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2021 NFL All-Pro Team Voting

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NEW YORK (AP) — The results of The Associated Press 2021 NFL All-Pro balloting as selected by a national panel of 50 media members:

OFFENSE

Quarterback

Aaron Rodgers, Green Bay, 34; Tom Brady, Tampa Bay, 16.

Running Back

Jonathan Taylor, Indianapolis, 50.

Tight End

Mark Andrews, Baltimore, 41; Travis Kelce, Kansas City, 9.

Wide Receiver

Davante Adams, Green Bay, 50; Cooper Kupp, Los Angeles Rams, 50; Deebo Samuel, San Francisco, 21; Justin Jefferson, Minnesota, 20; Ja’Marr Chase, Cincinnati, 9.

Left Tackle

Trent Williams, San Francisco, 46; Rashawn Slater, Los Angeles Chargers, 2; Orlando Brown Jr., Kansas City, 1; Tyron Smith, Dallas, 1.

Right Tackle

Tristan Wirfs, Tampa Bay, 37; Lane Johnson, Philadelphia, 10; Brian O’Neill, Minnesota, 3.

Left Guard

Joel Bitonio, Cleveland, 28; Quenton Nelson, Indianapolis, 13; Joe Thuney, Kansas City, 6; Ali Marpet, Tampa Bay, 2; Rodger Saffold, Tennessee, 1.

Right Guard

Zack Martin, Dallas, 46; Wyatt Teller, Cleveland, 2; Shaq Mason, New England, 1; Brandon Scherff, Washington, 1.

Center

Jason Kelce, Philadelphia, 21; Corey Linsley, Los Angeles Chargers, 11; Creed Humphrey, Kansas City, 10; Ryan Jensen, Tampa Bay, 5; Ryan Kelly, Indianapolis, 3.

DEFENSE

Edge Rushers

T.J. Watt, Pittsburgh, 50; Myles Garrett, Cleveland, 29; Robert Quinn, Chicago, 9; Maxx Crosby, Las Vegas, 6; Nick Bosa, San Francisco, 5; Joey Bosa, Los Angeles Chargers, 1.

Interior Linemen

Aaron Donald, Los Angeles Rams, 50; Cam Heyward, Pittsburgh, 19; Chris Jones, Kansas City, 10; Jeffery Simmons, Tennessee, 10; DeForest Buckner, Indianapolis, 5; Kenny Clark, Green Bay, 2; Vita Vea, Tampa Bay, 2; Jonathan Allen, Washington, 2.

Linebackers

Micah Parsons, Dallas, 46; Darius Leonard, Indianapolis, 44; De’Vondre Campbell, Green Bay, 18; Demario Davis, New Orleans, 10; Roquan Smith, Chicago, 10; Bobby Wagner, Seattle, 7; Lavonte David, Tampa Bay, 3; Matthew Judon, New England, 3; Denzel Perryman, Las Vegas, 2; Foye Oluokun, Atlanta, 2; C.J. Mosley, New York Jets, 1; Jordyn Brooks, Seattle, 1; Devin White, Tampa Bay, 1; Matt Milano, Buffalo, 1; Tremaine Edmunds, Buffalo, 1.

Cornerbacks

Trevon Diggs, Dallas, 33; Jalen Ramsey, Los Angeles Rams, 32; J.C. Jackson, New England, 25; A.J. Terrell, Atlanta, 8; Darius Slay, Philadelphia, 1; Marshon Lattimore, New Orleans, 1.

Safeties

Kevin Byard, Tennessee, 41; Jordan Poyer, Buffalo, 12; Budda Baker, Arizona, 10; Justin Simmons, Denver, 10; Micah Hyde, Buffalo, 10; Derwin James, Los Angeles Chargers, 5; Quandre Diggs, Seattle, 3; Marcus Williams, New Orleans, 3; Adrian Phillips, New England, 2; Antoine Winfield Jr., Tampa Bay, 1; Minkah Fitzpatrick, Pittsburgh, 1; Tyrann Mathieu, Kansas City, 1; Harrison Smith, Minnesota, 1.

