Although he wanted to get back to sports after his borderline vaccination statements, Aaron Rodgers of the Green Bay Packers is taking some criticism. He remains the target of verbal attacks ahead of Sunday’s clash with the Seattle Seahawks.

Munich – After radio legend Howard Stern and the comedy show “Saturday Night Live”, the next US superstar is working off Aaron Rodgers.

Jimmy Kimmel grills Aaron Rodgers

Jimmy Kimmel, who hosts the hit talk show “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”, took a nasty dig at the Green Bay Packers quarterback via “Twitter.” In doing so, Kimmel picked up on a highly borderline sentence by Rodgers, which he uttered in an interview on the “Pat MacAfee Show”.

“If vaccination is so great, why are people still getting covid with it?” the Packers playmaker asked provocatively at the time. The talk show host now glibly countered, “The same reason you’re playing so great but the Packers haven’t won a Super Bowl in ten years. “

For the same reason you’re great and Green Bay hasn’t won the Super Bowl in ten years pic.twitter.com/Y7hZz808Hl

– Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) November 10, 2021

The tweet has now been liked over 50,000 times and retweeted over 7000 times. Rodgers is unlikely to be happy about the renewed criticism in his direction. It was already revealed last week that the 37-year-old was not expecting such a shitstorm.

Rodgers to return against Seattle Seahawks

The Green Bay Packers quarterback fell out of favour with some fans last week because he spoke sceptically about the Corona virus vaccine in an interview. He listed some dubious reasons and faced a lot of backlash as a result.

In particular, the fact that he had not made it clear enough before the start of the season that he had not been vaccinated against the virus and still enjoyed the privileges of a vaccinated player further inflamed the mood. The league’s penalties for Rodgers and the Packers, which many felt were too lenient, were apparently not the end of the story.

Rodgers could provide a distraction with athletic performances next weekend. If the superstar can produce a negative test on Saturday, there is nothing standing in the way of his return to the squad on Sunday against the Seattle Seahawks.