It was announced September 9 without much fanfare, given that the news broke the Monday following the first Sunday of the regular season. The trailer landed yesterday.
Enigma, Aaron Rodgers’ three-part documentary series, arrives in 13 days.
This isn’t a Rodgers-produced vanity project. Heavyweights like Skydance Sports, NFL Films and Religion of Sports have succeeded. It looks like it will be balanced.
But I feel like the moment has passed. Rodgers barely played in 2023. This year, he barely played well. On the spectrum of late-career franchise-quarterback second acts, he’s much closer to Joe Namath and Johnny Unitas than Tom Brady and Joe Montana.
Rodgers seems to be losing relevance. There is Rodgers fatigue. And it will likely add to it, unless it prompts a reversal of the turn he took in 2021, when his puns with the media blew up in his face – and when he responded to criticism by becoming a conspiracy theorist in his own right. .
But that was three years ago, a lifetime in the NFL. It looks like the sun is setting on Rodgers’ playing career.
It remains to be seen whether and to what extent he will have a successful career after appearing in media, traditional or alternative. Will people want to listen to him once he stops playing?
Many called it polarizing. But this implies the existence of a group of ardent supporters to counter the group of zealous enemies. With Rodgers, most people don’t like him or have an opinion.
In less than two weeks, we’ll know whether the new documentary series changes or reinforces these opinions.