{"id":12059,"date":"2025-01-28T11:40:36","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T11:40:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=12059"},"modified":"2025-01-28T11:40:36","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T11:40:36","slug":"ex-green-bay-packers-qb-gets-extreme-backlash-after-doomed-super-bowl-59-prediction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=12059","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Green Bay Packers QB Gets Extreme Backlash After Doomed Super Bowl 59 Prediction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wisportsheroics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/USATSI_16644329_168400517_lowres-1-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"USATSI 16644329 168400517 lowres 1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Aug 28, 2021; Orchard Park, New York, USA; Green Bay Packers quarterback Kurt Benkert (7) passes the ball against the Buffalo Bills during the fourth quarter at Highmark Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Rich Barnes-USA TODAY Sports<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Former Green Bay Packers quarterback Kurt Benkert missed not one but two of his picks in the NFL\u2019s conference championship round .<\/p>\n<p>With the conference championship round over, and with everyone now directing their attention to the upcoming Super Bowl 59 matchup between the two-time defending Super Bowl champions Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles, some have decided to look back at Benkert\u2019s pick and have good fun with it.<\/p>\n<h2><b>Former Green Bay QB clowned after going 0-2 with conference championship picks<\/b><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_129265\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-129265\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Ex-Green Bay Packers QB Gets Extreme Backlash After Doomed Super Bowl 59 Prediction 1\" src=\"https:\/\/wisportsheroics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/USATSI_20127627_168400517_lowres-scaled.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wisportsheroics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/USATSI_20127627_168400517_lowres-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/wisportsheroics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/USATSI_20127627_168400517_lowres-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/wisportsheroics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/USATSI_20127627_168400517_lowres-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wisportsheroics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/USATSI_20127627_168400517_lowres-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wisportsheroics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/USATSI_20127627_168400517_lowres-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/wisportsheroics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/USATSI_20127627_168400517_lowres-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wisportsheroics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/USATSI_20127627_168400517_lowres-128x85.jpg 128w, https:\/\/wisportsheroics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/USATSI_20127627_168400517_lowres-32x21.jpg 32w, https:\/\/wisportsheroics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/USATSI_20127627_168400517_lowres-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/wisportsheroics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/USATSI_20127627_168400517_lowres-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/wisportsheroics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/USATSI_20127627_168400517_lowres-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/wisportsheroics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/USATSI_20127627_168400517_lowres-272x182.jpg 272w, https:\/\/wisportsheroics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/USATSI_20127627_168400517_lowres-720x480.jpg 720w\" alt=\"Ex-Green Bay Packers QB Gets Extreme Backlash After Doomed Super Bowl 59 Prediction\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-129265\">Mar 2, 2023; Indianapolis, IN, USA; free agent Kurt Benkert participates in drills during the NFL Combine at Lucas Oil Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Before the games on Sunday, Benkert basically predicted the Buffalo Bills and the Washington Commanders to face off in New Orleans. Neither team won their respective conference title games, though.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We are so close to a Bills Commanders Super Bowl I can almost taste it.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kurt Benkert (@KurtBenkert) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KurtBenkert\/status\/1883588352823480774?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 26, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nHere are some of the comments from fans to Benkert\u2019s bold picks:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow did that turn out for ya?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cQB3s thinking they experts because of blue check marks\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbraham Lincoln got more passing yards than you \ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02 please shut yo [expletive] up\u201d<span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-668\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo one xweets worse than this dude lmao\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTurns out they weren\u2019t close at all\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For what it\u2019s worth, Benkert, who played a game for the Packers in the 2021 NFL season, reacted to his own predictions as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUpdate: Tastes like s**t,\u201d Benkert posted .<\/p>\n<p>Like the Packers, the Bills and the Commanders will have to wait until at least next season to win a Super Bowl after all three got eliminated in the playoffs. The Packers were a playoff victim of the Eagles, who beat Green Bay in the wild-card round, 22-10.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_200211\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-200211\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Ex-Green Bay Packers QB Gets Extreme Backlash After Doomed Super Bowl 59 Prediction 2\" src=\"https:\/\/wisportsheroics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/USATSI_17351343_168400517_lowres.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wisportsheroics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/USATSI_17351343_168400517_lowres.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/wisportsheroics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/USATSI_17351343_168400517_lowres-486x600.jpg 486w, https:\/\/wisportsheroics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/USATSI_17351343_168400517_lowres-768x949.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wisportsheroics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/USATSI_17351343_168400517_lowres-1243x1536.jpg 1243w, https:\/\/wisportsheroics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/USATSI_17351343_168400517_lowres-243x300.jpg 243w, https:\/\/wisportsheroics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/USATSI_17351343_168400517_lowres-104x128.jpg 104w, https:\/\/wisportsheroics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/USATSI_17351343_168400517_lowres-26x32.jpg 26w, https:\/\/wisportsheroics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/USATSI_17351343_168400517_lowres-150x185.jpg 150w, https:\/\/wisportsheroics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/USATSI_17351343_168400517_lowres-450x556.jpg 450w, https:\/\/wisportsheroics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/USATSI_17351343_168400517_lowres-1200x1482.jpg 1200w\" alt=\"Ex-Green Bay Packers QB Gets Extreme Backlash After Doomed Super Bowl 59 Prediction\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1853\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-200211\">Green Bay Packers quarterback Kurt Benkert (7) against the Houston Texans during their preseason football game on Saturday, August 14, 2021, at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wis. 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