Aaron Rodgers has laid down the challenge to Travis Kelce.
Will the Kansas City Chiefs star accept?
Rodgers, who hasn’t played since tearing his Achilles four plays into the New York Jets’ season, has stayed busy with rehab and his weekly guest appearance on The Pat McAfee Show.
Tuesday’s topic naturally turned to the recent tiff between Rodgers and Kelce. Rodgers last week referred to Kelce as “Mr. Pfizer,” a nod to Kelce’s appearance in commercials touting Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine.
Kelce responded to the remark with good humor Friday.
“I thought it was pretty good … Who knew I’d get into the vax wars with Aaron Rodgers? Mr. Pfizer versus the Johnson and Johnson family over there,” Kelce said, in a reference to Jets owner, J&J heir Woody Johnson.
Rodgers told The Pat McAfee Show he wants to kick the “vax war” up a notch. He wants to debate Kelce on the Covid-19 vaccines.
“Well, there’s a lot of propaganda out there,” Rodgers said. “Lot of propaganda out there. Listen, you know, Mr. Pfizer said he didn’t think he’d be in a vaxx war with me. … This ain’t a war, homey, this is conversation. But if you wanna have some sort of duel, debate, have me on the podcast, come on the show. Let’s have a conversation.
“Let’s do it like in John Wick IV, right? So we both have a second, right? So somebody to help us out. I’m gonna take my man RFK, Jr. . . . And he can have, you know, Tony Fauci or some other pharmacrat, and we can have a conversation about this.”
🔥 Aaron Rodgers Challenges Travis "Mr. Pfizer" Kelce to a Vaccine Debate w/ RFK Jr
"Mr. Pfizer said he didn't think he would be in a vax war with me…If you want to have some sort of debate, come on the show…I'm going to take my man RFK Jr…He can have Tony Fauci or some… pic.twitter.com/lKlKfa2FYD
— Chief Nerd (@TheChiefNerd) October 10, 2023
Rodgers said he did not mind Kelce referencing the QB’s ties to vaccine manufacturer Johnson & Johnson through the Jets owner, getting a dig in at Pfizer in the process.
“So I don’t mind you calling me ‘Mr. Johnson & Johnson,'” Rodgers said. “I mean, you know, I made a tiny little joke about a guy shilling for a, you know, potentially — it’s not potentially, but it’s a you know corrupt company and everybody kind of loses their minds over it.”
Now all we need is a time and place for the debate, and some popcorn. Obviously, most fans know enough not to take the advice of an NFL player on the vaccine. Only your personal doctor knows what’s right for your situation.
But this would be fun. Social media had a blast pondering a Rodgers-Kelce vax debate.
The vaxx war between Mr. Pfizer and Johnny Ivermectin is heating up. https://t.co/yK633gfZcz
— ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) October 10, 2023
That's my adult film name…
— Dr.MattCanada (@TheMattCanada) October 10, 2023
Paging Dr. Rogers and Dr. Kelce
Emergency Emergency you are football players not Medical Doctors or Scientists.#NFL
— Limited Everywhere (@LimitedEver12) October 10, 2023
Oh I think @joerogan we have to make this happen and we have to raise money for charity
— Brian Bowen @ ColR (@madartist23x) October 10, 2023
That would be be dope!!! But never happen
— taylor.bit (@ShiftyNighty206) October 10, 2023
That’s awesome. That debate would break the internet.
— Don Rogers (@crashcrew24) October 10, 2023
Looks like Aaron took one too many shots to the head.
— Gary Koepnick (@garykoepnick) October 11, 2023
[Pro Football Talk]
