The New York Jets announced that the team is moving on from QB Aaron Rodgers, thanking him for “everything” he’s given over the last two years.
In a <a href="https://www.newyorkjets.com/news/jets-moving-on-from-aaron-rodgers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">press release</a> on Thursday from the team, the NFL organization wrote that it had recently met with Rodgers and informed him that they would be “moving forward” without him.
&#8220;Last week we met with Aaron and shared that our intention was to move in a different direction at quarterback,&#8221; Head Coach Aaron Glenn and GM Darren Mougey said in a statement released by the team. 
&#8220;It was important to have this discussion now to provide clarity and enable each of us the proper time to plan for our respective futures,” the statement added. “We want to thank him for the leadership, passion, and dedication he brought to the organization and wish him success moving forward.&#8221;
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We have informed Aaron Rodgers that we will be moving in a different direction at quarterback.
— New York Jets (@nyjets) <a href="https://twitter.com/nyjets/status/1890069239396282635?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 13, 2025</a></blockquote>
Chairman Woody Johnson said in a statement that since Rodgers&#8217; arrival in 2023, “he was met with unbridled excitement and I will forever be grateful that he chose to join us to continue his Hall of Fame career. From day one, he embodied all that it meant to be a New York Jet, embraced our fans, and immersed himself in our city. That is what I will remember most when I look back at his time here. He will always be welcome, and I wish him only the best in whatever he chooses to do next.&#8221;
In a message later posted on <a href="https://x.com/nyjets/status/1890073150605652042">X</a>, the Jets team wrote, “For everything you’ve given us the past two years, thank you 8.&#8221; It included a picture of Rodgers wearing his Jets uniform, with the number 8.
Rodgers came to the Jets in 2023 via a trade with the Packers.  At the time, the QB, said, &#8220;There&#8217;s something special about playing in the city, for a team like this with a storied franchise. Going way, way back to Super Bowl III, to be a part of something special would definitely help you go down in the history of our organization. Already have 18 years in an incredibly iconic organization and it would be fun to be a part of the history of this one, as well.&#8221;
Only four plays into his very first game as a Jet in 2023, Rodgers tore his Achilles tendon, effectively ending his first season with the Jets. In 2024, the QB returned to lead the team, starting 17 games last season, with the team’s record ending 5-12.
His 3,897 yards and 28 TDs were the third-best single-season totals in franchise history, respectively, the release noted.
At the time of this publication, there has been no comment from Rodgers.
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New York Jets QB <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/i-didnt-bow-down-aaron-rodgers-slams-journalists-who-he-says-are-still-upset-he-didnt-take-covid-jab">Aaron Rodgers</a> took a jab at critics of his game and said they should first reveal their vaccine status so that everything said after that can be “put in the right light.”
During ESPN’s “The Pat McAfee Show” on Tuesday, Rodgers <a href="https://x.com/PatMcAfeeShow/status/1869101645180895533" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> before journalists, sportscasters, broadcasters, etc, discuss the status of his game or his quarterbacking skills, they need to state the status of their COVID vaccine.
“Say whatever the f*** you want about me. But just before you do it, whether you state your name, or your accolades … just state your vax status,&#8221; Rodgers explained. &#8220;So that anything you say afterwards gets put in the right light.”
“Because then when you say things about me, people can at least be like, ‘Oh, you are captured by the multi-billion dollar propaganda pysop and you are still upset about it,’” he added. “Just so everybody knows where you are coming from. Everybody knows, okay cool, you are twice-vaxxed Moderna with three boosters shots, and then &#8230; say what you want to say, I don’t care, whatever.”
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Just a quick reminder&#8221; 😂😂 ~ <a href="https://twitter.com/AaronRodgers12?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AaronRodgers12</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PMSLive?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PMSLive</a> <a href="https://t.co/6dI6X86Hwp">pic.twitter.com/6dI6X86Hwp</a>
— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) <a href="https://twitter.com/PatMcAfeeShow/status/1869101645180895533?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 17, 2024</a></blockquote>
“I’m just saying a PSA &#8212; just please help everybody out who’s wondering ‘where’s this coming from’ including myself. &#8230; Then say whatever the hell you want to say about me, because I couldn’t give two s***s about it,” Rodgers continued. &#8220;All I care is that you put that little disclaimer out there … instead of your accolades that you need to have out there so desperately, just put your vax status as well, you know, since you care so much about it during the COVID years.”
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It was clear from the host’s mannerisms that he wasn’t exactly thrilled with the new PSA from Rodgers and said sarcastically, at one point, “This is good. This will settle it all down.”
It is the latest ribbing from the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/i-didnt-bow-down-aaron-rodgers-slams-journalists-who-he-says-are-still-upset-he-didnt-take-covid-jab" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NFL star</a> against journalists whom he previously said are “still mad I’m COVID MVP. Not just the two MVPs that I won because I didn’t bow down to the medical industrial complex and the mass formation psychosis and I decided to make a decision that was in the best interest of my health. They’re still trying to get their jabs in.&#8221;
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/aaron-rodgers-says-hes-been-cast-as-the-villain-over-covid-stance">Rodgers</a> made headlines in 2021 when he was accused of misleading comments about his vaccination status, saying he was “immunized.” However, it was later revealed that he had not been vaccinated.
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The New York Jets announced that the team’s general manager Joe Douglas has been fired, just weeks after the team let go of head coach <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-york-jets-fire-head-coach-5-games-into-season">Robert Saleh</a> amid a struggling season.
In a press release from Jets’ owner Woody Johnson, he said that Douglas would no longer be with the AFC East team, which has a record of 3 and 8 after coming into the season with Super Bowl aspirations.
&#8220;Today, I informed Joe Douglas he will no longer serve as the general manager of the New York Jets,&#8221; Johnson said in a statement. &#8220;I want to thank Joe for his commitment to the Jets over the last six years and wish him and his family the best moving forward.”
“Phil Savage will be the interim general manager for the remainder of the season,” the statement added. “We will begin the process to identify a new General Manager immediately.&#8221;
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— NFL (@NFL) <a href="https://twitter.com/NFL/status/1858922412454088859?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 19, 2024</a></blockquote>
The Jets grabbed Douglas from the Philadelphia Eagles in 2019 and signed him to a six-year contract, which ended with the 2024 season. Under his direction, the New York team has a dismal record of 30-64 and has not made a single playoff appearance.
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Since the Jets traded for Aaron Rodgers in 2023, the team has gone 10-28. The team was 20-36 with coach Saleh at the helm.
Saleh was in his fourth season with the Jets, a team that had high expectations for 2024. In its first five games, the Jets lost three games, including a loss to the undefeated Minnesota Vikings in London. Jets Defensive Coordinator Jeff Ulbrich stepped in as the interim head coach following Saleh’s firing.
Some have <a href="https://x.com/Sportsville_/status/1858981118407832000">speculated</a> that since Douglas is the one who brought in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/aaron-rodgers">Rodgers</a>, the 40-year-old QB most likely won’t be back next year. With a new GM and head coach, the Jets may want to start fresh with their own quarterback.
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The New York Jets fired head coach Robert Saleh on Tuesday after a disappointing start to the 2024 season, ESPN NFL insider Adam Schefter <a href="https://x.com/AdamSchefter/status/1843654638081610060" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
Saleh was in his fourth season with the Jets, a team that had high expectations for 2024 with a healthy Aaron Rodgers and a talented offense to go with its lockdown defense. In its first five games, the Jets lost three games, including a loss on Sunday to the undefeated Minnesota Vikings in London. Schefter <a href="https://x.com/AdamSchefter/status/1843657530238808416" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that Jets Defensive Coordinator Jeff Ulbrich will take over as the interim head coach following Saleh&#8217;s firing.
Saleh went 20-36 as head coach of the Jets. He was hired to take over the Jets team after spending four seasons with the San Francisco 49ers as the defensive coordinator. Saleh&#8217;s firing marks the first time Jets owner Woody Johnson has terminated a coach in the middle of the season.
Throughout much of Saleh&#8217;s tenure with the Jets, the team put up some of the best defensive numbers in the league but struggled to find a reliable quarterback. In the 2023 offseason, the Jets traded for Rodgers, but the quarterback tore his Achilles on his first drive last season. In Saleh&#8217;s 56 games, the Jets <a href="https://x.com/AdamSchefter/status/1843659185260818624" target="_blank" rel="noopener">started</a> six different quarterbacks.
Ulbrich&#8217;s first game at the helm will take place Monday night against the Buffalo Bills, their division rival currently leading the AFC East, standing at 3-2. Saleh brought Ulbrich to New York in 2021 to coach the defense after Ulbrich spent six seasons with the Atlanta Falcons as a linebackers coach, defensive coordinator, and assistant head coach. The Jets&#8217; defense is currently the <a href="https://www.espn.com/nfl/stats/team/_/view/defense" target="_blank" rel="noopener">#2 defense</a> in the NFL, giving up just 256 yards per game.
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The Jets&#8217; offense has struggled in the early season, scoring just 18.6 points per game, which puts it in the bottom half of the league. The offense also only averages 287 yards per game, the sixth-worst average in the league.
Forty-year-old Rodgers, who was traded to the Jets from Green Bay in April 2023, has taken on more of the offensive burden as the season has progressed. In Sunday&#8217;s loss to the Vikings, the veteran quarterback <a href="https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/gamelog/_/id/8439/aaron-rodgers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">threw</a> 54 passes and was picked off three times. The week before, Rodgers threw 42 passes against the Denver Broncos in the Jets&#8217; one-point loss.

