Aaron Rodgers Details What He Did In Order to Prepare to Host Jeopardy

Green Bay Packers Quarterback Aaron Rodgers is a man of many talents. One of those talents apparently is hosting television game shows. Rodgers is scheduled for a two week run as host of Jeopardy starting on April 5th. So what did Rodgers need to do in order to prepare for such a tough gig? Much like football, he had to study. And judging by early reviews, he’s a quick study.

Rodgers spoke with ESPN about his prep work to host:

“I watched hours and hours and hours of episodes,” Rodgers said in a phone interview Friday. “Luckily Netflix has a few seasons, and I went back to DVR. But I had to watch from a different perspective — from Alex’s perspective. I couldn’t watch it as a fan anymore.

“I took pages and pages and pages of notes. I wrote down every affirmative that he said to any type of clue. I wrote down how he would respond if they didn’t get it right. I wrote down beat points of the show. I wrote down all the different ways he would take it to break. I wrote down the stuff that he said coming out of break. Literally, I studied for this like no other. I wanted to absolutely just crush it.”

Rodgers wowed the “Jeopardy!” executives:

“I know they didn’t expect what I was about to bring, but I was just so prepared,” Rodgers said. “I was so ready. So we get into the first game, the first run-through, there’s 30 questions in a Jeopardy round, and after the first 15 questions, we go to break. They say it in your earpiece, ‘Take it to break.’ So I take it to break, and there was a pause, and I think everyone was like, ‘Whoa, OK, this guy kind of knows what he’s doing here.’

“One of the head producers said as much. She was like, ‘I’m just so appreciative of your approach.’ And my whole thing was I felt like the best way to honor Alex’s memory was to be so dialed in and so ready, and that’s the approach I took. So I was ready to rock and roll.”

I’ve talked to Aaron Rodgers countless times over his career but today was one of the most fun ones.

It was all (or mostly all) about @Jeopardy

“What is the film room? Aaron Rodgers studied 'like no other' to 'crush' as 'Jeopardy!' guest host”

https://t.co/ea6EbCSAyV

— Rob Demovsky (@RobDemovsky) April 2, 2021

So if this is Rodgers last year on the Packers, might he just do this full time?

I could totally see that happening.

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