{"id":1615003,"date":"2022-08-18T15:32:11","date_gmt":"2022-08-18T19:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1615003"},"modified":"2022-08-18T15:32:20","modified_gmt":"2022-08-18T19:32:20","slug":"hes-a-four-time-nfl-mvp-and-one-weird-dude","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hes-a-four-time-nfl-mvp-and-one-weird-dude\/","title":{"rendered":"He\u2019s A Four-Time NFL MVP And One Weird Dude"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhes-a-four-time-nfl-mvp-and-one-weird-dude%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1615003&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>At times like these, the world of sports can seem inconsequential, providing little more than the circus portion of the \u201cbread and circuses\u201d craved by any late-stage empire.<\/p>\n<p>With that said, though, we need to talk about Aaron Rodgers. The four-time NFL MVP might just be the best football player on the planet. He\u2019s also one weird dude.<\/p>\n<p>Rodgers briefly became a beacon of freedom and individualism amidst a lockstep league last <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/2021\/11\/05\/aaron-rodgers-coronavirus-vaccines\/\">November<\/a> when he revealed his vaccination status (unjabbed) and then decried the woke mob that subsequently descended upon him with cancellation on their minds. Rodgers had described himself as \u201cimmunized\u201d during a 2021 training camp interview. This was technically accurate, given that he had contracted COVID and had a degree of natural immunity. But the mob, sensing an opportunity for a prominent scalp, seized on that assertion as evidence that Rodgers had lied about his vaccination status and pushed for his banishment from polite society.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In an appearance on \u201cThe Pat McAfee Show,\u201d Rodgers eloquently responded by stating his case, cleverly appropriating the left\u2019s \u201cmy body, my choice\u201d mantra. \u201cI\u2019m not some sort of anti-vax, flat-earther,\u201d Rodgers said. \u201cI believe strongly in bodily autonomy and the ability to make choices for your body, not to have to acquiesce to some sort of woke culture or crazed individuals who say you have to do something.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Left promptly pounced and seized \u2013 something they\u2019re always accusing the Right of doing.<\/p>\n<p>An early-November <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2021\/nov\/06\/aaron-rodgers-covid-interview-vaccine-hesistanccy\">article<\/a> in The Guardian ran the headline: \u201cAnti-vaxxer Aaron Rodgers\u2019 spectacular fall from grace happened in record time.\u201d That article closed with this triumphant assertion: \u201cRodgers will never compete for the title of most-liked player in the league again and he has nobody but himself to blame. Not all defeats in the NFL happen on the field.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Three months later, Rodgers was hoisting his second straight NFL MVP award and fourth overall, even as the vaccine\u2019s reputation for efficacy was imploding like a condemned Vegas casino. Some fall from grace.<\/p>\n<p>Many on our side, so desperate for like-minded souls, adopted the Packers quarterback as one of us after seeing Rodgers\u2019 brave stance as an oasis of sanity in a common-sense desert. And the passage of time proving the poor performance of the vaccine \u2014 embodied by our vaxxed, boosted and COVID-ridden commander in chief \u2014 have largely vindicated Rodgers\u2019 stance.<\/p>\n<p>But Rodgers is anything but a conservative standard-bearer. On the contrary \u2014 the guy is currently letting his freak flag fly. And as usual, conservatives\u2019 knee-jerk embrace of a controversial figure on the basis of some minuscule slice of common ground has backfired.<\/p>\n<p>Rodgers\u2019 personal life, always a source of intrigue due to his estrangement from his family of origin, has taken a turn for the exotic and esoteric.<\/p>\n<p>A serial dater of celebrities \u2014 such as Olivia Munn, Danica Patrick, and Shailene Woodley\u2014 Rodgers has, for the moment, eschewed the celebrity dating game in favor of a mystic woman named \u201cBlu of Earth.\u201d Blu is the founder of a \u201cmodern mystery school for women to reclaim the magical, radically authentic, wise, wild, unapologetic you.<\/p>\n<p>He showed up to training camp looking like Nicolas Cage from \u201cCon Air\u201d and sporting a wildly elaborate left-arm <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/07\/31\/packers-qb-aaron-rodgers-elaborates-on-his-offseason-tattoo\/\">tattoo<\/a> that could be generously described as \u201cmysterious\u201d and less generously as \u201cbizarre\u201d or even \u201cSatanic\u201d \u2014 complete with Zodiac symbols and an all-seeing eye. To add a cherry to this eccentricity sundae, Rodgers recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nfl\/2022\/08\/03\/aaron-rodgers-opens-up-about-psychedelic-use-ayahuasca-mental-health-podcast\">opened up<\/a> about his experiences with the psychoactive drug ayahuasca, citing it as an important component in his journey of healing and self-love. Alrighty then.<\/p>\n<p>So what to make of Rodgers? Icon of freedom or self-absorbed weirdo?<\/p>\n<p>First of all, there\u2019s no denying that Rodgers is great at what he does. He makes throws that no other quarterback can make. While he may suffer in comparisons with Tom Brady due to a relative lack of postseason success, he has labored for his entire career in the NFL\u2019s smallest market (by far) with a franchise that hasn\u2019t exactly broken the bank to surround him with weapons. His excellence has allowed him to pile up the honors \u2014 he\u2019s one MVP award shy of Peyton Manning\u2019s record of five \u2014 while earning the undying respect of his peers and opponents.<\/p>\n<p>And yes, he did take a stand for freedom at some degree of risk to his professional and personal reputation.<\/p>\n<p>My suggestion: Don\u2019t throw out the baby with the bathwater when people like Rodgers are concerned. Embrace those points of agreement where they exist, but don\u2019t fall into the Left\u2019s trap of equating common ground with total endorsement.<\/p>\n<p>Aaron Rodgers is a phenomenal football player and a supporter of personal freedom. That\u2019s enough for me.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Daily Wire.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At times like these, the world of sports can seem inconsequential, providing little more than the circus portion of the \u201cbread and circuses\u201d craved by any late-stage empire. With that said, though, we need to talk about Aaron Rodgers. The four-time NFL MVP might just be the best football player on the planet. 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