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Aaron Rodgers after blowout loss to Bucs: Packers needed 'a kick in the ass a little bit'

Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers is trying to find the silver lining in the dark, dark cloud of Sunday’s 38-10 blowout loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. It wasn’t easy, considering how thoroughly the Packers were outplayed by the Bucs, but Rodgers has managed to find a nugget of positivity in the wreckage of such a big defeat.

“You don’t ever want to lose like this,” Rodgers said via ESPN. “I felt like we needed a little bit of a wake-up call at some point this season because things have been so good and there’s been so much talk maybe outside the building about the ease with which we’re moving the ball on offense and scoring.