As a team, the Jets have tied their Super Bowl hopes to Rodgers—and to their ability to give him what he wants. Which, perhaps above all else, is to be his own man. The Jets have given Rodgers input on decisions about coaching hires and personnel moves. It's a level of influence that's rare, even for a star player.
This is the main story of our times. This is the individual versus the institution," said Jon Ronson, a British documentarian who has spent decades studying conspiracy theory culture, who I interviewed for this podcast.
Just a couple of years ago, Aaron Rodgers almost hosted Jeopardy! Now he's spouting conspiracy theories. It's a strange circumstance for the NFL and its fans, to try to square the Jets' star savior quarterback with the anti-establishment ideologue.
Because of his outspokenness on various controversial issues, notably vaccines, and his close relationship with former presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Rodgers could be dragging the NFL back into the culture wars during an election year-and once again revealing the ever-blurring line between athlete and public intellectual.
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