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Aaron Rodgers’ struggles with teammates, family gives NFL icon Green Bay Packers $110m problem

WHAT’S wrong with Aaron Rodgers? Everyone has been trying to figure it out all season and the latest theories on the Packers quarterback are ugly.

Aaron Rodgers #12 of the Green Bay Packers.
Aaron Rodgers #12 of the Green Bay Packers.

WHAT’S wrong with Aaron Rodgers? Everyone has been trying to figure it out all season.

There have been plenty of reasons thrown out there - Jordy Nelson’s injury, bad receivers, bad coaching - and now a new report suggests Rodgers’ rift with his family is affecting his play.

Colin Cowherd questioned if Rodgers - on a five-year, $110 million contract at Green Bay - was the problem earlier this season and now he’s feeling like his theory has been validated.

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Jermichael Finley this week joined other former Packers receivers who have come out and criticised Rodgers - including Greg Jennings on “The Herd” - and current wideout Randall Cobb called for an end to finger-pointing after Rodgers called out teammates following a loss for the second straight week.

Aaron Rodgers throws a pass during a game against the Tennessee Titans.
Aaron Rodgers throws a pass during a game against the Tennessee Titans.

“It’s no longer anonymous sources,” Cowherd said on “The Herd” on Friday. “Aaron can’t say ‘You guys aren’t in our practice. You’re not in our locker room.’”

Colin says his sources confirmed the family feud.

“According to two sources - I had this confirmed last night - his parents have to buy their own tickets to go to Lambeau,” Cowherd said.

Rodgers has also had a widely-publicised fallout with his brother.

Watch what else Cowherd had to say in the video above.

Finley’s criticism was especially damning.

“It was all about his game and his stats, in my opinion,” Finley told Bleacher Report.

“He kept grudges close to his chest. If you did something, he never really let it go.

“I just don’t think he was a natural-born leader. He wasn’t put on earth to lead.”

This article originally appeared on FOX Sports US

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