Aaron Rodgers Celebrating His Go Ahead TD Only To Get Flattened By His Giant Offensive Lineman Broderick Jones Is One Of The Funniest Clips Of The Year

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We just got done watching a fantastic Thursday Night Football game led by two 40+ year old QBs lighting it up all over the field. What a treat it was watching Aaron Rodgers and Joe Flacco going toe to toe, blow for blow (pause) as they dueled in Cincinnati to the tune of 64 points. 

All of that was great, but the highlight of the night came on a celebration late in the game. I must have watched this clip below 50 times already. 

It all happened because of this awesome play by Rodgers to take the lead. Vintage Aaron. This old son of a bitch still has it.  

If you watch the replay, as Rodgers sprints down the sideline to celebrate the incredible go ahead TD, so does his giant 6’5” 310 lb offensive tackle Broderick Jones. He decided in the heat of the moment it was best to tackle his QB while going full speed. Just a 310 pound mountain of a man jumping on top of a frail 41 year old QB who wants to do anything but get hit in a game these days 

I have tears rolling down my face. Broderick Jones’ only job on the field is to keep Rodgers upright. He easily, and I mean EASILY, could have broken every single bone in Rodgers’ body. I’ve seen Rodgers snap his collarbone in half while taking a similar hit years ago. It’s a scene straight out of The Replacements when Bateman goes to tackle Nigel after making a kick. 

So fucking funny. Rodgers was furious and rightfully so. Dude went the whole game without being sacked only to take the biggest hit from his own guy during a moment of euphoria. Cannot wait to see people call Rodgers a bad teammate for the angry reaction in the morning. You know they’re gonna force it. Cowherd, Greg Jennings, Skip they’re all ready to unleash a take quake for the ages. 

Of course the Steelers scored too quickly and let Flacco shred their defense one last time on the ensuing drive to get Cincy the W. Hmm where have I seen that before in Aaron’s career?

So all of that was for nothing and now Rodgers is gonna wake up tomorrow morning feeling like he was in a car crash. Funny how that works. 

P.S. Excuse me for still loving the guy, but I’m still in disbelief he was able to get the hail mary to the end zone here at his age. 

Obviously the man was put on this Earth to throw a football, but I don’t think anyone will ever toss a better hail mary than him. Weird DK didn’t fight for the ball there more. 

P.P.S. Thankfully Rodgers was ok after that hit otherwise we might have had next SNF ruined. 

Couch. Popcorn. Seated.