Aaron Rodgers has never been shy about making noise, and in Pittsburgh that has only added to the spotlight on the Steelers. The attention has come from the field as much as from everything around it: the team has been good, not great, under Rodgers, finishing with a postseason berth before getting blown out by the Texans in the wild-card round.
But Rodgers’ presence has also kept the conversation drifting toward his opinions, which have long made him one of the league’s most controversial figures. His willingness to attach himself to conspiratorial ideas has become part of the story, and now one of his teammates seems to be leaning into that same lane.
DK Metcalf said he has a taste for conspiracy theories too, according to The Athletic’s Jonathan Jones.
“Yeah, I’m a big conspiracy theorist,” Metcalf said. “Shout out to my quarterback.”
Rodgers, at 42, has built a reputation as the NFL’s most recognizable conspiracist. He has become a strange but familiar presence in the league’s long list of quarterback side stories, with his ayahuasca use, talk of running for vice president and criticism of former government officials all helping fuel that image.
Metcalf’s own theories sound less loaded, but they are still firmly in the conspiracy bucket. His biggest questions center on Antarctica, which he described as something more than just a frozen continent.
“I think it’s another world,” Metcalf said. “I think there is another civilization inside of Earth.
“You can go to Alaska. You could go to the North Pole.
But why not Antarctica? Why can’t you just book a trip to Antarctica?”
That last part isn’t quite right in the real world, since tourists can travel there, even if commercial flights don’t go directly into Antarctica. Ships can take visitors through the Antarctic Peninsula, and scientists can also reach research stations on the continent by plane.
Still, Metcalf’s suspicion didn’t stop there. He also questioned why world leaders would meet there.
“Why is there a secret meeting - well, it’s not secret,” Metcalf said, “but why is there a meeting between every world leader of every country in Antarctica, specifically?”
There is no evidence that such a gathering has happened. And if one ever did, the paper trail would probably be gone anyway.
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