The idea of success and failure is unfortunately tied to winning and losing”

The docuseries is divided into three episodes of roughly an hour a piece. It’s an entertaining journey through Aaron Rodgers’ career and rise to fame and fall from grace. Ironically he shares some camera time with another Packers QB legend whose legacy has been shattered by accusations of corruption, fraud and questionable friendships with dodgy politicians.

Irony is a recurring theme in the documentary as we follow Rodgers through his time at Green Bay and trade to the New York Jets. There is no doubt that Rodgers was a great quarterback, one of the best who ever played the position. He has a Super Bowl and holds individual and team records he deservedly achieved over his 20+ year career. But as the pundits mention in the clip below, Aaron Rodgers wants to be left alone, but AR also wants you to watch his docuseries:

But, ironically, as he’s going back and forth in the last ten minutes of the documentary from his swimming pool to his ice bath and then sauna at his beautiful home that he earned through hard work and success, he tells the viewers that maybe winning isn’t such a big deal. Success shouldn’t be measured only by wins and losses, “It’s not a binary representation,” he says.

Ok, sure, it’s 2024, some people think trying to win puts too much pressure on young athletes and even professionals, but we’re talking about a 20-year NFL veteran whose success and wealth is based on going out and trying to win every game by outperforming the other team. Now, if we take away the Ls and Ws, “binary representation,” what do we have? Participation awards? Intramural flag football? So, if he says that while he’s taking mud baths in Brazil and trying to find his inner self, well, that’s great, but that’s not how pro sports work. Success without wins isn’t success. Period.

For him to say that he doesn’t “subscribe” to Packers’ coaching legend Vince Lombardi’s famous words: “Winning isn’t everything, it’s the only thing,” is laughable. Everyone is talking about how the media treated him unfairly for the COVID scandal, but what about the last two years with the Jets? The Jets have invested roughly $40 million in their 41-year-old QB just this year. Do you think they might want some wins? Now that he’s 41 years old and has millions in the bank it’s easy to say winning isn’t important.

Teams and organizations want players like Joe Burrow, who is a leader and wants to win. He hates losing. Maybe Aaron Rodgers has just got used to losing. After watching ‘Enigma,’ it’s clear that Aaron Rodgers’ last season is this one. The Jets might keep him around until June 2025 for salary cap reasons, but he won’t be playing next season in New York or anywhere.

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