NFL Reporter Attacks Aaron Rodgers, Questions Football Dedication & Political Views
Aaron Rodgers is currently not at mandatory minicamp for the New York Jets, and that's opened up a world of speculation within the NFL community.
As OutKick's Armando Salguero reported on Tuesday, Rodgers is one of two Jets players who are currently on "unexcused absence" from camp, along with edge defender Haason Reddick.
"Aaron and I spoke before OTAs started," Jets coach Robert Saleh said, according to Salguero. "He's been very good in communications. He's been here the entire time. It's unexcused, but he had an event that was very important to him, which he communicated."
Rodgers is entering his 20th season in the NFL, so he probably doesn't need too many reps in June. That being said, he played only a few snaps with the team last year, so the more time he spends with his teammates, the better. But it's a give-and-take.
An NFL "reporter" accused Aaron Rodgers of loving "conspiracy theories" more than football as the quarterback is away from New York Jets camp.
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Criticizing Rodgers for not showing up to his team's camp is certainly fair game for the NFL media. As Salguero wrote, it's not a good look. We can mostly all agree with that.
However, one particular NFL "reporter" by the name of Jason La Canfora, decided to take aim at Rodgers' political views to criticize the quarterback.
"If only Aaron Rodgers cared about football as much as he did conspiracy theories and anti-science the Jets might have a fighting chance," La Canfora posted. "Oh well. Same as it ever was."
La Canfora did not elaborate on Rodgers' "anti-science" takes, though many in the left-wing media have accused this of him since the start of COVID.
It turns out, though, that Rodgers was more right about COVID than many of the scientists that Americans were told to listen to, and he certainly got more right than the left-wing media.
If you need proof that La Canfora subscribes to left-wing ideology (if the Rodgers post wasn't enough), let's take a look at his social media presence since that post.
La Canfora posted about Rodgers around 11:00 a.m. ET on Wednesday. Since then, he re-posted a story from the Washington Post and an entire segment from an MSNBC broadcast.
The MSNBC segment accuses the "right-wing" of spreading "misinformation." That's interesting because La Canfora was replaced on a CBS show, NFL Today, two years ago.
Many speculated it was because of his reputation for getting things wrong in the NFL world. There are several message boards dedicated to documenting the many things he's gotten wrong in his career, dating back over a decade.
So, yeah, the guy that thinks there's "misinformation" being spread is notorious for spreading misinformation. Ironic, huh?
Perhaps La Canfora might want to have some self-awareness before he jumps on social media to criticize someone else for their "incorrect" beliefs.