Aaron Rodgers goes ‘Con Air’ at Green Bay Packers training camp

Rodgers is one of the NFL’s biggest stars but even he knows how to pay homage to an acting cult hero.

Aaron Rodgers turned heads on return to the Packers pre-season. Picture: Green Bay Packers Digital
Aaron Rodgers turned heads on return to the Packers pre-season. Picture: Green Bay Packers Digital

Aaron Rodgers certainly knows how to make an entrance.

That gift was evident during last season’s training camp, when the magnetic QB showed up to Green Bay’s first pre-season practice in a T-shirt referencing “The Office.”

This time around, Rodgers strolled into training camp decked head-to-toe in action hero attire — slicked hair billowing in the wind, tight-fitted jeans, a white tank, and vintage cowboy boots to top it off — in homage to Nicolas Cage’s Cameron Poe character from “Con Air.”

Rodgers nailed the fit to a T, and flaunted his classic outfit on Instagram with the caption “Put … the … bunny … back in the box. #greatestactorofalltime. What do you think I’m gonna do? I’m gonna save the f***** day! #cameronpoe.”

There’s a cryptic nature in many of the things Rodgers has said and done throughout the years.

For instance, his aforementioned “Office” T-shirt, which alluded to the ”Kevin’s Famous chilli” episode of the hit show, appeared to hold an alternate significance outside his love for the sitcom, and for chilli. In the episode, Kevin spills his ”famous” chilli on the office floor, and attempts to sop up the mess before his blunder is discovered by his co-workers.

Coincidence?

Several fans viewed Rodgers‘ shirt as his personal declaration that he was ready to sweep his own mess — that being his lengthy dispute with the Green Bay front office — under the rug.

While that message was much more difficult to interpret, this one appears glaring: Rodgers is coming for it all this season, and as he put it, to “save the f------ day.”

Here’s how the social media world reacted to his monumental entrance.

-Fox Sports US