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Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made headlines earlier this week when it was reported that he was considering New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers as a potential running mate in the 2024 election – and he defended that choice during a Wednesday interview.
Kennedy, who made an appearance on &#8220;Fox News @ Night,&#8221; told anchor Trace Gallagher that he respected the way Rodgers had &#8220;stood up&#8221; to media scrutiny in recent months, adding that he believed the former Green Bay Packer to be truly &#8220;battle-tested.&#8221;
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RFK Jr: “Aaron Rodgers is battle-tested, he’s been hammered by the press and stood up for things he believed in.
He’s a critical thinker, and I think we need that. We need people who understand that you cannot always trust authority.
My father used to say, one of the duties of… <a href="https://t.co/YlnWMnULAl">pic.twitter.com/YlnWMnULAl</a>
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Gallagher pressed Kennedy on the possibility that he could choose Rodgers, who spent most of his first season with the Jets recuperating from Achilles surgery, and Kennedy was quick to praise the NFL star.
&#8220;Well, he’s — you know, he’s one of the people that we’ve talked to. I really like Aaron because, you know, our appeal is to young people, we’re trying to make sure the young people are participating in the political process, that they have hope for America,&#8221; Kennedy explained, adding, &#8220;We want somebody young who’s going to look out for that generation. Aaron Rodgers is battle-tested.&#8221;
&#8220;He’s stood up. He’s been hammered by the press, stood up for things we believe in. I like that part of his character,&#8221; Kennedy continued. &#8220;He’s a critical thinke,r and I think we need that at the time as you know the rise of AI. We need people who understand that you cannot always trust authority just because somebody’s in charge. It doesn’t mean that they’re telling you the truth and we want somebody who’s going to critically examine.&#8221;
Kennedy went on to mention his father, Robert F. Kennedy Sr. — who was assassinated during his own presidential run — saying that he had learned from him at a young age to treat authority with &#8220;skepticism,&#8221; and arguing that Rodgers certainly exemplified that.
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&#8220;He’s also somebody who I think will help me get the country healthy again. You know, he’s 40 years old. He’s focused on his own health. He’s very aware of health issues. And you know, that’s one of the things I’m going to — that’s one of the key parts of my agenda is to get the country healthy again,&#8221; Kennedy added.

