Aaron Rodgers had plenty on his mind when he surfaced on “The Pat McAfee Show” on Monday, and he wasted little time getting into it.
With McAfee broadcasting live from Pittsburgh Steelers training camp, Rodgers spent part of the appearance talking about the Steelers’ upcoming season. But before that, he veered into a long rant aimed at TV networks, Dr. Anthony Fauci and, briefly, ESPN’s handling of the Mike Vrabel-Dianna Russini scandal.
Rodgers, who has not been a regular presence on McAfee’s show anymore, opened with a joke when McAfee first pressed him.
“I plead the fifth,” Rodgers joked when first answering McAfee’s question.
From there, Rodgers turned his focus to the way networks covered his own COVID-19-related comments compared with Fauci’s recent government hearing.
“How much time did they spend on my responses every week, on my vaccination status, on Taylor and Travis's wedding?” he asked. “Did they do even a minute on Tony Fauci?”
He made clear he still believes he was on the right side of the argument.
“I told you I would be on the right side of history,” Rodgers said to McAfee.
“I feel great about it..
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- Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) August 3, 2026
Later in the rant, Rodgers shifted to ESPN and the coverage around the Mike Vrabel-Dianna Russini scandal, saying the network did not give it the same attention it had given his situations.
“How much time did your network spend on that?” he asked.
The McAfee crew quickly steered the conversation back toward Fauci, but Rodgers had already made his point. After spending much of the last half-decade in the middle of the sports conversation, he sounded very much like someone who still has a score to settle.
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