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— Jeopardy! (@Jeopardy) April 5, 2021
Aaron Rodgers’ first episode as the guest host of “Jeopardy!” included a playful jab at the Green Bay Packers by a contestant during the Final Jeopardy round.
Scott, the two-day champion, didn’t have an answer for the final clue, so he wrote down something he knew would get a reaction from Rodgers, the MVP quarterback who is hosting 10 episodes over the next two weeks.
“Who wanted to kick that field goal?”
The answer is, of course, in reference to Matt LaFleur’s decision to kick a field goal down eight points late in the fourth quarter against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the NFC Championship Game in January. Instead of going for the touchdown with Rodgers on fourth down, the Packers took the three points but eventually lost by five.
Rodgers smiled and paused for a second or two before responding: “That is a great question. Should be correct, but unfortunately for this game today, that’s incorrect.”
Rodgers told Rob Demovsky of ESPN that he could read what the contestants were writing during Final Jeopardy in real-time, adding even more hilarity to the moment.
Kudos to Scott for pouring salt into the wound.
After the loss in January, Rodgers said he wasn’t involved in the decision to kick the field goal. It can be safely assumed he didn’t agree with the call. To be fair to LaFleur, he didn’t have a great choice either way. He either needed a touchdown on fourth down, the two-point conversion and a stop from his defense to force overtime, or the field goal, a stop from his defense and another scoring drive from the offense. LaFleur took the second option, and the Packers ended up losing.
Rodgers’ stint as the “Jeopardy!” guest host is off to a knee-slapping start.
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