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Podcast giant <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-rogan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Rogan</a> and NFL quarterback Aaron Rodgers blasted California Democrats this week for their extreme climate agenda, which includes trying to ban gas-powered vehicles.
The remarks come as the Democrat-controlled state is aggressively <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/california-regulators-approve-banning-new-gas-car-sales" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pushing</a> to ban sales of new gas cars in the state by 2035, a move designed to force people to buy electric vehicles, which has already <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/california-asks-residents-to-avoid-charging-electric-vehicles-due-to-blackout-risk-days-after-unveiling-new-gas-car-ban" target="_blank" rel="noopener">proven</a> to be too taxing on the state&#8217;s power grid.
&#8220;Like they just can&#8217;t wait to put more controls on people in any way, shape, or form. They&#8217;re trying to outlaw internal combustion engines by 2035. No new sales,&#8221; Rogan said. &#8220;Guess what, you f***s? Every time the power is like in the summertime, they tell people not to charge their cars, because the grid is gonna go down. Like, what do you got to do? You got to do a radical upheaval of the grid in 11 years? No, you&#8217;re not.&#8221;
&#8220;I&#8217;m sure Newsom can get it done,&#8221; Rodgers sarcastically quipped.
&#8220;Yeah, they&#8217;re just talking. They just, it&#8217;s like, literally every goal is to just say the right things, check the right boxes so people think you&#8217;re green,&#8221; Rogan continued. &#8220;You&#8217;re green and you&#8217;re all DEI&#8217;d out. And then they don&#8217;t care about the infrastructure of the country. It&#8217;s f***ing crazy.&#8221;
&#8220;No, they don&#8217;t care at all,&#8221; Rodgers responded. &#8220;They definitely don&#8217;t care at all. It&#8217;s control. They just want control. They want total control.&#8221;
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&#8220;But see that&#8217;s like this, you realize how much A) it&#8217;s control, and B), it doesn&#8217;t change anything,&#8221; Rogan, who moved from California to Texas, said. &#8220;You&#8217;re not safer when they do it like that. Like you&#8217;re better off here.&#8221;
&#8220;Well, Texas has its own grid,&#8221; Rodgers noted.
&#8220;Yes, that&#8217;s true, too. And Texas provides oil to much of the country,&#8221; Rogan responded. &#8220;Like Texas could be its own country.&#8221;
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Sports host Pat McAfee’s future at ESPN seems to be on everyone&#8217;s mind after the former NFL player’s weekly guest, Jets QB Aaron Rodgers, suggested late-night host Jimmy Kimmel could be on the client list of convicted sex offender <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jeffrey-epstein">Jeffrey Epstein</a>.
Kimmel obviously hit back and McAfee apologized, then claimed an ESPN executive was “attempting to sabotage” his show. Rodgers responded by claiming he didn’t say Kimmel was a pedophile, after which McAfee announced on his show on January 10 that “‘Aaron Rodgers’ Tuesday Season 4 is done” and he personally was “happy about it.”
So, what happens now for the man <a href="https://espnpressroom.com/us/press-releases/2023/08/the-pat-mcafee-show-on-espn-platforms-launches-sept-7-part-of-espns-personality-packed-programming-lineup/">ESPN</a> has called “one of the most successful voices in sport media” after he joined the network in September of 2023?
Burke Magnus, president of content at ESPN, has been a vocal supporter of McAfee and said at launch of his show, “We can’t wait for Pat and his team to bring a fresh new energy to ESPN’s weekday lineup, led by some of the most prominent, creative and authentic voices in sports.”
“The Pat McAfee Show will redefine what success looks like across multiple ESPN platforms and will bring a new, contemporary audience to our afternoon time block,” he added. “It’s a perfect fit.”
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For those unfamiliar with McAfee, he is a former NFL punter who was drafted by the Indianapolis Colts in 2009. He played in the league for 9 seasons and was named All-Pro in 2014, and a Pro Bowler in 2014 and 2016. He was nominated to the NFL Hall of fame in 2022 after retiring from the league in 2016, according to ESPN.
Everyday, fans of the show are treated to a slew of former and current football stars, including co-host former NFL linebacker A.J. Hawk, NFL quarterback Aaron Rodgers (Tuesdays), former NFL defensive end J.J. Watt (Wednesdays) and now-retired Alabama football head coach Nick Saban (Thursdays), just to name a few.
In addition to hosting his show, McAfee provides college football analysis on ESPN’s College GameDay and other ESPN college football telecasts.
An ESPN <a href="https://espnpressroom.com/us/press-releases/2024/01/the-pat-mcafee-show-sees-steady-growth-in-december-garnering-886000-average-viewers-per-episode-across-live-channels/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">press release</a> dated Jan. 5 highlights the massive success his show has had since coming over to the sports network, bringing in “1.7 million total reach per show across all platforms in month of December – up 21% from September.” It has also had an average in December of 886,000 viewers per episode during the live airings across all platforms.
“It’s been a wild ride this season with ESPN,” McAfee said in the release. “We’ve had the phenomenal opportunity to do what we love on a scale that we’ve never done before. Day to day it certainly feels like a lot of folks are watching our program, but I genuinely try not to focus on numbers too much because you’re only as good as your last show.”
“So many cool moments happened this year because of our relationship with ESPN,” the sports host said.
Mike Foss, ESPN&#8217;s senior vice president of studio and digital production, said, “Pat and the boys have grown their audience every month since joining ESPN and have been an incredible addition. The first three months have been a tremendous success across every platform regardless of how you add it up.”
So with McAfee bringing millions to the network, it is not surprising that they would want to hold on to him despite the turmoil caused by Rodgers regarding Kimmel. 
“There’s a lot of people, including Jimmy Kimmel, really hoping that [client list] doesn’t come out,&#8221; Rodgers said on the show. &#8220;I’ll tell you what, if that list comes out, I definitely will be popping some sort of bottle.”
