Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers didn't just call out ESPN this week, he put the network on blast.
While on "The Pat McAfee Show" this Monday, Rodgers went on a plethora of different rants that didn't even involve sports. The future Hall of Famer mostly focused on Dr. Anthony Fauci, calling him an "absolute coward" for his antics during last week's Senate hearing.
Rodgers then ripped ESPN for how they cover certain topics.
"How much time did the network spend on that?" Rodgers said. "How much time do they spend on my responses every week? On my vaccination status, on Taylor [Swift] and Travis [Kelce’s] wedding? Did they do even a minute? Did they do even a minute on Tony Fauci? No, I bet they didn’t."
Rodgers also criticized ESPN for not covering the messy situation involving Dianna Russini and Mike Vrabel.
"How much time did your network spend on that?" the four-time MVP continued. "Like, you have literally an individual that maybe used to work at ESPN that covers our league at the highest level, and there’s a major scandal, and it’s just, like, nobody can [expletive] talk about it. What are we even doing here?"
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No comment from ESPN.
Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk said the NFL has refused to respond to Rodgers' harsh remarks.
"ESPN had no comment about the things he said about ESPN on ESPN," Florio said. "It's almost like that moment in 'Goodfellas' where Robert De Niro throws up his hands and says, 'What is the world coming to?' That ended very differently, but what is the world coming to where you'll platform a guy who attacks you and take it all because you have this view where we must have this propety in this window that can do whatever it wants."
It's possible the NFL is staying silent to avoid damaging Pat McAfee's connection with Rodgers.
Make no mistake though, ESPN can't be thrilled about Rodgers openly dissing them on their own show.
