Aaron Rodgers meets idol Liev Schreiber in ‘Hard Knocks’ premiere: ‘Voice of God’

Aaron Rodgers’ obsession with Liev Schreiber had all the time been clear — even when the quarterback appeared pissed off with the Jets getting chosen because the “Hard Knocks” training camp vacation spot.

Throughout an interview with KPIX final month on the American Century Championship, Rodgers blasted the HBO present — which aired its first episode Tuesday night time — and said they “forced it down our throats.”

Nonetheless, Rodgers stated, he hoped to satisfy Schreiber.

That has already occurred in the course of the first few weeks of the Jets’ coaching camp.

It led to Schreiber making a uncommon apply look, arriving in a helicopter that circled the Florham Park subject and ultimately resting on a touchdown pad with the Jets brand.

And as soon as Schreiber arrived, Rodgers known as him the “voice of God” and stored encouraging the Jets’ different quarterbacks to introduce themselves.

“Go and say hello,” Rodgers instructed offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett. “Don’t be an a–gap. … He’s nervous. He needs to satisfy folks, really feel snug.

He’s by no means been to a ‘Laborious Knocks’ apply. …

“Simply say hello. Simply be good. Have a look at him. He received all dressed up for it. Appears nice. Lean, slim.”

Rodgers has been a Schreiber fan since his “24/7” days, he stated, whereas additionally following alongside together with his motion pictures.

Schreiber, who thanked Rodgers for the feedback, additionally requested why “Laborious Knocks” has turn out to be a present with a unfavourable connotation for some.

“I believe individuals are apprehensive about it being a distraction,” Rodgers stated. There’s a number of misnomers about it. I’ve had a fantastic expertise.”

Schreiber instructed Rodgers that he thinks “it’s a fantastic present,” although he added that “I don’t do something.”

“Actually, they write it — I’m simply ripping off John Facenda,” Schreiber stated, referencing the late broadcaster and NFL Movies narrator.

Their back-and-forth returned once more on the finish of the episode, too, when Rodgers knowledgeable head coach Robert Saleh that Schreiber was, in reality, the voice behind the “Laborious Knocks.”

Rodgers and Schreiber additionally engaged in a dialog about Rodgers being from Chico, Calif. though he’s not a browsing fan. 

Rodgers later clarified that he enjoys browsing however merely can’t hold his place.

And for as a lot as Rodgers loved having Schreiber on the apply, and for as a lot as he tried to make everybody else on the Jets really feel that approach, too, Schreiber was thrilled that Rodgers determined to affix the Jets within the offseason, too.

“You made a number of New Yorkers very completely happy,” Schreiber stated.

“Up to now,” Rodgers replied.