These photos of Aaron Rodgers look like freaking 'Madden' screenshots
Aaron Rodgers routinely conjures magical NFL moments that look more like Madden highlights than things that would actually happen in, you know, real life.
Here, however, we have photographic proof that the Green Bay Packers quarterback might actually be a video game.
Check out the below photos by Mike Ehrmann and Don Juan Moore of Getty Images. They were shot Sunday -- while Rodgers was en route to throwing two touchdown passes to lead the Packers to a road win over the Jacksonville Jaguars -- and look only slightly of this world.
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We've spotlighted Ehrmann's work before -- more on that later -- but for now, just take a look at these surreal sports images.
What sets these images apart? Is it the low angle? The camera's position behind the quarterback? That massive Jumbotron in Jacksonville?
It's probably a combination of all three. You may recall that Ehrmann shot a remarkably similar and surreal image of Cam Newton on the same field last year.
Meanwhile, here's one of Rodgers' touchdown tosses Sunday. Like the photos above, it looks like something from a video game.
So, real life or video game? It can be hard to tell the difference these days, especially when Aaron Rodgers is involved.
Sam Laird is Mashable's Senior Sports Reporter. He covers the wide, weird world of sports from all angles -- as well as occasional other topics -- from Mashable's San Francisco bureau. Before joining Mashable in November 2011, his freelance work appeared in publications including the New York Times, New York Times Magazine, Slam, and East Bay Express. Sam is a graduate of UC Berkeley and UC Santa Cruz, and basketball and burritos take up most of his spare time. Follow him on Twitter @samcmlaird.
