Even though Aaron Rodgers did not play much in 2023, he was always quite vocal. Last week, Rodgers caused controversy by seemingly implying that Kimmel might be listed among the persons on Jeffrey Epstein’s list.
The Jets quarterback opted to go on a profanity-filled rant about the COVID-19 vaccination, “cancel culture,” the “woke mob,” and mainstream media as he returned to “The Pat McAfee Show” for his weekly appearance.
One former employee of ESPN found the section about cancel culture to be especially interesting. Jemele Hill exposed a huge flaw in his reasoning.
“Aaron Rodgers complaining about cancel culture and mainstream media while being platformed every week on a mainstream sports network is the most Aaron Rodgers thing ever,” Hill wrote.
Aaron Rodgers complaining about cancel culture and mainstream media while being platformed every week on a mainstream sports network is the most Aaron Rodgers thing ever. https://t.co/4tYQqjs8lE
— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) January 9, 2024
Hill’s relationship with the world’s most popular sports brand ended when, in 2017, she referred to Donald Trump as a “white supremacist.”
Despite having Super Bowl hopes going into the season, the Jets had their eighth consecutive losing year.
When asked what he thought could be learnt from the 2023 campaign, Rodgers responded by saying that he could learn it from himself.
“Anything in this building that we’re doing that has nothing to do with winning needs to be assessed,” Rodgers said, via The Athletic. “Everything that we do has to have a purpose … the bullshit that has nothing to do with winning has to get out of the building.”
Aaron Rodgers on the #Jets learning from this season: "Anything in this building that we're doing that has nothing to do with winning needs to be assessed. Everything that we do has to have a purpose … the bullshit that has nothing to do with winning has to get out of the…
— Zack Rosenblatt (@ZackBlatt) January 8, 2024
When a club is losing more games than they are winning, unwanted noise gets louder, and the Jets have experienced that this season.
His remarks on The Pat McAfee Show would have remained unnoticed if he had been healthy and the Jets were on their way to the postseason.
