Aaron Rodgers 'smoking' gesture a tribute to Jay Cutler meme

Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers Tuesday told listeners on ESPN Radio Wisconsin his cigarette-smoking play-call gesture is an homage to a popular internet meme about rival NFC North quarterback Jay Cutler.

Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers Tuesday told listeners on ESPN Radio Wisconsin his cigarette-smoking play-call gesture is an homage to a popular internet meme about rival NFC North quarterback Jay Cutler. 

CBS Sports

After host Jason Wilde offered up a few marijuana-related puns, he asked Rodgers what his on-field smoking gestures before certain plays meant. “That was just a tribute to Jay Cutler. Because there's that Smoking Jay Website. So I was just doing a tribute to Jay there," Rodgers replied, according to CBS Sports.

Rodgers was referring to popular Tumblr site Smokin' Jay Cutler, which posts images of an apathetic-looking Bears quarterback with a Photoshopped cigarette in his mouth. 

Was off Twitter for bedtime. So last week @AaronRodgers12 makes headlines with R-E-L-A-X, this week it's ... this? :) pic.twitter.com/5Yu6tryCqu

— Jason Wilde (@jasonjwilde) October 1, 2014

When pressed by Wilde, Rodgers seemed to back off of his assertion a little bit, and shrugged off the gesture as a "dummy signal. That's the whole thing. It's you know, like, smoking dope. You're a dummy if you smoke dope."

You can listen to the full interview and determine for yourself whether Rodgers is serious. 

- Will Green