Hub Arkush loses mind, hopefully voting privileges are next
Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2022 5:19 pm
https://www.nfl.com/news/packers-qb-aar ... at-he-woul
Arkush spoke Tuesday on Chicago's 670 The Score radio show and tabbed Rodgers, a three-time MVP, as "the biggest jerk in the league."
"I don't think you can be the biggest jerk in the league and punish your team, and your organization and your fan base the way he did and be the Most Valuable Player," Arkush said, per USA Today. "Has he been the most valuable on the field? Yeah, you could make that argument, but I don't think he is clearly that much more valuable than Jonathan Taylor or Cooper Kupp or maybe even Tom Brady. So from where I sit, the rest of it is why he's not gonna be my choice.
Quite the incendiary little package here. First, you'd have to say that Antonio Brown is probably the current leader in the 'biggest jerk' category. Second, being a jerk obviously doesn't disqualify you from winning the MVP award. Many jerks in the past have won the award. Third, what exactly is the punishment that Aaron Rodgers has doled out to his team this year? Did he punish his team with a 13-3 record? Did he punish his fan base with a #1 seed? Lastly, the final statement of Arkush conceding that Rodgers is the most valuable on the field but isn't Arkush's MVP choice because Rodgers isn't 'clearly that much more valuable' than other NFL players is completely illogical. So is there like a sliding jerk/MVP scale, where you can be a big jerk and still win the MVP as long as you are clearly that much more valuable than everyone else? But if you become too big of a jerk or too little of an MVP, the scale collapses?
This is something I would expect from the BBWAA, not from a longtime NFL writer. For shame.
Arkush spoke Tuesday on Chicago's 670 The Score radio show and tabbed Rodgers, a three-time MVP, as "the biggest jerk in the league."
"I don't think you can be the biggest jerk in the league and punish your team, and your organization and your fan base the way he did and be the Most Valuable Player," Arkush said, per USA Today. "Has he been the most valuable on the field? Yeah, you could make that argument, but I don't think he is clearly that much more valuable than Jonathan Taylor or Cooper Kupp or maybe even Tom Brady. So from where I sit, the rest of it is why he's not gonna be my choice.
Quite the incendiary little package here. First, you'd have to say that Antonio Brown is probably the current leader in the 'biggest jerk' category. Second, being a jerk obviously doesn't disqualify you from winning the MVP award. Many jerks in the past have won the award. Third, what exactly is the punishment that Aaron Rodgers has doled out to his team this year? Did he punish his team with a 13-3 record? Did he punish his fan base with a #1 seed? Lastly, the final statement of Arkush conceding that Rodgers is the most valuable on the field but isn't Arkush's MVP choice because Rodgers isn't 'clearly that much more valuable' than other NFL players is completely illogical. So is there like a sliding jerk/MVP scale, where you can be a big jerk and still win the MVP as long as you are clearly that much more valuable than everyone else? But if you become too big of a jerk or too little of an MVP, the scale collapses?
This is something I would expect from the BBWAA, not from a longtime NFL writer. For shame.