With the NFL regular season drawing to a close and the playoffs just around the corner, there is an honor that has people talking: who will be named the MVP of this season?
The main contender, despite the controversy surrounding him this season, is Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, but he did not seem completely convinced during Tuesday’s appearance in The Pat McAfee Show. Instead, he suggested that something could affect his chances of a recurrence.
“Let’s not put the cart before the horse,” Rodgers said.
“We did it last year,” McAfee recalled, but the Green Bay caller responded that last year’s campaign was different. This season, Rodgers said, “certain states could come into play.”
Rodgers is likely hinting that voters will not choose him due to his COVID-19 vaccination status and the public fallout in recent weeks. He had previously revealed on the show that he was not vaccinated after saying he was “immunized” when asked during a press conference in August.
Rodgers stated during his appearance in early November on The Pat McAfee Show who has an allergy to one of the ingredients used in Moderna and Pfizer vaccines, leaving the Johnson & Johnson vaccine as the only other option.
He also expressed his thoughts on the NFL and NFLPA COVID-19 guidelines prior to the latest update, expressing his problem specifically with having to be masked at press conferences as an unvaccinated player.
“Some of the rules for me are not based on science at all,” Rodgers said in early November. “They are based solely on trying to embarrass people. Like having to wear a mask on a podium when everyone in the room is vaccinated and wearing a mask doesn’t make sense to me.
“If you got vaccinated to protect yourself from a virus that I don’t have as an unvaccinated person, why are you worried about anything it might give you?”
Prevea Health later announced that it ended its association with Aaron Rodgers less than a day after his initial chaotic appearance on the show.
Despite the off-field controversy, Rodgers has been racking up MVP-caliber numbers this season, throwing for 3,977 yards and 35 touchdowns with just four interceptions.
As another season wraps up, the question was raised about the state of Rodgers’ future with the Packers. He had previously revealed that he had not yet ruled out retirement, and in The Pat McAfee Show On Tuesday he mentioned that he has already spent a lot of time playing the game he loves.
“I didn’t start playing until eighth grade, obviously four years in high school, I played three in college,” Rodgers said.[This is] my 17 [year in the NFL]. At some point, you know, the ride stops and you have to get off. “
“You know, I think you want to keep playing, keep walking, keep having, you know, cognitive brain function when you’re done playing. Those are important. I’ve really tried this year to stay in the present as much as possible. “
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Eddie is an Australian news reporter with over 9 years in the industry and has published on Forbes and tech crunch.