Aaron Rodgers has always been a straight shooter when it comes to his answers to certain perceptions that float around about him. One that has for whatever reason always tagged along with the Green Bay Packers superstar is the word “sensitive.”

Per Jason Wilde of The Athletic, Rodgers went into why the label itself bugs him even though he doesn't mind being called sensitive.

“I think the term ‘sensitive’ has always been used in a derogatory sense, and because of that, I didn’t embrace it,” Rodgers explained. “I am a sensitive person. I have feelings. I am empathetic. So I embrace those parts of me. I don’t like the narrative that spins it in a direction that I don’t like with respect to things that I feel like are part of my character.”

The reigning league MVP and signal caller for the Packers explained that the word shouldn't have applied to him with what happened this offseason.

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“Meaning what I say, and saying what I mean, are important to me. And that’s why I didn’t mince words when I came back (at the start of training camp). I said I took my time because I wanted to get to 100 percent all-in, in my mind. And I hadn’t missed an offseason before, which was difficult and weird and strange.”

Rodgers seems to be embracing this angle of things which certainly can't hurt. Ignoring the internet trolls is key and the man under center for the Packers knows that.

The Packers are 2-1 and Rodgers and his newly embraced sensitive self will face the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday.