After so much fog surrounding Aaron Rodgers’ future in the NFL, he finally made the big announcement on The Pat McAfee Show today.
The quarterback cleared the air, saying:
“Since Friday, I made it clear my intention was to play and to play for the New York Jets, and I haven’t been holding anything up at this point.
It’s the compensation that the Packers are trying to get and digging their heels in for me… The Packers want to move on and have let me know that in so many words.”
"Since Friday my intention was to play for the New York Jets.. it's the compensation that's holding things up" ~ @AaronRodgers12#PMSLive pic.twitter.com/p7i0QBo2qQ
— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) March 15, 2023
So, Rodgers is gonna be a Jet. This is big time news for Jets fans, considering they had their best season in a while this past season, all while having awful quarterback play. Now, they have a proven, future Hall of Famer coming their way, so the anticipation is through the roof.
Needless to say, everybody and their brother has weighed in on the announcement, with several bringing up unique moments throughout Rodgers’ career.
However, perhaps the most prominent moment that’s resurfaced, is the QB’s thoughts on 9/11, considering he’ll be playing in New York (I know, the Jets technically play in New Jersey, whatever).
In case you don’t know what I’m talking about, I’m referring to the time former Packers backup QB DeShone Kizer brought up a wild story about the time Rodgers asked him if he “Believed in 9/11.”
Kizer told TMZ Sports:
“He shut the door and the first thing that comes out of Aaron Rodgers’ mouth was, ‘Do you believe in 9/11?’
What? Yeah, why wouldn’t I? He was like, ‘You should read up on that.’
Okay… now we start learning up about the playbook and stuff, and I was like, ‘Wow I don’t know where this is going.’ But what it ended up being was a real thought experiment where he wanted me to go back and look into some of the conspiracies around it.
It provoked a lot of great conversation and really bonded over that and we started sharing some books… we got into history and business and finance.”
And as much as people use this clip to bash Rodgers, Kizer seems to be convinced. He finished it saying:
“Y’all are laughing, do your research. I’m telling you, do your research… you guys are laughing, it sounds like jokes.”
This Deshone Kizer interview by Adam Breneman has some absolutely buck-wild stories about Aaron Rodgers and conspiracies https://t.co/lr2gsjdiIn pic.twitter.com/Pp4Wm2Meq4
— Arif Hasan, but NFL 🏈 (@ArifHasanNFL) November 29, 2022
Yeah, right up Aaron’s alley pretty much.
So naturally, Twitter has to come with the jokes:
“Before I announce which team I’ll be playing for, let’s talk about what really happened on 9/11” – Aaron Rodgers probably
— braniac dumb-dumb (@troyd_hill) March 15, 2023
Aaron Rodgers 9/11 truther arc let's goooooooo
— mitch cumstein (alpha male) (@mustachetoilet) March 15, 2023
What’s the over/under on days before Aaron Rodgers shares his 9/11 conspiracy theory?
— Jon (@JWag85) March 15, 2023
I want Aaron Rodgers to drop a 9/11 conspiracy on a podcast by 3rd week of the NFL season when he’s a Jet.
— Gil (@_PapoLuca) March 15, 2023
Aaron Rodgers is a 9/11 truther and he’s about to become a NY Jet pic.twitter.com/YlMoznVwy3
— Brian Gaughan (@BGaughan719) March 14, 2023
Who's ready for "investigate 9/11" big pharma conspiracy Aaron Rodgers taking paychecks from the heir to Johnson & Johnson while throwing passes in New York?
— Sephzilla (@Sephzilla) March 15, 2023
Aaron Rodgers @AaronRodgers12 walking into NY Jets locker room for the first time “So what do you guys think of 9/11?” pic.twitter.com/Rd7tiQFTdW
— Kyle (@K_Kreul) March 14, 2023
Aaron Rodgers has to sign with the Jets then tweet his 9/11 theories that he was telling his Green Bay teammate
— Elvis Freshley (@50shadezoftae) March 15, 2023
Can’t wait for the first member of the New York media ask Aaron Rodgers who is responsible for 9/11
— HVAC Repairman 🧚♀️ (@HVACRepairman) March 11, 2023
Should be fun…
You can watch the whole conversation from The Pat McAfee Show, here:
