Stephen A. Smith BLASTS Packers QB Aaron Rodgers
The outspoken host didn't hide his feelings.
The Green Bay Packers are riding high atop the NFC North with a pristine 7-1 record, having rattled off seven consecutive victories after their disappointing Week 1 setback against the New Orleans Saints. And leading the way is quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who is enjoying another terrific season under center for Green Bay after his future in the Frozen Tundra appeared murky at best.
However, they'll be without his services this weekend against the Kansas City Chiefs. The team announced that Rodgers has tested positive for COVID-19 and is currently in isolation. The NFL is also looking into how the Packers handle their COVID-19 protocols, as Rodgers hasn't worn a mask while in the media auditorium.
And ESPN host Stephen A. Smith took Rodgers to task, holding nothing back.
"Aaron Rodgers is a liar. Period," Smith said Thursday during "First Take."
"He through his teeth with a smirk on his face regarding a matter that is very, very serious. OK, you lied about that so what else did you lie about? Lied about [Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst]? Lied about what was going on about the Green Bay Packers? What else have you been lying about? Because you did it with such ease, such fluidity. It was just very, very impressive and it was slick as hell.
"’Immunized. … You didn’t take the Pfizer, the Moderna, Johnson & Johnson and, according to the NFL, that means you’re not considered vaccinated. You knew this but never said anything. The Packers are culpable too because they knew it. And you were still addressing the media without wearing a mask. You weren’t following NFL protocols."
"Aaron Rodgers wanted the best of both worlds. He didn’t want to follow the protocol but at the same time he didn’t tell everybody that he was required to follow the protocol because he gave the impression that he was vaccinated. I don’t like sitting here and saying that. I love me some Aaron Rodgers. Everybody knows that. I religiously and continuously … have come to this man’s defense time and time and time again. But you lied, and you were slick with it."
