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0 Share Newsweek is a Trust Project member See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers is no stranger to controversy.
The four-time MVP has often found himself in the headlines throughout his career because of a polarizing opinion he’s had about a topic or because he’s went on unhinged rants about other issues.
That happens to be the case this week, as Rodgers has been all over social media after his appearance on “The Pat McAfee Show” on Monday, in which he went on multiple rants about Dr. Anthony Fauci and ESPN.
Rodgers’ main gripe with the “worldwide leader” is that he believes the network doesn’t cover any of the difficult issues if it doesn’t serve the bottom line, which is why he called out ESPN for turning a blind eye to the Dianna Russini-Mike Vrabel scandal over the summer.
Russini is a former ESPN employee, and some of her alleged transgressions occurred during her rise to fame as an NFL insider for the company before she jumped ship to The Athletic.
While Rodgers has been the talk of social media for the last 24 hours, newly hired Steelers head coach Mike McCarthy was asked how he felt about his QB1 going viral for his boisterous opinions. McCarthy didn’t seem bothered.
“These are grown men,” McCarthy said , via ESPN’s Brooke Pryor. “They all have different opinions. There's no question about that. At the end of the day, my job is to keep it about football.”
If anyone knows how much Rodgers ruffles feathers, it’s McCarthy.
The two worked together with the Green Bay Packers from 2006 to 2018. Rodgers was Green Bay’s starting QB for the final 11 seasons of McCarthy’s tenure with the team (though he was fired just 12 games into the 2018 season), and they won a Super Bowl together in 2010.
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