The New York Jets ended a four-game losing streak with a 32-25 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday. Quarterback Aaron Rodgers had one of his best games of the season: He threw for 289 yards and three touchdowns without any turnovers.

Just like last week, Rodgers made an appearance on ESPN’s “The Pat McAfee Show” on Tuesday after the win. The four-time NFL MVP criticized the sports media in his segment last Tuesday for how coverage has changed during his playing career. He said some of the pundits on sports shows have opinions that are “unfounded or stupid” and “think they are the stars now.”

ESPN NFL analyst and 13-year NFL veteran Ryan Clark responded to Rodgers’ criticism on the network’s “First Take” show last Friday. Clark called him “a fraud,” “deaf,” “ignorant,” and argued that Rodgers was doing exactly what he accuses others of doing: getting paid to say “stupid things.”

Here’s what Rodgers had to say about Clark’s criticism on Tuesday.

Aaron Rodgers’ response to Ryan Clark

Rodgers spent an hour on “The Pat McAfee Show” discussing topics such as drones in New York, the Jets’ win over Jacksonville, the latest on the Jets’ search for a general manager, the NFL MVP race, the NFC Division races and his Netflix documentary and the College Football Playoff.

After that hour, McAfee began to say “Ladies and gentlemen, Aaron Rodgers” before Rodgers interrupted him.

“I’m not done yet,” he said, to which McAfee replied, “Oh (expletive).”

Rodgers then went into what he described as “just a quick PSA reminder” for the show.

“Say whatever you want about me, I don’t care, but before you do it, just state your (vaccination) status, whether you say your name, your awards, pronouns or whatever you say say it will be put into perspective afterwards,” he said. “Just get it out there.”

He didn’t name anyone individually on ESPN or elsewhere, but continued to emphasize vaccination status.

“Then when you say things about me, people can at least say, ‘Oh, you’re caught up in the multimillion-dollar Skyhawk propaganda and you’re still upset about it,'” he continued. “Just so everyone knows where you’re coming from, everyone knows, ‘Okay, cool, you’ve been vaccinated twice (with) Moderna and you’ve had three boosters,’ and then say whatever you want to say, whatever.”

McAfee and co-host AJ Hawk both said this would help the network, likely referencing comments made by Clark and others at ESPN.

“I don’t care,” Rodgers continued. “I’m just saying a PSA, please help anyone who’s wondering, ‘Where did this come from?’ Myself included… do a little research and then you’ll know where it all comes from. You’re trapped, you’re vaccinated, and then you say whatever the fuck you want to say about me (because I couldn’t). Add two (expletives).”

Rodgers ended by asking members of the media to publish their vaccination status in their bios instead of their awards “because the issue was so important to (them) during the COVID years.”

He then referred solely to Clark, saying, “You don’t just need a brooch with your initials on it.” Clark wore a gold lapel with his initials “RC” during his appearance on “First Take,” in which he expressed Rodgers’ assessment of the sports media criticized.

“Put your (vaccination) status there too,” he said.

Minutes later, Rodgers said his comments appeared to have “touched a nerve” in the sports media.

“What I meant to say is that most of you, no one remembers your career,” he said. “No one remembers.” Imagine, in five or ten years, you won’t remember my career either… In five or ten years, when people forget my career, I don’t have to find relevance, um to be on television. So all I’m saying is: be humble when talking about men.

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After he finished, McAfee tried to clarify reports that his company paid Rodgers for his appearances. Rodgers said minutes earlier that he hadn’t taken “a dollar” from the show this year.

“Given the amount of time and effort you spent on our company those Tuesdays and the value it brought, I felt compelled to give you money,” McAfee said. “I felt an obligation deep in my soul to pay someone whose worth is what they are… Since the whole thing was thrown at me, I was so confused… I had no idea it would be viewed negatively.”

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Ryan Clark’s response to Aaron Rodgers

Clark responded on social media to Rodgers’ recent comments on “The Pat McAfee Show.”

“Man I wish @PatMcAfeeShow would have let him keep going! It just turned out well,” Clark wrote. “I don’t know about the vax stuff, but damn, he almost put a name on it. By the way, it’s a pin!!”

Clark added that he doesn’t have a problem with McAfee’s show or the host paying Rodgers for his appearances, but he does have a problem with Rodgers “acting like he’s not being paid to do exactly what the people he speaks of do.”

The ESPN analyst went on to say he would like to clear up any rumors of jealousy surrounding his view of McAfee and the show.

“I just want to talk to (McAfee) because I have said nothing negative about him and have spoken without any ill intent,” Clark wrote on X, formerly Twitter. “So it’s confusing that he’s interfering on Aaron’s behalf when he calls me jealous or thinks I’m attacking his business model.”

Clark ended his responses on social media by saying he has the Pivot Podcast nominated for a 2024 Sports Emmy in the Outstanding Hosted Edited Series category.

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