{"id":26459,"date":"2025-06-30T06:33:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T06:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/26459\/"},"modified":"2025-06-30T06:33:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T06:33:09","slug":"boston-radio-hosts-rail-against-aaron-rodgers-final-season-comments-douche-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/26459\/","title":{"rendered":"Boston radio hosts rail against Aaron Rodgers&#8217; final season comments: &#8216;Douche move\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Courtney Cox of WEEI\u2019s Greg Hill Show didn\u2019t hold back in response to Aaron Rodgers\u2019 early days as a Steeler.<\/p>\n<p>The former MVP <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/06\/24\/sports\/aaron-rodgers-reveals-upcoming-nfl-season-will-likely-be-his-last\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">revealed<\/a> that the 2025 season would likely be his last earlier this week on \u201cThe Pat McAfee Show.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cox lit him up over the airwaves this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGive me a break with the \u2018I just wanted to do this for fun for my final (season) \u2013 it\u2019s been\u202f 20\u202fyears, haha, chuckle, chuckle. No, you did it so that you could tell everybody you\u2019re retiring and have a farewell tour. That\u2019s why you did it. You\u2019re an egomaniac, a narcissist,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Her co-host Greg Hill echoed the sentiment, calling Rodgers\u2019 decision to announce his possible retirement \u201ca douche move.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Hill added, \u201cTraining camp hasn\u2019t even started, and you need to declare that this is, this is the last (year). \u2018If you want to ask me about it when I come to your city, feel free to ask me about it. Feel free to bother all the other guys also all season long when you ask them about my last season.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.88929889;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"36388422\" width=\"1024\" height=\"542\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screen-Shot-2025-06-29-at-7.38.01-PM.png\" alt=\"The Greg Hill Show on WEEI went off on Aaron Rodgers. \" class=\"wp-image-36388422\"  \/>The Greg Hill Show on WEEI went off on Aaron Rodgers.  WEEI<\/p>\n<p>Cox later added that she may have been hypocritical but admitted that Rodgers himself was the driver of her reaction. <\/p>\n<p>Cox said she would do the same thing if she were an athlete in Rodgers\u2019 shoes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fact that it\u2019s Aaron Rodgers, that\u2019s why I hate it,\u201d she said, later adding that she\u2019d love it if Tom Brady did the same. <\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.46915352;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"36388413\" width=\"867\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2219071239.jpg\" alt=\"Aaron Rodgers looks to pass during Minicamp at UPMC Rooney Sports Complex on June 11, 2025 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.\" class=\"wp-image-36388413\"\/>Aaron Rodgers looks to pass during Minicamp at UPMC Rooney Sports Complex on June 11, 2025 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Executive producer Chris Curtis didn\u2019t pull any punches either, labeling the multiple MVP and future Hall of Famer as \u201cloathesome\u201d and lamenting that the Steelers had chosen to embrace Rodgers.\u202f<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s beneath the Steelers to bring this guy in. It\u2019s pathetic. I hate that (head coach Mike Tomlin) is on board with it,\u201d he added. \u201cHe\u2019s not good anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The criticism likely won\u2019t be unpopular given how polarizing Rodgers has become throughout his career, especially within the last half-decade or so.<\/p>\n<p>Rodgers, 41, signed a one-year deal with Pittsburgh and will make approximately $13.6 million in 2025. <\/p>\n<p>Last season, Rodgers threw for 3,897 passing yards and 28 touchdowns to 11 interceptions while starting for the New York Jets in what was ultimately a disappointing season. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Courtney Cox of WEEI\u2019s Greg Hill Show didn\u2019t hold back in response to Aaron Rodgers\u2019 early days as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":26460,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[2390,1232,1545,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-26459","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-aaron-rodgers","9":"tag-nfl","10":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-unitedstates","14":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114770923104692170","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26459\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}