Aaron Rodgers Has a Subtle Dig at Ryan Clark

Aaron Rodgers has no intention of giving up. After former NFL player and current ESPN analyst Ryan Clark criticized the signal-caller for being a “fraud,” Rodgers defended himself on the network a week after the Jets quarterback lashed out at ESPN, saying it wasn’t what it used to be. On “The Pat McAfee Show,” which […] The post Aaron Rodgers Has a Subtle Dig at Ryan Clark appeared first on BlackSportsOnline.

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Aaron Rodgers Has a Subtle Dig at Ryan Clark

Aaron Rodgers has no intention of giving up. After former NFL player and current ESPN analyst Ryan Clark criticized the signal-caller for being a “fraud,” Rodgers defended himself on the network a week after the Jets quarterback lashed out at ESPN, saying it wasn’t what it used to be.

On “The Pat McAfee Show,” which is simulcast on ESPN, Rodgers stated this week that the sports network of today is different from that of more than ten years ago, calling much of what airs on ESPN “asinine.”

Rodgers said: “Now it’s all talk shows and people whose opinions are so important now and they believe they’re the celebrities now, they’re the stars for just being able to talk about sports or give a take about sports, many of which are unfounded or asinine, as we all know. But that’s the environment we’re in now,” 

That didn’t sit well with Clark, who on Friday dubbed Rodgers a “fraud” on ESPN’s premier opinion show, “First Take.” Clark stated: “The reason you’re getting the opportunity to say these asinine things is because someone is paying you— exactly like the people you’re calling out,”. “This dude is a fraud. He’s been a fraud. He acts like he’s above everybody and everything.”

Aaron Rodgers sets the record straight with Ryan Clark

During his weekly appearance with former NFL punter McAfee on Tuesday, Rodgers stated that anyone who criticizes him should at least disclose their “vax status”; nevertheless, he refrained from specifically mentioning Clark in his soliloquy.

According to Rodgers: “Say whatever the f–k you want about me, I don’t care,” . “But just before you do it, whether you state your name, your accolades, pronouns, whatever it is, just state your vax status so that anything you say afterward gets put in the right light. Just get it out there. ‘Cause then when you say things about me, people can at least be like, ‘Oh, you are captured by the multimillion-dollar propaganda PSYOP and you’re still upset about it.’ Just put that out there just so everybody knows where you’re coming from. Everybody knows, ‘OK, cool, you’re twice vaxxed Moderna with three booster shots’ and then say what you want to say, whatever.”

“I don’t care. I’m just saying a PSA, just please help everybody out who’s wondering, ‘Where is this coming from?’ Including myself, where the f–k is this coming from? But just give a little PSA.”

Although he did not mention Clark by name, Rodgers seemed to allude to the former defensive back when he subsequently stated: “So just put it out there on your bio on your shows or whatever, you don’t just need a broach with your initials. Put your vax status on there too.”

Rodgers reiterated his remarks from last October when he suggested that his detractors who have received the COVID-19 vaccine should reveal their status so that others may “frame all these comments in the right window.”

 

 

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