In response, late-night TV host Jimmy Kimmel threatened to sue the Jets QB, writing on<a href="https://x.com/jimmykimmel/status/1742324477323833546?s=20"> X</a>, in part, “Your reckless words put my family in danger. Keep it up and we will debate the facts further in court.”
The late-night host later mocked Rodgers on “<a href="https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/jimmy-kimmel-aaron-rodgers-karen-jeffrey-epstein-list-1235865944/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jimmy Kimmel Live!</a>” and said Rodgers is allowed to have his own opinion, but added a caveat: “Saying someone is a pedophile is not an opinion, nor is it trash talk,” because “the truth still matters.”
The following day McAfee apologized for Rodgers’ comments and suggested Rodgers &#8220;was just trying to talk s***,&#8221; <a href="https://theathletic.com/5175873/2024/01/03/mcafee-apology-rodgers-kimmel-comments/?source=pulsenewsletter&amp;campaign=8649714" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Athletic</a> noted.
“We obviously don’t like the fact that we are associated with anything negative, ever…So we apologize for being a part of it,” he added. “Can’t wait to hear what Aaron has to say about it. Hopefully, those two will just be able to settle this, not court-wise. But be able to chit-chat and move along.”
Days later, McAfee appeared to make the drama bigger and claimed that top ESPN executive, Norby Williamson, was “attempting to sabotage” his show. He also accused the executive of leaking information that “sets a narrative of what our show is.”
Williamson oversees NFL and college football, along with “SportsCenter,” audio, the SEC Network, <a href="https://theathletic.com/mlb/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MLB</a>, <a href="https://theathletic.com/nhl/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NHL</a>, combat, golf, tennis and investigative journalism, <a href="https://theathletic.com/5183717/2024/01/09/pat-mcafee-espn-aaron-rodgers/?access_token=13904269" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Athletic</a> noted. As previously noted, Magnus — who is Williamson’s supervisor — is a huge supporter of McAfee.
McAfee addressed the issue and said, “There was some comments about a particular person at ESPN that I made only on the YouTube and ESPN+ show. That wasn’t even on linear TV. I didn’t know anybody was going to hear it because it was just on digital.”
The sports host said after his comments made headlines, he was “super bummed out” Magnus “was made to look bad because of what I did and how I did it.”
“I would like everybody to know — we love Burke Magnus,” the NFL player said. “And also love Jimmy Pitaro. Love [Disney CEO] Bob Iger.”
“But there’s quite a transition era here between the old and the new,” he added. “And the old don’t like what the newbies do.” He added that he wasn’t “trying to get fired” as some speculated. 
“There’s certainly people that we don’t like and they do not like us,” McAfee continued. “That’s how it’s going to be and I don’t take back anything I said about said person. But the overall storyline about us and ESPN, I think people need to remember, is that we’re strong, baby. And we all understand what the future looks like, there’s just some old hags that potentially don’t.”
ESPN then released a statement that the matter would be handled “internally,&#8221; <a href="https://deadline.com/2024/01/espn-pat-mcafee-claims-executive-sabotage-show-1235696926/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Deadline</a> noted. On Tuesday Jan 10. on <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/aaron-rodgers-says-never-called-195934374.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">McAfee&#8217;s show</a>, Rodgers responded to Kimmel and said he didn’t think Kimmel was a pedophile.
“I totally understand how serious an allegation of pedophilia would be,” Rodgers said. “So for him to be upset about that, I get it.”
“I’m not stupid enough, even though you think I’m an idiot and you’ve made a lot of comments about my intelligence, but I’m not stupid enough to accuse you of that with absolutely zero concrete evidence,” he added. “That’s ridiculous.”
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During <a href="https://x.com/dhookstead/status/1745143238803996977?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">McAfee’s Show</a> the next day he announced that Rodgers wouldn&#8217;t be coming on the show every Tuesday anymore, and that he was happy about the break. 
“There could be a lot of people that are happy with that,” the former NFL player said. “Myself included, to be honest with you. The way it ended, it got real loud, real loud. I’m happy that is not going to be my mentions going forward, which is great news.”
McAfee also said he was ready to move on from this situation.
“Aaron Rodgers is a Hall of Famer,” the sports host said. “He’s a four-time MVP. He’s a massive piece of the NFL story whenever you go back and tell it. He will be a huge part of it. We are very lucky to get a chance to chat with him and learn from him. Some of his thoughts and opinions do piss off a lot of people. I’m pumped that that is no longer every single Wednesday of my life, which it has been for the last few weeks.”
“On Friday I obviously threw us into the fire as well,” he added. “I forever stand by that. Everything else, though, just can’t do that and not what we want to be known for.”
But just a few days after he made headlines with the announcement that Rodgers was done on the show, the quarterback was back on the show, an apparent message to those who assumed he had canceled Rodgers. He invited <a href="https://twitter.com/PatMcAfeeShow/status/1745511911158882691?s=20">the Jets QB</a> on the show to talk about Bill Belichick retiring from the New England Patriots after 24 years, given Rodgers was the last person to talk to him on the field after the regular season finale.
They talked about Belichick&#8217;s NFL history and <a href="https://twitter.com/PatMcAfeeShow/status/1745517525889171770?s=20">McAfee</a> made it clear he had not “turned his back on Aaron Rodgers,&#8221; explaining that the break from his friend&#8217;s appearances on the show was because “Rodgers has an offseason too.”
So, what happens next is anyone’s guess. It appears that both sides are standing down for now, as <a href="https://theathletic.com/5183717/2024/01/09/pat-mcafee-espn-aaron-rodgers/?access_token=13904269">The Athletic</a> noted.

