Chicago Bears: Aaron Rodgers throws shade at rivals

Aaron Rodgers took the opportunity to throw shade at the Chicago Bears on Twitter.

The last time Aaron Rodgers took the field against the Chicago Bears at Soldier Field, it didn’t end well. The Bears won 24-17, knocking the Green Bay Packers out of the playoff race and locking up the NFC North Division, and twisting up Rodgers like a pretzel in the process. Rodgers was a pedestrian 25/42 for 274 yards and one interception to Eddie Jackson in the end zone to seal the game.

It was a fitting end to a disappointing season for the Packers — one which saw Rodgers effectively end the Mike McCarthy era. The drama continued through the offseason as details of the fractured relationship between Rodgers and McCarthy, as well as some of his former teammates, became public.

Then there was the passive-aggressive spat he had with new head coach Matt LaFleur in which he told Mike Silver  “I don’t think you want me to turn off 11 years. There’s stuff that not many people in the league can do at the line. That’s not a humble brag. That’s just a fact.” Of course, he was referring to LaFleur’s desire to keep Rodgers on a more scripted gameplan with less improvising and no freedom to audible beyond the ones he’s given for each play.

Despite things appearing to be tumultuous at best in Cheeseland, Rodgers still thought it was best to ‘poke the Bears’ — pun intended.

On Sunday, perennial pot-stirrer Doug Gottlieb put a charge into one and took a shot at the Bears. Gottlieb referenced the U.S. Men’s soccer team’s loss at Soldier Field in the CONCACAF Gold Cup and commented on how a home team losing at Soldier Field sounds familiar.

Not to be outdone, Rodgers, in an apparent desire to put an even bigger target on his back, liked the tweet. Ironically, Eddie Jackson referred to this type of instigating earlier in the week on the “Under the Center” podcast, in which he said “all the things Aaron Rodgers did to us last year, and the subliminal messages he sent after he’s seen Mitch, we’ve got that in the back of our minds.”

Well, add one more not so subtle message from Aaron Rodgers to the bulletin board. Not that the team needed any more motivation to go out and destroy the Packers and Rodgers, but they’ve got it. Week one, when the Bears kickoff at Soldier Field against their biggest rivals, that place is going to be worked up into a frenzy and if Rodgers keeps prodding the Bears, he may be lucky to leave in one piece.