Michael Irvin on Packers' lack of support for Aaron Rodgers: 'It’s something personal'

Hall of Famer Michael Irvin has blasted the Green Bay Packers over a perceived lack of support for quarterback Aaron Rodgers. 

"I’m starting to really believe there’s something here," Irvin explained during an edition of ESPN's "First Take" program, per Paulina Dedaj of Fox News. "You go back-to-back MVPs … this dude went back-to-back MVPs and you take away his best target. You’re playing a guy like Josh Allen, [the Buffalo Bills are] all in on Josh Allen. They went and got him players. They went and got him Stefon Diggs and then Gabe Davis. I don’t see [the Packers] doing this for Aaron Rodgers."

Specifically, Irvin was referencing how the Packers traded wide receiver Davante Adams to the Las Vegas Raiders this past offseason but then failed to adequately replace the All-Pro in Green Bay's offense. Without Adams, Rodgers and the Packers started the season at 3-1 but have since lost four straight games heading into this coming Sunday's matchup at the 1-6 Detroit Lions.

"I’m starting to think some kind of conspiracy theory is going on here. … He’s coming off of back-to-back MVPs," Irvin continued about Rodgers and the Packers. "How are we going to minimize a back-to-back MVP [winner]? It’s something personal going on in Green Bay. 

"I’m just saying, there’s no way you get this guy and you put him in that situation. ... I don’t know how they came into this season thinking that they got the back-to-back MVP and what they gave him is good enough."

Rodgers insisted in January that he and Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst were "on the same page," and the 38-year-old later signed a massive contract extension with the organization in March before Green Bay traded Adams. As recently as June, Rodgers had said he "definitely" plans to end his career having played only for the Packers.