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Will Pat McAfee Make It To His One-Year Anniversary On ESPN Given Recent Rollercoaster Ride?

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ESPN sports host Pat McAfee announced on Wednesday that the weekly guest appearance by New York quarterback Aaron Rodgers was &#8220;done&#8221; for the rest of the NFL season.
<a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/aaron-rodgers-out-pat-mcafee-show-1235784620/#recipient_hashed=c4a236882474dc7ac6971f2bc441c58c92e90e854f8e395397c9cd7c538f70cb&amp;recipient_salt=e43afbd379e85fd519ba7694a78f59ae298fad42d1a1cf5286bd63eff76355c7">McAfee</a> made the comments on Wednesday during &#8220;<a href="https://x.com/dhookstead/status/1745143238803996977?s=20">The Pat McAfee Show</a>” when he said &#8220;&#8216;Aaron Rodgers&#8217; Tuesday Season 4 is done&#8221; and said he personally was happy about it.
&#8220;There could be a lot of people that are happy with that,&#8221; McAfee said. &#8220;Myself included, to be honest with you. The way it ended, it got real loud, real loud. I&#8217;m happy that is not going to be my mentions going forward, which is great news.&#8221;
The sports host said he was ready to move on from this situation.
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Pat McAfee says Aaron Rodgers is done appearing on the show for the rest of the NFL season.
Admits people behind the scenes at ESPN have major problems with him, but he&#8217;s continuing to push forward.
Says he will never give up control of his show. <a href="https://t.co/1MKFV5K4JS">pic.twitter.com/1MKFV5K4JS</a>
— David Hookstead (@dhookstead) <a href="https://twitter.com/dhookstead/status/1745143238803996977?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 10, 2024</a></blockquote>
&#8220;Aaron Rodgers is a Hall of Famer,&#8221; he added. &#8220;He&#8217;s a four-time MVP. He&#8217;s a massive piece of the NFL story whenever you go back and tell it. He will be a huge part of it. We are very lucky to get a chance to chat with him and learn from him. Some of his thoughts and opinions do piss off a lot of people. I&#8217;m pumped that that is no longer every single Wednesday of my life, which it has been for the last few weeks.&#8221;
&#8220;On Friday I obviously threw us into the fire as well,&#8221; McAfee admitted after he claimed that a top ESPN executive, Norby Williamson, was &#8220;attempting to sabotage&#8221; his show. &#8220;I forever stand by that. Everything else, though, just can&#8217;t do that and not what we want to be known for.&#8221;
It comes after late-night TV host Jimmy Kimmel threatened to sue the Jets QB — who suggested that Kimmel could be on the client list of convicted sex offender <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jeffrey-epstein">Jeffrey Epstein</a>. The comments were made during Rodgers&#8217; weekly appearance on McAfee show on January 2, 2024.
&#8220;There&#8217;s a lot of people, including Jimmy Kimmel, really hoping that [client list] doesn&#8217;t come out,&#8221; the NFL star said, adding, &#8220;I&#8217;ll tell you what, if that list comes out, I definitely will be popping some sort of bottle.&#8221;
Kimmel reposted the clip and wrote on <a href="https://x.com/jimmykimmel/status/1742324477323833546?s=20">X</a>, &#8220;Dear Asshole: for the record, I&#8217;ve not met, flown with, visited, or had any contact whatsoever with Epstein, nor will you find my name on any &#8216;list&#8217; other than the clearly-phony nonsense that soft-brained wackos like yourself can&#8217;t seem to distinguish from reality.&#8221;
&#8220;Your reckless words put my family in danger,&#8221; he added. &#8220;Keep it up and we will debate the facts further in court. [Aaron Rodgers].&#8221; 

