Aaron Rodgers unexpectedly saw himself go viral on Thursday night.
In the fourth quarter of the Hall of Fame Game between the Cleveland Browns and New York Jets some of the lights inside of the stadium malfunctioning and the game needed to be delayed.
The 4th quarter of the HOF game is on hold as we are currently in a delay due to the lights going out 😫 pic.twitter.com/QBI5rwj64m
— FOX Sports: NFL (@NFLonFOX) August 4, 2023
During the delay, the TV cameras showed Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers sitting in the dark.
The image of Rodgers quickly went viral, and fans began to make hilarious jokes about the situation.
Some of the lights have gone off at the stadium, and the #Jets–#Browns game is now in a delay.
NBC captured a shot of Aaron Rodgers in the dark. The jokes write themselves. pic.twitter.com/HljSUmmDSb
— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) August 4, 2023
Aaron Rodgers back in the darkness retreat 😅 pic.twitter.com/A4naOrGOYG
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) August 4, 2023
Aaron Rodgers brought the darkness retreat to Canton pic.twitter.com/flN7dPkoVb
— Action Network (@ActionNetworkHQ) August 4, 2023
Even Cris Collinsworth got in on the joke during the broadcast.
"We gotta blame Aaron (Rodgers)."- Cris Collinsworth
"We're out on a darkness retreat."- Mike Tirico 😂🏈🎙️ pic.twitter.com/yQu7ZDEIlY
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) August 4, 2023