Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers put in a solid performance on day one his two-week guest at “Jeopardy!”even if one of the participants had a little fun at his own expense At the end.
The two-day champion Scott Shewfeld was in second place ahead of the challenger Brandon Deutsch, who went into the Final Jeopardy. Since he couldn’t catch the leader, he laughed and wrote: “Who wanted to kick this field goal?” as his question.
That was, of course, an indication of the Packers’ playoff loss to eventual Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the NFC championship game, in which Green Bay was aiming for a field goal when he fell eight points behind in the fourth quarter and never got the ball back.
Rodgers was surprised for a moment, but quickly recovered after the audible laughter subsided in the studio. “That’s a really good question, Scott,” he said, “but it’s not the right one here.”
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That’s a rare dynamic for a host who happens to be performing on a different basis. Rodgers is hardly the first athlete to run a game show – Michael Strahan did a great job showing off ABC’s prime-time revival of “The $ 100,000 Pyramid” – but Rodgers, After an MVP season, doesn’t seem quite ready to hang up the studs yet. However, he said he wouldn’t mind being the quiz master on a more permanent basis.
Rodgers was no stranger to “danger!” Set it as a guest host before signing in. He appeared as a celebrity candidate in 2015, He won his match against astronaut Mark Kelly and Shark Tank host Kevin O’Leary. Rodgers opened his first show with a heartfelt tribute to longtime host Alex Trebek, who died of pancreatic cancer last November at the age of 80.
“I was in awe,” Rodgers said when performing with Trebek, adding that he hoped to carry on his legacy.
How did he do it? All in all, he was pretty good. He kept the game moving, showing off a little personality with a well-timed “arrrr!” To a question about Long John Silver, and most importantly, staying true to the game. America’s most popular quiz show seems to be in good hands for the next several weeks.
