Aaron Rodgers is quite the opinionated public figure. He took shots at both NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport and ESPN’s Adam Schefter for their reporting surrounding him, and 98.7 ESPN New York’s Peter Rosenberg didn’t like what he heard.
Rodgers told Pat McAfee that NFL insiders “don’t know shit about me” after it was reported he was beginning his four-day “darkness retreat” calling it “fake news”.
“I hope he comes here, he’s a phenomenal player, (but) I hate him,” Rosenberg said during The Michael Kay Show Tuesday. “Is that too strong a word? Should I not use hate? It’s an ugly word, it’s Valentine’s Day, but the overuse of ‘fake news’ is really bothering me.”
Co-host Don La Greca then pondered if it was simply a misunderstanding more than it was a “fake news” report from the NFL insiders.
“Does he really think that everybody is out to get him?” La Greca questioned. “Is it that really big of a deal if he goes in Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday? Is it that big a difference? The question is when is he coming out and when is he making a decision? That’s all anyone cares about.”
“I’ll tell you one thing, he’s gonna be a joy here,” Kay said. “I say that both facetiously and literally. It will be every day. Because he’s the type of guy — and he’s almost on the level of Kyrie — but the difference is Kyrie doesn’t play all the time. Rodgers answers the bell every time, and talks all the time, but he’s just as annoying, just as ‘I’m smarter than you’, than Kyrie has ever been.”
“Kyrie doesn’t have a weekly spot on a radio show where he waxes poetic,” Rosenberg said. “I would go so far to say that if he were to come here, I think it will provide so much content that it might force Michael’s hand to stay on the show. You couldn’t walk away form this. You can’t leave if Aaron Rodgers comes to New York.”
Rosenberg’s statement alludes to rumors that Kay is strongly considering stepping away from his radio program when his contract ends in September. An early January report from The New York Post claims Kay has already informed ESPN New York executives he expects to walk away at the conclusion of the contract.
After his comments about Kay’s future, Rosenberg detailed that “fake news” actually existed and people were duped leading into the 2016 election, and isn’t a catch-all word for things you don’t like.
“It was a real thing that happened. It’s not Ian Rapoport reporting something early that he got from someone. There are times when things are wrong, and when someone got information that turned out to be incorrect, it’s not fake news,” Rosenberg concluded.
