1. Aaron Rodgers, who repeatedly claims he doesn’t play the sufferer and doesn’t care what individuals say about him, appeared to accuse Rob Gronkowski of being a part of woke tradition and blames commerce rumors on Large Pharma throughout his weekly interview with Pat McAfee on Tuesday.
McAfee requested Rodgers about his future and mentioned that regardless of rumors swirling that Inexperienced Bay would possibly commerce the quarterback, we nonetheless didn’t know if Rodgers would even return in 2023. Right here’s how McAfee posed his query to Rodgers:
“Have you ever already come to the choice that you just’re enjoying soccer once more subsequent yr? Is that already one thing that’s taken place as a result of the choice has been made that you just’re getting traded by sports activities media, and I really feel like there’s one other determination that needs to be made earlier than any of that may happen? The place are you in that stance and are you in the course of that course of nonetheless?”
So, this needs to be your generic, run-of-the-mill query and reply. Rodgers is 37 years previous and has an infinite contract, so retirement or a commerce are each viable choices for his future.
Nevertheless, Rodgers acted like he’s the primary athlete to ever be a part of commerce and retirement hypothesis, introduced up woke tradition with regard to Gronk just lately criticizing him and one way or the other blamed the rumors about his future on Pfizer. No, significantly.
Right here’s what Rodgers mentioned to McAfee and have in mind this was all a reply about whether or not he’s determined to play soccer in 2023.
“Often you’ll suppose they’d wait till perhaps the off week between the championship week and the Tremendous Bowl to drum up some story traces. … I’ve some those who love to trace that stuff so I’ve been made conscious of it.
“Hear, there’s heroes and villains in sports activities and leisure and I believe due to my stance on COVID and perhaps another issues, I’ve been solid because the villain, particularly the previous few years and so that’s the manner that a whole lot of issues I mentioned are sometimes interpreted. I’m not upset about that. I don’t really feel like a sufferer in any manner. I don’t have that mentality. That’s high-quality. I truly embrace that position somewhat bit if that’s the way you wish to solid me.
“I did see there have been some feedback that I’m solely enjoying for MVPs and stuff like that. [They] didn’t perhaps fairly see your entire clip of among the stuff I mentioned. I don’t care about that stuff. That doesn’t offend me. This tradition, this woke tradition desires to be offended by all the pieces. You simply log on and discover one thing you don’t agree with. I’m offended. How will you presumably say that? I don’t actually care. I don’t care who it’s coming from or who mentioned it. They’re entitled to their opinion. It won’t be proper, and every so often you gotta get on the air and say, Hey that’s simply not true; let’s tone it again somewhat bit. More often than not you simply gloss over it, who cares? It doesn’t actually matter. As a result of it actually doesn’t matter. It doesn’t have an effect on my day-to-day. I don’t agonize about, ‘Gronk mentioned you shouldn’t fear about MVP.’ I do know Gronk. I really like Gronk. He’s superior. He’s enjoyable vitality to be round.
“However what do they do? When you take the precise sound chew from the precise factor and it’s a station which will or might not have prior to now been dropped at you by Pfizer they gotta ensure that their villain will get solid within the appropriate mild. And whether or not or not they’re sponsored by Pfizer, Moderna or Johnson & Johnson, no matter it is perhaps, if you go up in opposition to a few of these powers that be, put your self within the crosshairs, they’re gonna paint you a sure manner. And that’s what the media did to me a few years in the past. That’s high-quality. That’s their prerogative. That’s what they wished to do. However I believe I responded fairly good in these occasions and I’m glad I went by means of that and something that comes after that, small potatoes.”
I don’t even know the place to start.
First off, always claiming that you just don’t care about rumors and that media studies don’t trouble you if you’re addressing them in such a wacky method clearly signifies you care. Lots. And there isn’t an athlete at this time who likes to play the sufferer greater than Rodgers. Simply learn that quote once more, and inform me that doesn’t sound like somebody who desires to be a martyr.
Secondly, to say that Gronk known as out Rodgers for saying he desires to win MVPs due to woke tradition is extra humorous than something. I imply, Gronk’s primary aim in life is to make as many 69 jokes as potential and spike random issues.
The perfect a part of Rodgers’s diatribe, although, is the implication that Large Pharma is instructing networks to present him damaging protection as a result of he didn’t get the vaccine. It is a QAnon-level conspiracy. However keep in mind all people, Rodgers additionally says he isn’t a sufferer.
And for the file, I used to be not instructed by Pfizer, Moderna or Johnson & Johnson to put in writing this.
2. Talking of conspiracies, there are some actually terrible human beings who’ve tried to push a story that Damar Hamlin actually wasn’t at Sunday’s Bengals-Payments sport, and the individual proven on TV was a clone or physique double.
Kyle Brandt truly requested Payments quarterback Josh Allen about this throughout their weekly interview on Kyle Brandt’s Basement, and Allen was in shock.
3. Come for Travis Kelce singing somewhat Journey, keep for Travis Kelce explaining why he’s an “a–gap” for what he did to Chad Henne throughout the Chiefs’ playoff win in opposition to the Jaguars on Saturday.
4. I informed you in yesterday’s Traina Thoughts that lots of people had been blasting Bengals cornerback Eli Apple over his trash-talking. This tweet from Jets defensive again Sauce Gardner got here in after I revealed, nevertheless it’s so good I needed to publish it at this time.
5. As somebody who has listened to Chris Russo, I do know he doesn’t pronounce something accurately and makes use of the unsuitable phrases each day. I usually marvel what individuals who aren’t conversant in this suppose after they hear him do that on First Take, as he did Wednesday.
6. The most recent SI Media Podcast contains a dialog with former Tremendous Bowl champion and present podcast host Chris Lengthy.
You’ll be able to take heed to the podcast under or obtain it on Apple, Spotify and Google.
It’s also possible to watch the SI Media Podcast on YouTube.
7. RANDOM VIDEO OF THE DAY: In honor of Royal Rumble week, at this time we keep in mind the time Ric Aptitude gained the occasion in 1992 whereas coming into at No. 3, which triggered an all-time meltdown by Bobby “The Mind” Heenan on commentary.
You should definitely catch up on past editions of Traina Thoughts and take a look at the Sports activities Illustrated Media Podcast hosted by Jimmy Traina on Apple, Spotify or Google. It’s also possible to comply with Jimmy on Twitter, Instagram and TikTok.