SPECIAL TEAMS

Placekicker

Justin Tucker, Baltimore, 40; Daniel Carlson, Las Vegas, 8; Nick Folk, New England, 1; Matt Gay, Los Angeles Rams, 1.

Punter

AJ Cole, Las Vegas, 21; Bryan Anger, Dallas 18; Michael Dickson, Seattle, 5; Logan Cooke, Jacksonville, 3; Sam Martin, Denver, 1; Johnny Hekker, Los Angeles Rams, 1; Cameron Johnson, Houston, 1.

Kick Returner

Braxton Berrios, New York Jets, 27; Andre Roberts, Los Angeles Chargers, 13; Kene Nwangwu, Minnesota, 7; Isaiah McKenzie, Buffalo, 1; Jakeem Grant, Chicago, 1; Devin Duvernay, Baltimore, 1.

Punt Returner

Devin Duvernay, Baltimore, 28; Jakeem Grant, Chicago, 20; Braxton Berrios, New York Jets, 2.

x-Special Teamer

J.T. Gray, New Orleans, 18; Matthew Slater, New England, 10; Ashton Dulin, Indianapolis, 10; Miles Killebrew, Pittsburgh, 3; Matt Adams, Indianapolis, 3; Frankie Luvu, Carolina, 2; E.J. Speed, Indianapolis, 1; Nick Bellore, Seattle 1; Derek Watt, Pittsburgh, 1.

y-Long Snapper

Luke Rhodes, Indianapolis, 22; Josh Harris, Atlanta, 12; Morgan Cox, Tennessee, 4; Trent Sieg, Las Vegas, 4; Nick Moore, Baltimore, 3; Joe Cardona, New England, 3.

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x-one voter did not select a special teamer.

y-two voters did not select long snappers.

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Key points from Aaron Rodgers’ comments about his football future

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Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers spent several minutes during his mid-week press conference on Wednesday discussing his thoughts on his own football future following the 2021 season.

The future is still a “beautiful mystery,” as Rodgers once described it, but the three-time MVP (and potentially soon-to-be four-time MVP) is savoring another incredible regular-season run and keeping his focus on the present. The Packers are 12-3 and in a terrific position to be the No. 1 seed in the NFC. Still, it’s impossible not to have one eye on the future considering the uncertainty of it all.

Some key points from his comments on Wednesday:

– Rodgers is not ruling out retirement after this season but he still believes he can play at a high level and loves competing and playing the game. He even mentioned he’s missed the practice grind while nursing his fractured pinky toe over the last month and a half. “I still can play, I still have a love for the game.”

– Rodgers has enjoyed the process of growing and building a stronger relationship with general manager Brian Gutekunst and appreciates everything the team has done to make real changes this year, including giving him insight on moves that directly affect his job. All the things he’s said about the improving relationship have been “heartfelt and genuine.”

– Rodgers loves playing for Matt LaFleur and the rest of the Packers coaching staff. “They make it fun every single day.”

– Rodgers has loved having Randall Cobb on the team this year. “Having Randall back has made this year exponentially greater for me.”

– Rodgers will have conversations with loved ones and the team following the season and he won’t drag out the process. Regardless of the decision, he expects it to be a quick one. “It won’t be something where I drag it out for months and months.”

– Rodgers said the 2021 season has been one of his favorite in football.

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Aaron Rodgers floats conspiracy theory about Packers coaches

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The Aaron Rodgers toe injury saga doesn’t appear to be losing steam anytime soon.

During Rodgers’ weekly appearance on “The Pat McAfee Show,” the 37-year-old quarterback was asked about reports regarding his pinky toe and whether surgery would be an option. Although the reigning MVP responded to the question, he also speculated if the information coming out had been leaking from somewhere close to home.

“With these reports, I don’t know where they’re coming from, I don’t know who’s talking. It seems like there are certain coaches that may have friends in the media that they don’t realize are actually just trying to report things,” Rodgers said Tuesday.

A.J. Hawk, a former Packers linebacker who co-hosts the show with McAfee, then asked Rodgers if he was referring to Green Bay staffers.

“Oh yeah, A.J., you’ve known about that,” Rodgers replied. “There were guys for a while who had their people who they would leak stuff to.”

Earlier this week, the NFL Network reported that Rodgers would avoid surgery at the moment. The quarterback said Tuesday on McAfee’s show that they will “kind of reassess early next week and make a decision.”

Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers speaks to Pat McAfee (left) and A.J. Hawk (right) on Tuesday’s episode of “The Pat McAfee Show”
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“The surgery would immobilize the toe,” Rodgers also explained Tuesday. “So then there’s, that would be an issue the entire season I’d be dealing with. Now it would avoid any further displacement but it would immobilize the toe, so, we’re hoping that with a couple weeks here we can get enough healing that maybe we can avoid doing that. Now, we’ll reassess, like I said, probably later this week and early next week.”

Rodgers’ health has been under close scrutiny since he tested positive for COVID-19 last month after misleading reporters by saying he was “immunized” from the virus. Rodgers is not vaccinated.

Rodgers missed practices ahead of Sunday’s game against the Rams while dealing with the toe injury. The quarterback added Tuesday that the “ultimate goal” is to not have surgery, as the Packers (8-3) continue to make a playoff push.

Aaron Rodgers during Sunday’s Packers game against the Rams
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And with the Packers currently on a bye this week, Rodgers will likely spend some time off of his feet.

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NFL Power Rankings for Week 11: Patriots finding their groove

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In hindsight, what was the rest of the NFL thinking? 

Letting Bill Belichick get his hands on a quarterback compared to a young Tom Brady without even having to trade up from the No. 15 pick in the 2021 NFL Draft? 

Sooner rather than later, it might be blasphemous that Mac Jones was the fifth quarterback selected in the first round. In the meantime, it looks like Jones is the right person to steer the Patriots out of a one-year irrelevance without Brady and back into the AFC playoffs, where no team wants to line up against Belichick. While the Patriots are rising fast, it seems almost every other team outside of the top two is sinking. 

Here are The Post’s power rankings for Week 11: 

1. Tennessee Titans, 8-2 (1) 

The Titans have won an NFL-best six in a row. More impressively? After slipping past the Saints, the last five wins are against playoff teams from last season, making the Titans only the second team (2003 Eagles) to accomplish that feat. Jeffery Simmons has five sacks in the last two games. Ryan Tannehill ran for and threw for a touchdown. 

Jeffery Simmons sacks Trevor Siemian during the Titans’ 23-21 win over the Saints on Sunday.
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2. Green Bay Packers, 8-2 (2) 

You could look at the Packers’ 17-0 win against the Seahawks (3-0 after three quarters) as Aaron Rodgers struggling without a week of practice in his return from a COVID-19-enforced absence. Or you could look at it as dominant defense holding Kyler Murray, Patrick Mahomes and Russell Wilson to 34 total points in the last three games. Running back Aaron Jones was lost to a MCL injury. 

3. Arizona Cardinals, 8-2 (3) 

Colt McCoy’s magic touch as a backup quarterback for the Giants in 2020 and Cardinals in 2021 disappeared with two first-quarter turnovers, and the Cardinals ran into an emotional buzzsaw in Cam Newton’s first game back with the Panthers. Kyler Murray (ankle) could return next week. DeAndre Hopkins is missed, too. 

4. Dallas Cowboys, 7-2 (7) 

The Cowboys’ two-week wild ride best epitomizes the wide-open state of the NFL right now. One week after trailing the Broncos 30-0 in the fourth quarter, the NFL’s top-ranked offense walloped the Falcons, 43-3, behind defensive coordinator Dan Quinn’s revenge game against a team he coached to the Super Bowl. 

5. Los Angeles Rams, 7-3 (4) 

The Rams added Von Miller, then lost the next game. They added Odell Beckham Jr., then lost the next game. Who will they add this week? Dan Marino? Barry Sanders? Lawrence Taylor? What a golden opportunity to tie the Cardinals wasted in a blowout loss to the 49ers. Sean McVay’s offense looks broken. 

6. New England Patriots, 6-4 (10) 

Jones threw three touchdown passes, including two to Hunter Henry, in a 45-7 rout of the Browns. Henry has seven touchdown catches in the last seven games. Can anyone think of the last great quarterback-tight end duo to play in New England? 

7. Buffalo Bills, 6-3 (9) 

The jokes at the Bills’ expense after a 9-6 loss to the Jaguars can stop now. Turns out they do know how to embarrass a bad team as shown by a 45-17 win against the Jets. An often one-dimensional passing offense showed a new wrinkle with four rushing touchdowns, but the AFC East is no longer theirs for the taking. 

8. Kansas City Chiefs, 6-4 (11) 

How fitting it was that Patrick Mahomes torched the Raiders for five touchdown passes after it was the Raiders who provided a blueprint for slowing down the Chiefs during a win last season. So, the Chiefs – the rare team without a head-scratching loss – are leading the AFC West after too-soon reports of their demise. 

9. Baltimore Ravens, 6-3 (5) 

The Ravens, Buccaneers and Steelers – the next three teams listed – all suffered stunning results. The Dolphins made Lamar Jackson look ordinary by blitzing safeties Jevon Holland (21 times) and Brandon Jones (17) more times than any defensive backs in any game since 2016, according to NextGenStats. The Ravens failed to score at least 14 points for the first time in the last 51 games. 

The Dolphins’ defense bothered Lamar Jackson all night.
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10. Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 6-3 (6) 

The Bucs have lost two straight and are a “very dumb football team,” coach Bruce Arians said. Brady threw two interceptions and the defense allowed a 19-play fourth-quarter touchdown drive to Washington, which avenged its playoff loss. One downfall of fielding an old team is injuries – and the Bucs have too many to list. 

11. Pittsburgh Steelers, 5-3-1 (8) 

12. New Orleans Saints, 5-4 (12) 

13. Indianapolis Colts, 5-5 (15) 

14. Minnesota Vikings, 4-5 (21) 

15. Los Angeles Chargers, 5-4 (13) 

16. San Francisco 49ers, 4-5 (22) 

17. Las Vegas Raiders, 5-4 (16) 

18. Carolina Panthers, 5-5 (25) 

19. Cleveland Browns, 5-5 (14) 

20. Cincinnati Bengals, 5-4 (18) 

21. Philadelphia Eagles, 4-6 (26) 

22. Denver Broncos, 5-5 (17) 

23. New York Giants, 3-6 (23) 

Winners of two of their last three, the Giants have wins over the current No. 6 and No. 7 seeds in the NFC playoffs (Saints and Panthers, respectively). They will draw an angry Tom Brady on “Monday Night Football,” but then the schedule softens, including a slew of offenses that can be contained in the Giants’ defense-first winning formula. 

24. Seattle Seahawks, 3-6 (20) 

25. Washington Football Team, 3-6 (29) 

26. Atlanta Falcons, 4-5 (19) 

27. Chicago Bears, 3-6 (24) 

28. Miami Dolphins, 3-7 (30) 

29. Jacksonville Jaguars, 2-7 (27) 

30. New York Jets, 2-7 (28) 

The Jets have allowed 175 points over the last four games (1-3), which is the second-most in a four-game span by any team since 1970, according to ESPN. The Patriots (54), Colts (45) and Bills (45) made the Jets the first team since the 1966 Giants to give up at least 45 points three times over four games. Yeah, the young defense also is a bad defense. 

31. Houston Texans, 1-8 (31) 

32. Detroit Lions, 0-8-1 (32)

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Green Bay Packers QB Aaron Rodgers asymptomatic from COVID-19, has met return-to-play protocols

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GREEN BAY, Wis. — Aaron Rodgers has remained asymptomatic from COVID-19 and has met the NFL/NFLPA return-to-play protocols, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter.

All that is left now is for the Green Bay Packers to officially activate him by 4 p.m. ET on Saturday in order for him to play Sunday against the Seattle Seahawks at Lambeau Field.

Rodgers concluded his 10-day quarantine required for unvaccinated players who test positive for the virus.

Packers coach Matt LaFleur said Friday Rodgers fully participated in all meetings this week virtually.

“It’s been going great,” Packers coach Matt LaFleur said this week of the preparation for Sunday. “Communication’s been there. He’s been in every meeting. He’s been engaged. So, it’s just he’s not with his guys out on the field. That’s the dynamic that you never know. But we’re fortunate to have a guy that has got a ton of reps under his belt, has played a ton of ball, so we’re pretty confident that provided he checks out well he can go out there and play at a high level.”

Rodgers was not allowed back in the team facility until Saturday but indicated he had been working out on his own. During his weekly appearance on The Pat McAfee show, said Tuesday that he would ramp up his conditioning on his own as the week went on and said he believed there was only a “small possibility” that he would not play Sunday.

“I just do believe there’s a health hurdle that I have to [clear] as far as like movement and sweating and getting into it, making sure my body, especially heart, is fine with physical exertion,” Rodgers said.

Receiver Davante Adams, who returned last week after his positive COVID-19 test, said he noticed a difference in his endurance in his first game back Sunday against the Chiefs.

“I don’t know how it’ll impact Aaron or the quarterback position; it’s much different movements,” Adams said. “But I definitely was a little bit more taxed in the game than I usually would be. It kind of felt like Week 1 all over again.

“Wasn’t anything crazy, and I don’t think it was the COVID that did it. It was more so me stationary, not moving around for 10 days, which doesn’t seem crazy, but when you’re moving every day and getting the conditioning that we get as wideouts, you definitely notice a difference.”

The Packers lost at the Kansas City Chiefs, 13-7, last Sunday in Jordan Love’s first NFL start.

LaFleur prepared Love as if he will start again this week just in case there were issues upon Rodgers’ return.

When asked on Friday whether he expected Rodgers to start, LaFleur said: “Yeah, but you know, a lot of things [can] happen. So just like we told Jordan, ‘You’ve got to be ready to go.’ And if that’s the route we go, then he’ll be ready.”

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Shailene Woodley brags about Aaron Rodgers’ amid COVID drama

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Shailene Woodley bizarrely bragged about how well she knows fiancé Aaron Rodgers’ body — including his nether regions — while shaming an innocent man who was inaccurately ID’d as the NFL player.

The “Big Little Lies” actress took to social media Tuesday to slam Daily Mail for misidentifying the Green Bay Packers quarterback in photos, blasting the outlet for “grasping at straws to disparage Aaron” amid backlash over his COVID-19 vaccine statements.

Woodley, 29, posted screenshots from the story and drew a circle around the mystery man’s feet and added three pink arrows pointing to them.

“i know aaron’s body. VERY well. first off, his feet, ahem and no offense to this rando dude, are a LOT bigger. ;).”

Woodley called it “straight up HILARIOUS” that paparazzi are “finding random f–king men on the streets of la and saying it’s him.”

Woodley alluded to Rodgers’ penis size, saying his feet are actually bigger than the misidentified man’s.
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“literally y’all need to calm the f–k down,” she added.

The “Fault in Our Stars” actress didn’t stop there. She next pointed out the fact that the innocent bystander had bald hands.

