If Zach Wilson locks collectively a couple of opposing gamers’ wrists and flips them over his again, credit score Aaron Rodgers.
Rodgers mentioned — or possibly joked? — that he has been motivating his quarterback substitute by sending him movies of Rodgers adopting the persona of film characters.
Throughout his weekly look on “The Pat McAfee Present,” Rodgers mentioned he sends “little messages each week” to Wilson.
Requested to make clear, Rodgers saved a straight face.
“Make it actual dramatic,” Rodgers mentioned on ESPN on Tuesday. “Gown up in a well-known film character outfit and provides him some inspiring speech.”
Forward of Sunday’s win over the Eagles, that apparently meant changing into an motion movie star with abilities in martial arts.
“Final week I channeled my internal ‘Beneath Siege,’ ” Rodgers mentioned of the 1992 film. “Went into a very good head house of Steven Seagal because the undercover killing machine disguised as a chef. And did a mix interpretive dance/inspirational speech [of Seagal] mixed with the dance strikes of Britney Spears.”
Apparently a fan of ’90s motion motion pictures, Rodgers dressed as Nicolas Cage’s character from “Con Air” when he arrived at Packers coaching camp final 12 months.
Whatever the specifics of Rodgers’ assist, Wilson has made strides for the 3-3 Jets and thrown only one interception in his previous 4 video games.
He won’t be carrying the staff to victories, however he’s not the explanation for defeats.
“I actually don’t deserve a ton of credit score for his development,” mentioned Rodgers, who was on the headset on the sideline Sunday. “I believe it’s been his personal work ethic, his need to enhance in all areas of his life.
“I believe it doesn’t damage to have form of an instance of an older man who’s had some success and seeing how I’m going about my enterprise, I’m positive there’s been some stuff that’s rubbed off on him. However he deserves loads of credit score.”
