Receiver’s fumble led to game-winning field goal for ColtsGreen Bay quarterback says online threats ‘very unnecessary’Aaron Rodgers has condemned online death threats against one of his wide receivers, Marquez Valdes-Scantling, after the Green Bay Packers’ 34-31 loss to the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday.
Valdes-Scantling fumbled the ball in overtime against the Colts, which led to their winning field goal. He received death threats soon after the game and told
ESPN he wanted to “get people to understand that we’re humans, too, we’re not just some number on a jersey, that we’re people first.” It was the first fumble of the 26-year-old’s NFL career.