The late-night host then mocked Rodgers on &#8220;<a href="https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/jimmy-kimmel-aaron-rodgers-karen-jeffrey-epstein-list-1235865944/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jimmy Kimmel Live!</a>&#8221; calling Rodgers &#8220;a hamster-brained man&#8221; and saying that the QB &#8220;is too arrogant to know how ignorant he is.&#8221;
Kimmel said that Rodgers is allowed to have his own opinion, but added a caveat: &#8220;saying someone is a pedophile is not an opinion, nor is it trash talk&#8221; because &#8220;the truth still matters.&#8221; 
On Tuesday&#8217;s <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/aaron-rodgers-says-never-called-195934374.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">McAfee show</a>, Rodgers responded to Kimmel and said he didn&#8217;t think Kimmel was a pedophile.
&#8220;I totally understand how serious an allegation of pedophilia would be,&#8221; Rodgers said. &#8220;So for him to be upset about that, I get it.&#8221;
&#8220;I&#8217;m not stupid enough, even though you think I&#8217;m an idiot and you&#8217;ve made a lot of comments about my intelligence, but I&#8217;m not stupid enough to accuse you of that with absolutely zero concrete evidence,&#8221; he added. &#8220;That&#8217;s ridiculous.&#8221;

Pat McAfee Says Aaron Rodgers ‘Done’ On Show For Rest Of NFL Season

COVID-19

<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jimmy-kimmel">Jimmy Kimmel</a> vehemently denies <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/aaron-rodgers">Aaron Rodgers</a>’ apparent suggestion that he’s on the elusive <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jeffrey-epstein">Jeffrey Epstein</a> client list, even threatening to sue the New York Jets quarterback for his insinuations.
The controversy started when Rodgers, 40, made an appearance on the “Pat McAfee Show” on Tuesday. He was discussing what names might come up on Epstein&#8217;s list of associates, which <a href="https://www.newsnationnow.com/crime/jeffrey-epstein-list-delayed-jan-22/">could be released</a> as early as January 22. 
“There’s a lot of people, including Jimmy Kimmel, really hoping that doesn’t come out,” the NFL star said, adding, “I’ll tell you what, if that list comes out, I definitely will be popping some sort of bottle.”
Kimmel responded with an X post. The late-night host assured fans that there was no way that his name was among the 150 rumored to be on the list, claiming Rodgers had endangered his family by suggesting he was. 
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Dear Aasshole: for the record, I’ve not met, flown with, visited, or had any contact whatsoever with Epstein, nor will you find my name on any “list” other than the clearly-phony nonsense that soft-brained wackos like yourself can’t seem to distinguish from reality. Your reckless… <a href="https://t.co/p8eug12uiS">https://t.co/p8eug12uiS</a>
&mdash; Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) <a href="https://twitter.com/jimmykimmel/status/1742324477323833546?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 2, 2024</a></blockquote>
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“Dear Aasshole: for the record, I’ve not met, flown with, visited, or had any contact whatsoever with Epstein, nor will you find my name on any ‘list’ other than the clearly-phony nonsense that soft-brained wackos like yourself can’t seem to distinguish from reality. Your reckless words put my family in danger. Keep it up and we will debate the facts further in court,” Kimmel posted.
Last March, Kimmel mocked Rodgers for speculating about the Epstein client list, seeming to indicate that believing there was a list was a conspiracy theory.
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Rodgers said on the “Pat McAfee Show” at the time, “Did you hear about the Epstein client list about to be released? There’s some files that have some names on it that might be getting released pretty soon.”
Kimmel played a clip of that interaction on his show, joking about how “it might be time to revisit the concussion protocol, Aaron,” and calling the football star a “tin-foil hatter.” 
In December, a federal judge ordered that documents containing the names of some of the associates of Epstein must be released in 2024. The documents come from a 2017 civil trial brought by Virginia Giuffre, who said Epstein’s associate Ghislaine Maxwell facilitated his sex trafficking of her, as The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/accountability-is-coming-epstein-associates-to-be-named-after-judge-orders-documents-released">reported</a>. 
New York Judge Loretta Preska gave the individuals on the list 14 days to object to the release of their names.

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‘Phony Nonsense’: Jimmy Kimmel Threatens To Sue Aaron Rodgers Over Insinuation He’s On Jeffrey Epstein List

'Phony Nonsense': Jimmy Kimmel Threatens To Sue Aaron Rodgers Over Insinuation He's On Jeffrey Epstein List

