SFGATE columnist Drew Magary writes about Aaron Rodgers' painfully unamusing 'Mr. Pfizer' bit on Pat McAfee's show.
When we last left future NFL Hall of Famer and self-conferred Ph.D. in homeopathy Aaron Rodgers, he was making his triumphant debut as quarterback for the New York Jets, only to have his evening tragically cut short by a ruptured Achilles tendon that he suffered on New York’s opening possession. I lamented Rodgers’ injury on this site because I’m occasionally a decent person and because I don’t like having to watch Zach Wilson play QB any more than you do.
’s Saturday night game, the latter of which I don’t recommend tuning in to. to openly advocate for the anti-vaccine movement and then barely challenging him on any of it. The ethics here get even murkier when you consider that Rodgers doesn’t go on McAfee’s show out of the goodness of his heart. Just today, Andrew Marchand of the New York Post reported that McAfee pays Rodgers to go on his show — and not a small amount. “‘Aaron Rodgers Tuesdays’ and ‘Nick Saban Thursdays’ have become staples of the program and the sports media world.
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