PITTSBURGH—In a devastating setback that could sideline the quarterback for weeks, sources confirmed Sunday that Aaron Rodgers suffered a torn cerebellum after attempting a telepathic audible during the Steelers’ opening drive against the Browns. “He seemed like he was in a good rhythm, and then suddenly he’s on the turf clutching his head, screaming for someone to bring over his crystals,” said Steelers head trainer Gabe Amponsah, who explained that the injury occurred when Rodgers unsuccessfully tried to call a third-down shift to a post route by transmitting “pure cognitive energy” directly to teammates’ minds, triggering immediate physical paralysis and a strange metallic taste in his mouth. “When I got out on the field, he told me a dark spiritual force had blocked his mindspeak and that something inside his brain had popped. Aaron insisted he could stay in the game by astrally projecting into a different form, but he was clearly in severe psychogenic distress and needed to come out.” At press time, Rodgers was reportedly in stable condition after donning a homemade neuro-healing helmet fashioned from a colander, D batteries, and the feathers of rare birds in an effort to realign his cerebral vibrations with his True Consciousness.
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