Aaron Rodgers suggests vax status reason why people rooted against Packers, hopes to have been inspirational

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Aaron Rodgers on Tuesday addressed the failures of the Green Bay Packers’ season following the team’s playoff loss at home to the San Francisco 49ers over the weekend.

Rodgers appeared in his weekly spot on "The Pat McAfee Show" and spoke at length about why he felt people were rooting against him and the Packers during the season and expanded more on his views when it comes to the coronavirus pandemic and the reaction some had to his decision to be unvaccinated against COVID-19.

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Green Bay Packers' Aaron Rodgers throws during the first half of an NFC divisional playoff NFL football game against the San Francisco 49ers Saturday, Jan. 22, 2022, in Green Bay, Wis. (AP Photo/Aaron Gash)

"There were a ton of people tuning in, rooting against us for one reason and one reason only: it’s because of my vaccination status and them wanting to see us lose so they could pile on and enjoy and revel in the fact that my vaccination status was some sort of reason we haven’t had the success in the playoffs or whatever it might be. Some sort of correlation," Rodgers told co-hosts Pat McAfee and A.J. Hawk.

"I think to have the perspective of the entire year dealing with this and knowing that this was coming down the pipe at some point with the amount of guys that did get COVID throughout the year. I knew there was a possibility that I would have to make comments about my own personal status and possibly be in the fire from it all."

The perennial 2021 MVP candidate said he felt "empathy" for those who were caught up in a state of fear around the pandemic and blamed the media for pedaling some of that fear.

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