The “Fault in Our Stars” actress attempted to defend the quarterback by calling out the innocent bystander on her Instagram Story.
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“also, for those of us who know aaron beyond the worlds of obsessed sport and s–tty media, it’s no secret he has the hairiest hands on the f–king planet. this oblivious homie, clearly, does not. (go ahead, zoom in),” she wrote over a second Instagram Story slide.

Lastly, Woodley went after the man’s car, which obviously was not good enough for Rodgers.

Woodley even mocked the man’s car, saying Rodgers “would never” drive those wheels.
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“also, cute car dude, but aaron would never drive this,” she added.

All of this appears to be “The Spectacular Now” actress’ attempt to defend Rodgers, 37, as he continues to take heat for saying he was “immunized” for COVID when he was never vaccinated at all.

Aaron Rodgers and Shailene Woodley — seen here on vacation with Miles Teller and his wife earlier this year — confirmed their engagement in February.
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Woodley previously took a more subtle defense of her fiancé by posting a cryptic comment on Instagram.

“Calm Seas May Bring You Peace, But Storms Are Where You’ll Find Your Power,” read a quote Woodley shared.

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Jake Tapper Flips Green Bay Packers Nickname Back On Unvaxxed Aaron Rodgers

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Packers quarterback Rodgers this week tested positive for the virus and then admitted he had not received the COVID-19 shot. When called out for acting as if he had been jabbed, the athlete lashed out at the media and spread misinformation in an interview in which he claimed he was “in the crosshair of the woke mob.”

Tapper asked USA Today sports columnist Christine Brennan what she made of Rodgers’ response, given he “was the one who led everyone to believe he had been vaccinated and now he says he’s being targeted by a ‘woke mob,’ which I’m not sure he even knows what ‘woke’ means.”

It was “a huge unforced error” from Rodgers that could impact his attempt to cross over into the entertainment industry after his retirement, said Brennan.

“What a shock,” Brennan added. “What a surprise that this is the guy we thought was so smart and well-read, and turns out that he doesn’t even have the courage or the guts to say that he wasn’t vaccinated, probably because he was fearful of that ‘woke mob,’ and even now, given a chance to explain away his errors, he did not do it.”

“I think we’re seeing a very different side of Aaron Rodgers, and I think we’re seeing a side of Aaron Rodgers that people are really, really disgusted by,” she said. “He sounds like a crackpot.”

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Aaron Rodgers’ vaccine misdirection play smacks of entitlement

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By design, the quarterback is the face of an NFL franchise, and ever since Brett Favre removed his cheesehead, Aaron Rodgers has been the face of the Green Bay Packers, a champion face at that.

Now? Now, you can’t help but think that 1265 Lombardi Avenue is the home office for the two-faced franchise quarterback.

He ran a misdirection play when he told everyone in the summer that he was “immunized,” when he was never vaccinated. Then, after he tested positive for COVID-19, he launched one of his famous Hail Mary’s on Friday, attempting to justify his arrogance and entitlement.

He gambled that he could beat the system — during a pandemic — and had the unmitigated gall and lack of consideration to conduct indoor press conferences this season without a mask, against NFL mandates.

He would have won his gamble if he hadn’t tested positive, and here’s hoping he is well.

None of it is his fault, of course:

Aaron Rodgers
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It’s the media’s fault for not asking a follow-up after he said he had been immunized: Don’t blame me, blame the “woke mob” and “cancel culture.” The media was interested in a “witch-hunt” to identify the unvaccinated.

Yeah, right. Blame everyone else. Keep deflecting.

Longtime NFL agent Leigh Steinberg tweeted the record straight about the NFL’s COVID policy: “This policy has nothing to do with “cancel culture” or “woke”. It was collectively bargained and agreed to by the players for their own protection. It has produced an exciting season with live, non-masked crowds and few unavailable players.”