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New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers hit back at journalists who he said are still upset he didn&#8217;t take the COVID-19 vaccine.
During Rodgers&#8217; latest appearance on &#8220;<a href="https://x.com/EricAbbenante/status/1739921138728235027?s=20">The Pat McAfee Show</a>,&#8221; the host <a href="https://www.theblaze.com/news/rodgers-bawden-roster-criticism-vaccine" target="_blank" rel="noopener">asked</a> Rodgers about sports journalists calling him out for taking up a roster spot on the team rather than being placed on the injured reserve list [IR] after he tore his Achilles tendon in the first game of the season.
&#8220;The same people who are criticizing me or coming up with these conspiracies about my injury, before they talk, let&#8217;s go back to 2021 and let&#8217;s make people say their vax status to start,&#8221; Rodgers said, adding that it &#8220;would frame all these comments in the right window.&#8221;
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Aaron Rodgers dropped &#8216;Mass Formation Psychosis&#8217; on ESPN 🤣 
&#8220;They&#8217;re still mad I&#8217;m covid MVP. Not just the two MVP&#8217;s that I won but also: I didn&#8217;t bow down to the Medical Industrial Complex and the Mass Formation Psychosis and I decided to make a decision that was in the best… <a href="https://t.co/kyzvm5lrdb">pic.twitter.com/kyzvm5lrdb</a>
— Eric Abbenante (@EricAbbenante) <a href="https://twitter.com/EricAbbenante/status/1739921138728235027?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 27, 2023</a></blockquote>
&#8220;Let&#8217;s have them say, &#8216;Hey, I&#8217;m so-and-so, double vaxxed with Pfizer and triple boosted. And my opinion about this is this guy&#8217;s a bad guy because he just wanted to practice and took money away,'&#8221; he added. &#8220;Then at least you&#8217;d know, and everybody could know at that point that they have their puppet masters who are puppeteering them to say this certain thing about this guy and that they&#8217;re still upset about the fact that I believe in medical freedom.&#8221;
Rodgers said these journalists are &#8220;still mad I&#8217;m COVID MVP. Not just the two MVPs that I won because I didn&#8217;t bow down to the medical industrial complex and the mass formation psychosis and I decided to make a decision that was in the best interest of my health.&#8221;
&#8220;They&#8217;re still trying to get their jabs in,&#8221; he added. &#8220;They&#8217;re still trying to take a victory lap you know that somehow I couldn&#8217;t beat science this time. Take it easy on the victory laps and have another jab while you&#8217;re at it.&#8221;
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/aaron-rodgers-takes-another-swipe-at-fauci-amid-talk-about-achilles-injury" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rodgers</a> ended up returning to the practice field in December. He previously talked about the &#8220;newer, innovative&#8221; surgery he had undergone in hopes of returning faster and his hopes of <a href="https://www.newyorkjets.com/news/aaron-rodgers-wants-to-return-2023-season-achilles-injury" target="_blank" rel="noopener">coming back</a> to play this season, but in the <a href="https://www.ksbw.com/article/ny-jets-qb-rodgers-will-return-next-season/46182430#" target="_blank" rel="noopener">end</a>, he didn&#8217;t make it.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/aaron-rodgers-says-hes-been-cast-as-the-villain-over-covid-stance">Rodgers</a> made headlines in 2021 when he was accused of misleading comments about his vaccination status, saying he was “immunized.” However, it was later revealed that he had not been vaccinated.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/aaron-rodgers-takes-another-swipe-at-fauci-amid-talk-about-achilles-injury" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Aaron Rodgers Takes Another Swipe At Fauci Amid Talk About Achilles Injury</a>

‘I Didn’t Bow Down’: Aaron Rodgers Slams Journalists Who He Says Are Still Upset He Didn’t Take COVID Jab

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New York Jets quarterback <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/aaron-rodgers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Aaron Rodgers</a> took another swipe at Dr. Anthony Fauci on Tuesday amid a discussion about how long his football injury would sideline him following speculation that his rehab could be ahead of schedule.
During Rodgers&#8217;s weekly <a href="https://www.outkick.com/aaron-rodgers-fauci-defying-science-pat-mcafee-show/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">appearance</a> on &#8220;<a href="https://x.com/awfulannouncing/status/1714333873625051446?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Pat McAfee Show</a>,&#8221; he was asked about footage showing him throwing a few passes without crutches after he tore his Achilles tendon in the first game of the season.
Rodgers said he tried &#8220;a newer, innovative&#8221; surgery to return faster than others who sustained a similar injury.
Co-host AJ Hawk said that Rodgers does things &#8220;his own way,&#8221; to which McAfee replied, &#8220;This guy does things his own way. He actually defies science.&#8221;
&#8220;If science is Dr. Fauci, you&#8217;re damn right I&#8217;m defying science,&#8221; Rodgers replied, as the hosts laughed.
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&#8220;If science is Dr. Fauci, you&#8217;re damn right I&#8217;m defying science.&#8221;
Aaron Rodgers with another swipe at Dr. Anthony Fauci on The Pat McAfee Show <a href="https://t.co/ul0FRubZus">pic.twitter.com/ul0FRubZus</a>
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) <a href="https://twitter.com/awfulannouncing/status/1714333873625051446?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 17, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Last week, Rodgers labeled Fauci a &#8220;pharmocrat&#8221; and threw down the gauntlet for a &#8220;duel&#8221; or vaccine debate to Chiefs&#8217; player Travis Kelce, who he&#8217;s nicknamed &#8220;Mr. Pfizer&#8221; after the Kansas City Chiefs tight end appeared in a Pfizer ad campaign.
On the <a href="https://twitter.com/MySportsUpdate/status/1711807257405509951?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">podcast</a> last week, the hosts talked to Rodgers about <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/travis-kelce-responds-to-aaron-rodgers-calling-him-mr-pfizer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kelce&#8217;s recent comment</a> about getting &#8220;into the vax wars&#8221; with the Jets QB.
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&#8220;Mr. Pfizer said he didn&#8217;t think he&#8217;d be in a vax war with me,&#8221; Rodgers said. &#8220;This ain&#8217;t a war homie, this is conversation.&#8221;
&#8220;But if you want to have some sort of duel, debate, have me on the podcast,&#8221; he added, referencing Kelce and his brother Jason Kelce&#8217;s popular podcast &#8220;New Heights.&#8221;
&#8220;Come on the show!&#8221; Rodgers continued, mentioning McAfee&#8217;s show. &#8220;Let&#8217;s have a conversation. Let&#8217;s do it like in &#8216;John Wick 4,&#8217; so we both have a second, somebody to help us out.&#8221; Rodgers said his &#8220;second&#8221; would be independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and said the Kansas City Chiefs star could have Fauci or &#8220;some other pharmocrat.&#8221;
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/aaron-rodgers-says-hes-been-cast-as-the-villain-over-covid-stance" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rodgers</a> made headlines in 2021 when he was accused of misleading comments about his vaccination status, saying he was &#8220;immunized.&#8221; However, it was later revealed that he had not been vaccinated.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/aaron-rodgers-throws-down-the-gauntlet-for-a-vax-duel-to-mr-pfizer-travis-kelce" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Aaron Rodgers Throws Down The Gauntlet For A Vax &#8216;Duel&#8217; To &#8216;Mr. Pfizer&#8217; Travis Kelce</a>

