Super Bowl Domination

Chapter 1126 War of words
In 2015, Eugenie-Bouchard, a Canadian tennis super beauty who was only years old and ranked in the top five in the world, went to the locker room to take an ice bath at the end of the second round of the US Open, but accidentally slipped and hit her head, suffering a concussion.

This caused the career of this rising star to never recover and he was never able to make it back into the top 100 in the world rankings.

Later, Bouchard filed a lawsuit against the organizers of the US Open.

After a long three-year lawsuit, Bouchard won the case and the court ruled that the U.S. Open should bear 75% of the responsibility and Bouchard should bear 25% of the responsibility.

Without warning, Bouchard burrowed into Gutekunst’s mind.

He realized that maybe he could use Bouchard to turn the situation around, not only to solve Rogers' mess, but also to give the Kansas City Chiefs a hand.

See, that's his job, all the dirty work is included.

Obviously Rogers lost the game, and obviously Rogers acted willfully, but in the end he still had to clean up the mess; however, Rogers still did his own thing, refused to cooperate with his work, and even thought that he was destroying the unity of the locker room, but no one knew who was the destroyer of the locker room atmosphere.

Ha ha.

In his opinion, all these geniuses and superstars are giant babies. All of them.

In a hurry, Gutkunst turned and left.

Rogers and Lafleur stood at the door of the locker room, watching Gutekunst's hurried back. Neither of them spoke and there was silence for a moment.

LaFleur still did not forget his role. "Aaron, you should know that the team manager is also doing this for the good of the team, right? He is also worried about you."

Rogers had a noncommittal expression on his face.

LaFleur also knew that things in the locker room were complicated and couldn't be rushed, so he didn't say anything more and was about to remind Rogers to go to the press conference room.

Unexpectedly, Rogers looked at LaFleur with a sincere expression, "Coach, can we make it to the Super Bowl?"

This is a tricky problem.

Lafleur took a deep breath and said, "Aaron, climbing a mountain is like this. When we are in it, we cannot see the top of the mountain or even the road ahead. We will encounter difficulties and get into desperate situations. We may even fall down and retreat. But it is precisely such challenges that make things interesting and precious."

"When we finally reach the summit, we'll look back at all the twists and turns and trials along the way, and they'll all be part of the reward. You need to believe in yourself, and I never doubted that."

Although this was not a direct response to Rogers' question, it was convincing to Rogers.

If LaFleur really told him that we would definitely be able to reach the Super Bowl, just like McCarthy, who kept shouting empty slogans there, Rogers would not trust LaFleur.

Take a deep breath and let go of all the frustration and annoyance.

Rogers looked in the direction of the home team's locker room, "I want to play against them in the Super Bowl."

Calm but confident, with a firmness in his words.

Although it was not stated explicitly, they all knew who the "they" Rogers was talking about was.

The Green Bay Packers and the Kansas City Chiefs are not mortal enemies and have no grudges against each other, but from another perspective, the league has never hyped the matchup between Rodgers and Levy.

From "Levi VS Brady" to "Levi VS Donald", there are all kinds of duels, but there is never "Levi VS Rogers". What is this?
Is it that Rogers is not qualified?
Obviously, this hurt Rogers' pride; and after today's game, they finally had a "grudge".

Lafleur also nodded solemnly, "Then let us continue to climb to the top."

LaFleur patted Rogers on the shoulder as an encouragement.

There is a skill to giving inspirational quotes, just be brief and this one action allowed Rogers to hold his head high again and regain his confidence and composure.

In the end, Rogers attended the post-game press conference and was bombarded by the media. "Aaron, I heard that the faucet in the visiting team's locker room at Arrowhead Stadium malfunctioned, causing a flood, and you almost fell and got injured. Is this true?"

The first question confused Rogers: ???

What flood? What fall?
However, Rogers, who has been through many battles, is still calm and experienced. He asked in return, "So, you didn't see me get hurt. Are you happy or regretful?"

In a word, turn the situation around.

However, if anyone thinks that things are so simple, they are too young and naive.

That night, sensational news headlines appeared on social networks.

"Rodgers: The Kansas City Chiefs are very sorry that they didn't see me get injured and leave the field."

"Rogers: If they were hoping for a Bouchard tragedy, they were doomed to be disappointed."

"Rodgers accuses Kansas City Chiefs of playing dirty tricks behind the scenes."

Each one is more thrilling and explosive than the last.

Everything happened just as Gutekunst had expected. The media reporters did not notice that the Green Bay Packers were collectively late for the press conference. Or they noticed it but chose to ignore it. One by one, they tried to sow discord and fan the flames, trying to further ignite the heat of the half-time Super Bowl.

Unfortunately, the Kansas City Chiefs didn't buy it.

Levi only said one sentence, "If they are willing to regard themselves as victims...I'm sorry."

The words were concise but powerful.

The subtext is, sorry, we beat you. Sorry, we made you lose face and then whine and cry like Bouchard. Sorry, we humiliated you so much that you have to find excuses to cover up your embarrassment.

——In the professional league, no one wants to be a victim. Being a victim is even more humiliating than being a loser.

Levi is worthy of being Levi. With just one sentence, he completely changed the situation that Gutekunst carefully created and put the Green Bay Packers in trouble.

Gutekunst tried to stop the players from responding, but was still a step too slow.

The Green Bay Packers locker room could not accept the accusation of being a "victim". They did not want to become a "Bouchard". Although Bouchard successfully sued the United States Tennis Association and received huge compensation, among professional players, Bouchard became a label of a shrew who blamed all her frustrations and depression on others.

No one wants to be labeled like that.

"No, there was nothing wrong with the visiting locker room at Arrowhead Stadium. It was just our own carelessness."

"Nobody was hurt. The point is, nobody was hurt."

GUTKUNST: ...

However, this is just the tip of the iceberg.

What is truly absurd is that even though Gutkunst shifted the focus, even though the media created a hot spot, even though reporters surrounded Rogers and launched a group mocking attack, the next day all the major news headlines were about Levi.

Levi. Levi. Levi.

All I see is Levi.

Rogers: ...Damn it!
So, for the sake of the so-called team image project, why did he swallow his anger and act like a good boy in front of the media?
He stood in front of the spotlight like a fool and became a joke. He cheered himself up and put on a smile, but... that was it?
(End of this chapter)