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25 athletes everyone hates (unless they’re on your team)

By Jeremy Lambert

BUFFALO, NY - DECEMBER 3: Tom Brady #12 of the New England Patriots stays loose on the sideline during NFL game action against the Buffalo Bills at New Era Field on December 3, 2017 in Buffalo, New York. (Photo by Tom Szczerbowski/Getty Images)
BUFFALO, NY - DECEMBER 3: Tom Brady #12 of the New England Patriots stays loose on the sideline during NFL game action against the Buffalo Bills at New Era Field on December 3, 2017 in Buffalo, New York. (Photo by Tom Szczerbowski/Getty Images) /
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CHARLOTTE, NC – DECEMBER 17: Aaron Rodgers #12 of the Green Bay Packers looks for a receiver against the Carolina Panthers during a NFL game at Bank of America Stadium on December 17, 2017 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Ronald C. Modra/Sports Imagery/Getty Images)
CHARLOTTE, NC – DECEMBER 17: Aaron Rodgers #12 of the Green Bay Packers looks for a receiver against the Carolina Panthers during a NFL game at Bank of America Stadium on December 17, 2017 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Ronald C. Modra/Sports Imagery/Getty Images) /

Aaron Rodgers

Are you a fan of the Detroit Lions? If so, this slide is specifically for you.

If I were a head coach and needed one quarterback to orchestrate a game-winning drive, I’d picked Aaron Rodgers. Because unlike Tom Brady or Russell Wilson, Rodgers hasn’t had the benefit of a good head coach. Mike McCarthy doesn’t draw up clutch plays for his quarterback, his quarterback just makes clutch plays.

Rodgers is a guy you probably admire and love, as long as he’s not playing your team. If your a fan of the Cleveland Browns, he might be your favorite quarterback. Who else are you cheering for?

Unless you’re watching live television.

Forget what the Packers quarterback does on the field. We all know he kills teams and frustrates opposing fans by escaping the pocket and making impossible throws look easy. Off the field, the man is annoys millions every week by appearing in the same State Farm commercial that runs every 30 minutes.

No one likes the guy who tries to sell you something every commercial break. We get it, Aaron. Trees fall on your house and Clay Matthews can’t sing. And like a good neighbor, State Farm is there.

Some people don’t want neighbors.

And fans of 31 other NFL teams don’t want to play the Packers in the playoffs. Not because their defense is amazing or McCarthy will come up with a brilliant game plan. They barely have a ground game and who knows of their receivers are actually all that good. But they have Aaron Rodgers. And every time he has the ball, you’re afraid he’s going to turn nothing into the greatest play in NFL history.

Right, Lions fans?

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