The latest season of HBO’s Hard Knocks debuted on Tuesday night, and it’s already causing quite a stir in the football world. There was Aaron Rodgers going wild for actor Liev Schreiber — the narrating voice of the show. In another sequence, a Jets’ offensive lineman had a hilarious mispronunciation of the word “charcuterie.”
But the most notable sequence might have been when everyone on the Jets started to gush about Rodgers, the organization’s first true franchise quarterback in decades. A clip begins with rapid-fire shots of Aaron Rodgers throwing darts to his receivers in succession.
And fittingly: Ed Sheeran’s “Shivers,” a song about the electric feeling of being with the right person, serves as the theme.
— JoseCantseco (@cantseco) August 9, 2023
Honestly, I get it.
The Jets have been so downtrodden for so long, a fixture in the AFC’s basement, that Rodgers gives them real hope they haven’t had in years. Picking an on-the-nose contemporary melody about New York finding the right quarterback is a masterful artistic decision.
This was how Twitter reacted
HBO playing Shivers by Ed Sheeran over Aaron Rodgers training camp highlights?
Bold cotton. Bold#Jets #HardKnocks
— NYJ Matt (@NYJ_Matt) August 9, 2023
Shivers by Ed Sheeran is my official jets victory song this year
— Nadrod (@Nadrod24) August 9, 2023
Tuesday night's Hard Knocks premiere introduced me to the song Shivers by Ed Sheeran man alive this rocks why had nobody told me about it before
— RJ Ochoa (@rjochoa) August 9, 2023
i for one am still thinking about the choice to use shivers by ed sheeran in hard knocks hahahahahahahha am i the only one that found that funny? gtg
— smalls (@StephieSmallls) August 9, 2023
How many jet fans added Ed Sheeran’s shivers to their playlist today. 🤣 #TakeFlight #HardKnocks
— Kevin Sanchez (@kev_2192) August 9, 2023
Highlights of #HardKnocks came in first 8 minutes for me.
– the intro with the “Go Jets” song
– the Saleh speech on the eagle and the crows
– the Aaron Rodgers montage with Ed Sheeran song
✈️
Terrific first episode.
— Kevin Ryans (@OfficialKevRy) August 9, 2023
I didn’t not bet on Ed Sheeran for the Aaron Rodgers’ pass collage back-track. Damn it’s good. #hardknocks
— Just End The Stigma (@JETStigma) August 9, 2023
Shivers by Ed Sheeran over the Aaron Rodgers highlight reel went so hard. I’m all in on Hard Knocks
— Spencer Tabb (@TabbSpencer) August 9, 2023
Aaron Rodgers throwing dozens of passes in the opening montage of HARD KNOCKS while Ed Sheeran’s “Shivers” plays is easily the most inspired use of the song possible. A masterclass in gleeful sport’s editing. I’ve watched it 5 times.
— Wilson (@jadedwriter_) August 9, 2023
