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By Kristen Wong
NFL Rumors: Jordan Love commits hilarious self-own with Father’s Day message to Bears fans
On Father’s Day, Jordan Love sat at his computer and thought, “WWAD?” (What Would Aaron Do?)
Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers doesn’t use social media all that often, but if he did, he might send a snarky tweet at the Chicago Bears. Because he owns them, obviously.
So Love tried that, and… it totally backfired.
The Green Bay Packers quarterback posted a now-deleted tweet in which he wished a Happy Father’s Day to Bears fans. Love’s intention was clear enough: he was the Bears’ father. The Darth Vader to Chicago’s Luke.
Bears fans just laughed in his face since they interpreted it as Jordan Love being their son. It was just a poorly worded tweet trying to make something out of nothing, and Love probably regrets hitting the blue button.
Bears – 1. Love – 0.
In his Packers tenure, Rodgers terrorized the Bears for over a decade: the veteran quarterback is 23-5 all-time against Chicago with 63 touchdowns against 10 interceptions. Rodgers has every right to spike that ball at Soldier Field and yell expletives at the Bears fanbase given how much he’s dominated that sad little NFC North team.
The divisional matchups between the Packers and Bears could morph into a fairer rivalry in 2023 in Rodgers’ absence, however. Love has yet to play Chicago in his brief NFL career, and he’ll need go toe to toe against rising youngster Justin Fields and have figured out how to lead Green Bay’s offense by then.
There are a lot of ways things could go south in Love’s first game against the Bears. Maybe save the trash-talking for after you’ve earned it.