Mark Madden's Hot Take: Aaron Rodgers is a Hall of Famer and a giant diva

ESPN’s Mike Greenberg is one of the nation’s top sports media personalities.

But even the best of us can drop a clanger, as Greenberg did when he said any team in the NFL would be a legitimate Super Bowl contender if it added quarterback Aaron Rodgers.

Roll over, Jacksonville, and tell the New York Jets the news.

At least six NFL teams don’t fit Greenberg’s description. At least six more are a stretch.

But it’s part of the Rodgers myth. Rodgers is proof that you can be a nailed-on Hall-of-Famer but still overrated. Extremely good yet a giant diva.

If Rodgers would make any team a legit threat to win the Super Bowl, how come he’s won just one?

That’s one less than Ben Roethlisberger, the same as Trent Dilfer. If Rashard Mendenhall doesn’t fumble in Super Bowl XLV, Rodgers has a big, fat goose egg.

Rodgers’ credentials can’t be denied: three MVPs, three first-team All-Pros, nine Pro Bowls, mega-stats, etc. He passes the eye test, too.

But there’s no ignoring that Rodgers lost to Tampa Bay (and Tom Brady) twice last season, including the NFC championship game.

If that’s because Green Bay management didn’t give Rodgers enough to work with — as Rodgers implies — how come the Packers went 14-4 including playoffs? Does that excuse only apply when Green Bay loses? Maybe Rodgers just can’t win big games.

Rodgers is 1-4 in conference finals, after all. (Gagging sound.)

Rodgers is popular. His insurance commercials are funny. He’s hosted “Jeopardy.” He’s charismatic.

But he’s petty: Rodgers holds a grudge over the Packers taking quarterback Jordan Love in the first round of last year’s draft. (The Packers did exactly that to Brett Favre when they selected Rodgers in 2005’s first round. It worked out OK.)

Rodgers is mad because the Packers cut his buddy, wide receiver Jake Kumerow. Kumerow is a scrub who never has caught more than 12 passes in a season. So, Rodgers want the Packers to amass elite talent but also wants to do favors for friends.

Rodgers is 37 but thinks he can play forever. All the old quarterbacks do because of Brady. But none of them is Brady.

Rodgers doesn’t talk to his family. There can’t be a good reason.

Rodgers wants Packers GM Brian Gutekunst fired. Rodgers reportedly told free agents he wasn’t coming back to the Packers by way of trying to sabotage Gutekunst’s work.

Rodgers compares Gutekunst to the late Jerry Krause, the Chicago Bulls GM who was disliked by Michael Jordan but won six NBA titles and made the Basketball Hall of Fame.

Rodgers isn’t Brady. He’s not Jordan, either.

Rodgers is trying to bring that LeBron James mentality to the NFL, where the star player calls the shots.

Here’s hoping Rodgers fails. He’s an employee with only one gold star and should be treated accordingly. He’s also a big, whiny baby.