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The Bears play the Steelers this year, it’s time to turn the tables on Aaron Rodgers
It’s time to turn the tables.
It’s time to end the madness.
It’s time to give Aaron Rodgers a beatdown.
The NFL schedule came out about a month ago, and if I’m being honest, the team name I looked for first was the Pittsburgh Steelers.
There it was, November 23rd. There was one more piece to the puzzle, and that puzzle fit into place over the last week when free agent quarterback Aaron Rodgers signed with the Steelers and was named their starting quarterback.
It’s on.
Now I understand the Chicago Bears have beaten Aaron Rodgers before. They’ve beaten him five times, in fact. But they’ve lost to him 24 times. He’s thrown 64 touchdown passes in 29 career games. We know how ugly it’s been.
But Aaron Rodgers turns 42 this year. This is, almost certainly, the last year Rodgers will play in the NFL. Even if it isn’t, this is likely the last time the Bears play Aaron Rodgers, and to top it off, they play him at Soldier Field.
“I own you. I still own you. I still own all of you.”
We remember the line. It stuck right in our ribs and hurt like a gut punch. It hurt because it was true. A decade and a half of Aaron Rodgers routinely beating down the Bears and handing out Ls to our beloved team.
This is it. This is the Bears' last chance. It’s time to leave Aaron Rodgers with a bitter taste. It’s time to make sure that Rodgers’ last memory of Soldier Field is a sour one. Rodgers needs to walk across the field, shake Caleb Williams’ hand, tell him it’s his time, and walk off the field with his head down after a rough loss.
The Bears have one more shot at this. Let’s go out with a bang. Let’s have Caleb Williams be the man who takes down Aaron Rodgers and gives Bears fans a memory we desperately need.
More than that memory for Bears fans, I want that memory for Rodgers. I want the last time Aaron Rodgers walks off the field at Soldier Field to be after a loss. Let that be the thing he remembers about that stadium.
I need it for me. But I want it for Rodgers.
Am I bitter? Is this personal for me? Am I at the point where wishing misery on Rodgers is too high a priority in my life?
The answer is “Yes.”
Let’s turn the tables on Aaron Rodgers and own his ass this November.
