By Mark Gray
4:00am PDT, Mar 16, 2024
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Is he running a fake, or is this a real thing?
On March 12, The New York Times reported that Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is considering Aaron Rodgers as his running mate… the same Aaron Rodgers who is currently the quarterback of the New York Jets and, like RFK Jr., openly questions the effectiveness of vaccines. Former professional wrestler Jesse "The Body" Ventura is also being considered. Both men are said to be open to the idea of joining RFK Jr.'s ticket.
After the news made headlines, many in the entertainment and sports broadcasting world couldn't contain their feelings. Click through to see how some of the biggest names are reacting to the possibility of Vice President Rodgers…
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"So, if I am to understand this correctly, the #Jets have devoted their entire franchise to the cause of making it work around Aaron Rodgers, and he just might be running for vice president. This is going to be the greatest 30 for 30 of all time," ESPN's Mike Greenberg wrote on X.
He added, "By the way — a 40 year old Aaron Rodgers coming off an Achilles tear campaigning for the vice presidency six days a week would still be the best quarterback the #Jets have had in decades."
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"I'm not sure that, from my perspective, this is anywhere near reality. I am bummed out about that." —Pat McAfee
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"Can somebody make sense of this because I can't. Of all the people in the nation to be next in line to the presidency, RFK believes the best person is the guy who claims to have invented putting toothpaste directly into your mouth?" —Michael Ian Black
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"Jesse Ventura [was] elected Minnesota governor when I was a senior in high school and all my idiot 18-year-old friends were like, 'Yeah, Jesse 'The Body'! This is funny! Let's vote for him!' And he won. So don't laugh! Don't laugh at the idea of Aaron Rodgers as vice president. This is one of those 'George Costanza driving to the Poconos' moments where it's like, 'I'm really gonna go be vice president!' Anything can happen" —NFL Network reporter Tom Pelissero
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"The Aaron Rodgers jokes on twitter give me hope for society. Lots of funny, clever people on this hellsite." —FS1's Colin Cowherd, on X
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"Ohhhh, Aaron bouta become the VP… That's why he ain't been answering my text messages" —Jets DB Sauce Gardner
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"What better place than New York. You think that happens if he stays in Green Bay? No. The cheeseheads would not allow it. You know who would allow it? The New York Jets. I would be in [Jets General Manager] Joe Douglas's office today saying, 'Joseph, these people but me on this ballot. I still wanna play quarterback. We gotta change the schedule because we got a campaign.'" —Former Steelers safety Ryan Clark
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"It's Aaron Rodgers. The universe knows that we can't go one day without talking about this man. And what better way can we celebrate the offseason than talk of Aaron Rodgers possibly being in control of having anything to do with this government? It's so bananas, watch it happen." —ESPN's Kimberly Martin
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"If we're gonna go full blown crazy as a country, let's go ahead and do it. Remember when we said politics weren't going to infiltrate sports… Now the walls cave in and the New York Jets quarterback is being mentioned with Jesse Ventura"—"South Beach Sessions" host Dan Le Batard
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"As long as he's not Surgeon General" —NFL Network anchor Andrew Siciliano
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"In the history of the league, what head coach has ever had to entertain the fact that I'm fighting for my life and our franchise quarterback might be on the presidential ticket. There is no blueprint." —Louis Riddick on ESPN
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"Please pick Aaron Rodgers. I'll have column writing material for the next 5 years." —The Atlantic's Jemele Hill
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"RFK JR WANTS AARON RODGERS TO BE HIS VP: So we call it The Brain Damage and Afraid of Vaccine Needles Ticket?" —Keith Olbermann
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"It's official: Aaron Rodgers is completely out of his mind!" —Former WFAN host Mike Francesa
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"Aaron Rodgers has the chance to do the funniest thing" —"That's What She Said with Sarah Spain" host Sarah Spain
