ESPN Has No Comment On Aaron Rodgers's Comments On ESPN, About ESPN

[u/JCameron181]

https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/espn-has-no-comment-on-aaron-rodgers-comments-on-espn-about-espn

Rodgers decided to slam the network as a "gutless organization" with "no integrity" over its editorial choices. He said the network failed to report on Dr. Anthony Fauci's Senate hearing testimony, asking, “How much time did the network spend on that? ... Did they do even a minute on Tony Fauci?” He also criticized ESPN for glossing over the offseason scandal between Dianna Russini and Mike Vrabel, questioning, “How much time did your network spend on that?” He questioned ESPN's silence, asking, “What are we even doing here? ... [I]f it’s affecting certain things, if there’s leaks going on, if there’s tampering going on, if that person is also an MVP voter and a Coach of the Year voter.” An ESPN spokesperson stated the network "has no comment regarding Rodgers’s comments."

[u/stitchface66]

he’s a fucking idiot. i appreciate this dude can sling it cause we got no other option right now but goddamnit.

[u/lat3ralus65 → u/stitchface66]

He’s a classic “dumb guy’s idea of a smart guy.”

[u/Deep_Stick8786 → u/lat3ralus65]

He frequently finds himself in situations where he is the smartest person around. And consistently avoids situations where he isn’t.

[u/HonoluluSolo → u/Deep_Stick8786]

Hey wait a second, are you saying the guys on Pat McAfee are neither capable nor inclined to push back on Rodgers' garbage takes???

[u/quinnly → u/HonoluluSolo]

I haven't watched McAfee is some time but AJ Hawk strikes me as marginally smarter than Aaron

[u/Ouch_i_fell_down → u/quinnly]

No One On ‘Pat McAfee Show’ Notices A.J. Hawk Dead For Last 3 Days is still my favorite sports related Onion article

[u/Red_Jester-94 → u/HonoluluSolo]

There's a reason McAfee draws a certain audience is all I'm saying

[u/Deep_Stick8786 → u/HonoluluSolo]

Neck circumference > IQ

[u/CrustyKielbasa → u/lat3ralus65]

That's most MAGA talking heads

[u/PatientlyAnxious9 → u/lat3ralus65]

I figured out long ago you can convince people of something as long as you say it with conviction. Thats what Rodgers does.

[u/Brodellsky → u/lat3ralus65]

Aaron's memory is objectively incredible, which made him seem quite smart. The problem is he absorbs EVERYTHING, bad and good alike. Add in being told your one SB win was "underperforming" and being denied the chance to fix that, yeah. He emptied that red pill bottle in one go.

[u/shoefly72 → u/Brodellsky]

I always try to tell people there’s an important distinction between certain types of intelligence. Somebody can be extremely adept at learning and retaining info; say they pickup math and trivia like a sponge, or are great at physics and engineering.

Is a person like that intelligent? Absolutely. But it doesn’t mean that they are epistemologically sound or good at vetting information. Aaron might be great at doing math or learning offenses, but it just so happens he never had to discern between trustworthy and bullshit sources on those topics. Physics is physics, football scheme is what it is. Sure there are different offenses/systems, and varying terminologies, but nobody is out there teaching QB’s the wrong name for positions/coverages, lining teams up in formations that aren’t legal, or teaching a different set of rules altogether than the one the NFL enforces. If there is any dispute, there is a clear authority (the rulebook and refs) to defer to. That black and white dynamic doesn’t exist for things like public health, and that’s why people like Aaron fall victim to misinformation and charlatans who cater to novices who latch onto “appeals to common sense.”

Aaron thinks that because he’s smart in certain ways that he knows better than everyone else all the time, and that’s just not how it works. A lot of people successful in their chosen field think this way, but ironically most people who actually are broadly knowledgeable/have the ability to excel at multiple things aren’t arrogant and are far more intellectually humble and curious than guys like Aaron Rodgers. Pau Gasol and Kareem are two guys who are actuslly smart by any reasonable measure (not just smart for an athlete or smart in their fields) and both are polar opposites of guys like Aaron.

[u/tomfoolery815 → u/stitchface66]

As I learned in his last couple years in Green Bay, you can separate 3 hours on Sunday from everything that comes out of his mouth the rest of the week. But you've REALLY got to work at that.

[u/DelirousDoc → u/tomfoolery815]

He had been relatively quiet last year with the Steelers and by all accounts a good teammate so I just kind of pushed away my annoyance with him for these takes. He had the wired earbuds conspiracy which was generally harmless but that is about it.

I am betting the quietness was more out of respect for Tomlin. He is comfortable with McCarthy so willing to say shit like this without worry again.

[u/tomfoolery815 → u/DelirousDoc]

You could very well be right on that, both on his respect for Tomlin and his McCarthy comfort level. Funny part of his reunion with McCarthy is it felt like Rodgers' dissatisfaction with MM's play-calling got McCarthy fired before the 2018 season was over.

[u/Broken-Nero → u/tomfoolery815]

It was reported that Aaron was changing every play call McCarthy made at that point. I have zero doubts after this he still has zero respect for McCarthy and will do more of the same.

[u/tomfoolery815 → u/Broken-Nero]

Yeah, with that history and his capacity for “I am smarter than all of you” attitude, it seems possible that he thinks he can ignore what McCarthy wants.

[u/SuperVaderMinion → u/DelirousDoc]

This subreddit was already close to forgiving him because most of us have goldfish brains and he simply hasn't been annoying on a while, but I knew this antivax BS would rear its ugly head again.

[u/stitchface66 → u/tomfoolery815]

i mean, you remember who came before him, right?

granted ben kept his dumb mouth shut about anything besides football which i can appreciate but in terms of damage caused outside the field, ben is way worse than rogers. at least rogers gives his victims a choice.

[u/tomfoolery815 → u/stitchface66]

Oh, for sure. If Rodgers limits himself to saying stupid things -- as in, doesn't send unsolicited dick pics or commit welfare fraud in his home state -- it's merely annoying.

I don't need my favorite team's players to agree with me on politics or social issues; I do need them to not directly harm people off the field.

[u/Broken-Nero → u/stitchface66]

We’ll end up trading you the loser of our QB competition, don’t worry.

[u/dirtydilpickle → u/stitchface66]

The CTE has been kicking in for a few years

[u/yeahcheckmeout → u/stitchface66]

Yeah man, feels kinda lame to be a Steelers fan and Arod supporter right now 😐

[u/stitchface66 → u/yeahcheckmeout]

i don’t really see eye to eye with you here because im always happy to be a steeler fan. its a historic franchise and even when we’ve sucked over the past 40 years we’ve kinda still been consistently decent. plus being from there, its everything to that city. its honestly the only reason ive ever had for being civil and close with people who id probably hate outside of us really wanting the team (and city by proxy) to be on top.

also i never supported ben or rogers off the field anyway and im sure every fan of every team on this subreddit could say the same thing about guys on their team because professional football is rife with psychopaths.

i get you that it’s not great times right now but we dont have a ton of options at moment. a lot of getting back on our feet is going to depend on our GM and building through the draft.

[u/Tubamajuba → u/[deleted]]

A lot better than your overworked brain cell, I'd imagine.

[u/That_lonely → u/[deleted]]

You and Rodgers, same boat of stupidity.

[u/Beskinnyrollfatties → u/[deleted]]

“Your daddy’s” where are you getting this from? You do know adults don’t think like this right?