Packers’ Aaron Rodgers Questioned Seahawks’ Jamal Adams Celebrates Common Intercept: ‘I Throw It Right To Him’

Aaron Rodgers doesn’t make many interceptions, so it was a surprise to see him pull off a lousy intercept in the Packers’ 17-0 win over the Seahawks in Week 10.

What was not surprising was the reaction from the interceptor, Jamal Adams. The Seahawks safety hasn’t recorded an interception since Week 3 of the 2019 NFL season when he was with the Jets. His pick against the Packers was only the third total of his career.

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Naturally, Adams was excited about the play. After all, his intercept kept the Packers from scoring their second of the game at the end of the third quarter. Adams took a moment to celebrate the play and appeared to mock Rodgers’ belt celebration after the game.

Rodgers was asked about Adams’ play during his weekly appearances on “The Pat McAfee Show” Tuesday. The Packers defender explained that those celebrations have not ended well for his opponents throughout his career.

“I don’t see him doing that, but not a lot of positive things have come from people doing it over the years,” Rodgers said. “Guys can put together a model for some of that, but not a lot of positives have come from people mocking the belt over the years. It’s a gift I’ve thrown for you. him late in the game, an absolute early Christmas present on it, a bad decision. Obviously I didn’t throw it anywhere near where I wanted to throw it.”

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Rodgers was particularly interested in the fact that Adams’ interception was a regular part of his play analysis. He said he respected the Seahawks’ safety, but he thought the interception was more about his poor throw and less about Adams’ ball action.

“Look, there have been some people who have made some good choices over the years,” Rodgers said. “A good play, fool me. Not a lot of guys, but those are the guys I really respect. And most of those guys, I told them after the game, I said, ‘Hey, bro, good Phat.’

“I respect that. And I respect Jamal. He’s a hell of a player. But that’s not exactly the hardest thing. I threw it right at him.”

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Rodgers has a point here, but at the same time, Adams hit a two-year record of fewer interceptions over that game. He did it against a midfielder, who has averaged just 5.5 interceptions per season of his career and has the lowest interception rate in the league for three consecutive seasons. In fact, Rodgers has the NFL’s all-time low interception rate among qualified passers at 1.4%.

That might be why Adams chose to celebrate the way he did. After all, it was an extremely rare event.

Either way, the celebration didn’t seem to bother Rodgers much. In the end, he and the Packers got the last laugh, winning and beating the Seahawks for the first time in Russell Wilson’s career.