Most patrons at this Wisconsin bar woke up Tuesday to bank accounts that were a little lighter. For some, it might have been a wipeout. The establishment offered free drinks if the New York Jets lost to the Buffalo Bills on Monday Night Football. Some of the footage from that night is not pretty, especially when loud cheers echoed through the bar when Rodgers went down early in the first quarter after suffering a torn Achilles. He’s now out for the season, a brutal blow to a franchise hoping to make a Super Bowl appearance by acquiring the future Hall of Famer, formerly with the Green Bay Packers. Not that it’s any consolation to Jets fans, but their front office will keep their first-round pick for next year’s draft, as Rodgers won’t take a minimum of 65% of snaps this season.
No doubt, this was a winnable game for the Bills, who have won the AFC East three years in a row, but QB Josh Allen threw three interceptions and lost a fumble, making way for a Jets win in overtime. That’s when it hit: the bar tabs everyone was racking up were due—it was a margin call. Local news outlets added that the cheers from the crowd were based on customers’ hope for free alcohol, not celebrating their former franchise QB being injured.
Last night, a bar in Wisconsin was offering free drinks if the Jets lost.
— FOX Sports: NFL (@NFLonFOX) September 12, 2023
Fans at the bar started cheering and running up their tabs after Aaron Rodgers left the game... then the Jets won in OT and they realized they had to pay 😅
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A bar in Wisconsin offered free drinks if the Jets lost last night.
— theScore (@theScore) September 12, 2023
The people in the bar started ordering more drinks once Aaron Rodgers went down.
Then the Jets won in OT and everyone realize they had to pay. 😬
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Karma is a bitch #Packers fans
— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) September 12, 2023
If I’m ever interviewed on the news, no matter what for, please caption my name with “Hoping For Free Drinks”. pic.twitter.com/KYTzcbCo1x
— Scott (@Skurt_McGurt) September 12, 2023
— The Trashfather ™ (@TLandshark) September 12, 2023
— The Trashfather ™ (@TLandshark) September 12, 2023
It might not have been a six-leg parlay, but it was a gamble. Grown folks made a wager and lost. Pay the bartender to avoid a vig.