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Former Indianapolis Colts punter Pat McAfee celebrated and cheered his friend QB Aaron Rodgers’ 4th MVP award. He captured the moment on his phone and was elated with Rodgers winning the award. He was in his usual commentary mode as he narrated to the fans his thoughts during the whole video. McAfee works with the WWE as a ringside commentator and seems to have been channeling that energy while recording.

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While talking to Rodgers’ haters, he states, “Attababy! He is immunized, and he is now going back-to-back. Kurt Warner is truly pumped there is a true underdog story right there. Those two are really close to each other. That’s a great suit, pal. Killing the game.

The special relationship between Aaron Rodgers and Kurt Warner

Rodgers and Warner have a deep bond and share a similar road to fame and approach to the game. Both players have been big fans of each other, and Rodgers considers Warner to be one of his best mentors in life and on the field. He has a huge amount of respect for him. Both entered the NFL as unknown prospects but ended up with an enormous mark on the game.

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Both Warner and Rodgers have similar career trajectories who broke all expectations and criticism that came their way. It seems this special relationship was something that McAfee was hinting towards while taping the moment on video. Rodgers needed to channel and emulate Warner’s fighting spirit and never give up the attitude to breakthrough in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

They are two old-school gunslingers who paid their dues to make their identity and left their imprint in the league. Warner has been someone Rodgers maps his overall skill-set in NFL games upon. McAfee might hint about the communication channels that might have been left open between both NFL QBs. Despite the beliefs of others, Rodgers and Warner believed in their game to do the talking for them on the football field.

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An NFL author at EssentiallySports, Anuj Tazhatuveetil is pursuing a Master's degree in Journalism and Mass Communication. Initially, he worked as a freelance content writer and later as a part of Sports404. An unquenchable thirst to learn about all things NFL and NBA, adding to a rather healthy obsession with playing outdoor sports like basketball, and soccer with an almost encyclopedic knowledge of this industry make him a sports aficionado. He still fondly remembers his first experience of a basketball game, which would pave the way for his incredible love and dedication towards his writing craft. Above all, his interest in NFL stems from the inspiring story of Tom Brady whose legendary status is well known. More recently, Anuj has found himself enjoying the greatness of various other players like Aaron Rodgers, LeBron James, Patrick Mahomes, Luka Doncic, and Kevin Durant.

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