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Aaron Rodgers Takes Another Swipe At Fauci Amid Talk About Achilles Injury

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Jets quarterback <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/aaron-rodgers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Aaron Rodgers</a> threw down the gauntlet on Tuesday for a &#8220;duel&#8221; or vaccine &#8220;debate&#8221; to Chiefs&#8217; player Travis Kelce, who he&#8217;s nicknamed &#8220;Mr. Pfizer&#8221; after the Kansas City player appeared in a Pfizer ad campaign.
During the New York player&#8217;s weekly appearance on &#8220;<a href="https://twitter.com/MySportsUpdate/status/1711807257405509951?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Pat McAfee Show</a>,&#8221; the hosts talked to Rodgers about <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/travis-kelce-responds-to-aaron-rodgers-calling-him-mr-pfizer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kelce&#8217;s recent comment</a> that &#8220;who knew that I would get into the vax wars&#8221; with Rodgers while the Chiefs player stood by appearing in the COVID/Flu shot ad for the pharmaceutical company.
&#8220;Mr. Pfizer said he didn&#8217;t think he&#8217;d be in a vax war with me,&#8221; the NFL Super Bowl winning QB said. &#8220;This ain&#8217;t a war homie, this is conversation.&#8221;
&#8220;But if you want to have some sort of duel, debate, have me on the podcast,&#8221; he added, referencing Kelce and his brother Jason Kelce&#8217;s popular podcast &#8220;New Heights.&#8221;
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Aaron Rodgers is inviting Travis Kelce to have a vaccine debate.
Rodgers proposes that it be him and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. against Kelce and Anthony Fauci.
(via <a href="https://twitter.com/PatMcAfeeShow?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PatMcAfeeShow</a>)<a href="https://t.co/tcqPmptGtB">pic.twitter.com/tcqPmptGtB</a> <a href="https://t.co/xvH9M5MlpR">https://t.co/xvH9M5MlpR</a>
— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) <a href="https://twitter.com/MySportsUpdate/status/1711807257405509951?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 10, 2023</a></blockquote>
&#8220;Come on the show!&#8221; Rodgers continued, mentioning McAfee&#8217;s show. &#8220;Let&#8217;s have a conversation. Let&#8217;s do it like in &#8216;John Wick 4,&#8217; so we both have a second, somebody to help us out.&#8221;
Rodgers said his second would be independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and said the Kansas City Chiefs&#8217; star could have Dr. Anthony Fauci or &#8220;some other pharmocrat.&#8221;
During a press conference on Friday, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/travis-kelce-responds-to-aaron-rodgers-calling-him-mr-pfizer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kelce</a> laughed about the new nickname and told the press it was a &#8220;pretty good&#8221; one from the all-star QB and made it clear he was &#8220;fully comfortable&#8221; with being called that.
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It came after the Jets QB labeled Taylor Swift&#8217;s rumored boyfriend &#8220;Mr. Pfizer&#8221; following New York&#8217;s loss to the Kansas City team.
The NFL MVP took a swipe at Kelce, noting that the Jets&#8217; defense kept the team in the game, despite ultimately falling to the Patrick Mahomes-led squad 23 to 20 during &#8220;Sunday Night Football.&#8221;
The <a href="https://twitter.com/MySportsUpdate/status/1709274038516777243?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">clip</a> went viral with more than 35 million views and counting at the time of this publication. &#8220;Mr. Pfizer&#8221; also began trending on X for a brief time.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/aaron-rodgers-says-hes-been-cast-as-the-villain-over-covid-stance" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rodgers</a> made headlines in 2021 when he was accused of making misleading comments about his vaccination status, saying he was &#8220;immunized.&#8221; However, it was later revealed that he had not been vaccinated.

Aaron Rodgers Throws Down The Gauntlet For A Vax ‘Duel’ To ‘Mr. Pfizer’ Travis Kelce

Aaron Rodgers Throws Down The Gauntlet For A Vax 'Duel' To 'Mr. Pfizer' Travis Kelce

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