Apparently Martin Luther King would have approved his stance, or so Rodgers claimed on “The Pat McAfee Show.”

“The great MLK said you have a moral obligation to object to unjust rules and rules that make no sense,” Rodgers told Pat McAfee.

Unjust rules that make plenty of sense, or enough sense, to more than 90 percent of his NFL brethren. Of all times to quote MLK, he chooses this cause?

He claimed he had spoken to a league doctor when the league claims he did not.

He has the right not to be vaccinated. He did his own research? Fine. He’s allergic to something in the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines? OK. He’s concerned about the reports of blood clots from the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. OK. He trusts Joe Rogan more than the scientists? His choice. He is worried about the vaccine’s potential effect on fertility? Unfounded, but to each his own. He believes in “bodily autonomy.” OK. He’s not the only one.

But he has no right to act recklessly and disingenuously and call a misdirection play, and endanger anyone who may have been exposed to him while he brazenly neglected wearing a mask in defiance of the NFL’s COVID policy. Even at a Halloween party. And then make excuses for his behavior.

Let us not forget that he has let his teammates down, because he will not be able to play on Sunday. And he has put his organization in the crosshairs of the NFL at the same time.

“Failure to properly enforce the protocols has resulted in discipline being assessed against individual clubs in the past,” NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said.

Maybe “Jeopardy!” wasn’t the right show for him to host. A remake of “The Twilight Zone” might have been better. Or “Looney Tunes.”

A-Fraud.

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Aaron Rodgers ‘furious’ over vaccination drama

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Aaron Rodgers is reportedly not happy after news got out that he is unvaccinated against COVID-19.

A league source told Pro Football Talk that Rodgers is privately “furious” after his true vaccine status was outed.

On Wednesday, news of the Packers’ quarterback testing positive for the virus rocked the NFL. In August, Rodgers told reporters he was “immunized” – but after his positive test, he entered the protocol for unvaccinated players.

The reigning NFL MVP has been under fire for accusations that he lied to reporters, or at least tried to mislead them with his “immunized” claim.

Rodgers has yet to address the situation publicly, and reportedly continues to engage with the Packers via Zoom while he’s isolated.

The 37-year-old will be out for a minimum of 10 days, even if he tests negative for the virus, due to his unvaccinated status. He could return in Week 10, when Green Bay plays host to the Seahawks.

Rodgers reportedly opted to receive an alternative “homeopathic treatment” from his personal doctor to raise his antibody level.

Aaron Rodgers
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It’s unclear when he underwent the treatment, but the quarterback reportedly contacted the NFL to request a review of his alternative treatment to seek approval as a vaccinated player. Though, the NFL and NFLPA jointly agreed that the treatment was not enough to be considered vaccinated.

Meanwhile, the Packers and the NFL have been accused of looking the other way when it came to Rodgers, who has done press conferences without a mask – against protocol for unvaccinated players.

Backup Jordan Love, whom the Packers drafted in 2020, will replace Rodgers in Sunday’s game against the Chiefs.

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Stephen Colbert Turns Aaron Rodgers’ Vaccine Lie Into An Extremely Dirty Joke

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Stephen Colbert had a very uncomfortable thought after it was revealed this week that Green Bay Packers star Aaron Rodgers lied about getting vaccinated for the coronavirus.

Rodgers declared in August that he had been “immunized” against the virus. But after he tested positive this week, the NFL Network reported that he was not, in fact, vaccinated. Rodgers had taken a homeopathic remedy in hopes that the league would accept that instead.

“My Goop senses are tingling,” Colbert said, referring to actor Gwyneth Paltrow’s wellness company, which sells, among other things, jade eggs to insert into one’s vagina for “squeezing and releasing” exercises.

“I’m no expert, but I’m guessing it’s a lot easier just to play football with a shot in your arm than a jade egg stuck where the sun don’t shine,” Colbert said. “Then again, they are called the Packers.”

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