Aaron Rodgers with Joe Rogan Photo credit: The Joe Rogan Experience

After 18 seasons, four NFL MVPs and one Super Bowl win, the Aaron Rodgers Effect is still being felt by the current Green Bay Packers, on and off the field.

The Packers recently dropped a rather innocuous video on social media asking their players, “What is a topic you could debate for hours?” While some players mentioned debates like pizza toppings, flats vs drumsticks, the best place to live and movie trilogies, there were also several conspiracy theorists in the group.


Of the approximately 15 players questioned by the Packers social media team, there was an alien belief, three flat Earth takes and a pyramid conspiracy theory. I’m not here to debunk any of those claims, I’m just offering a conspiracy theory as to why the Green Bay Packers have so many conspiracy theorists on their team. The Aaron Rodgers Effect.

When you have a historically good quarterback like Rodgers, his impact doesn’t just disappear when he leaves the building. Rodgers’ preparation and beliefs are passed on to his teammates who pass them on to other teammates and so on. And based on a previous admission by DeShone Kizer about 9/11, we know this to be true.

Two of the conspiracy theorists featured in this social media video by the Packers, Edgerrin Cooper and Chris Russell, weren’t even on the team when Rodgers was in Green Bay. And that only furthers the lasting impact of the franchise’s former quarterback.

Rodgers hasn’t publicly stated he believes the Earth is flat. But it’s less about the specific conspiracies and more about his ability to build a certain environment and culture. And at this point, even if Rodgers did start talking about the Earth being flat, it would be so far down the list of conspiracies he believes that it might not even be worth mentioning.

Regardless of whether the New York Jets achieve their goal of winning a Super Bowl with Rodgers under center, they should at least know their locker room is in store for a lasting impact.

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Brandon Contes is a staff writer for Awful Announcing and The Comeback. He previously helped carve the sports vertical for Mediaite and spent more than three years with Barrett Sports Media. Send tips/comments/complaints to bcontes@thecomeback.com