Jake Tapper Flips Green Bay Packers Nickname Back On Unvaxxed Aaron Rodgers

CNN s Jake Tapper on Friday suggested Aaron Rodgers was creating a new definition for the term Cheesehead the nickname for fans of the Green Bay Packers with his wild coronavirus vaccine claims.

Packers quarterback Rodgers this week tested positive for the virus and then admitted he had not received the COVID-19 shot. When called out for acting as if he had been jabbed, the athlete lashed out at the media and spread misinformation in an interview in which he claimed he was in the crosshairs of the woke mob.

Tapper asked USA Today sports columnist Christine Brennan what she made of Rodgers response, given he was the one who led everyone to believe he had been vaccinated and now he says hes being targeted by a woke mob, which Im not sure he even knows what woke means.

\"This is the guy we thought was so smart and well-read and turns out that he doesn't even have the courage or the guts to say that he wasn't vaccinated... I think we're seeing a side of Aaron Rodgers that people are really, really disgusted by.\"

- @cbrennansports pic.twitter.com/sXfH0lAm1Z

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"This is the guy we thought was so smart and well-read and turns out that he doesn't even have the courage or the guts to say that he wasn't vaccinated... I think we're seeing a side of Aaron Rodgers that people are really, really disgusted by."

- @cbrennansports pic.twitter.com/sXfH0lAm1Z
The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) November 5, 2021

It was a huge unforced error from Rodgers that could impact his attempt to cross over into the entertainment industry after his retirement, said Brennan.

Rodgers guest-hosted Jeopardy! in episodes that aired in April.

What a shock, Brennan added. What a surprise that this is the guy we thought was so smart and well-read, and turns out that he doesnt even have the courage or the guts to say that he wasnt vaccinated, probably because he was fearful of that woke mob, and even now, given a chance to explain away his errors, he did not do it.

I think were seeing a very different side of Aaron Rodgers, and I think were seeing a side of Aaron Rodgers that people are really, really disgusted by, she said. He sounds like a crackpot.