Aaron Rodgers fired back at Hub Arkush, the MVP voter who said he wouldn’t vote for the Packers quarterback because he is the “biggest jerk in the league.”
When asked about it, Rodgers didn’t mince a single word about what he thought about the guy.
“I think he’s a bum,” Rodgers told reporters Wednesday. “I think he’s an absolute bum. He doesn’t know me. I don’t know who he is. No one knew who he was, probably, until yesterday’s comments.
“I listened to his comments, but to say he had his mind made up in the summertime, in the offseason, that I had zero chance of winning MVP, in my opinion should exclude future votes.”
Rodgers went on to say that Arkush wants the MVP to add an extra letter to the acronym.
“His problem isn’t with me being a bad guy or the biggest jerk in the league — because he doesn’t know me,” Rodgers said. “He doesn’t know anything about me. I’ve never met him. I’ve never had lunch with him. I’ve never had an interview with him. His problem is I’m not vaccinated.
“If he wants to go on a crusade, and collude, and come up with an extra letter to put on the award just for the season and make it the Most Valuable Vaccinated Player, then he should do that. But, he’s a bum and I’m not gonna waste any time worrying about that stuff … It’s surprising that he would say that. I knew this was possible. I talked about it on (The Pat McAfee Show) weeks ago. But, crazy.”
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Arkush has social media in a frenzy after he boldly stated his comments while appearing on “The Parkins & Spiegel Show” on 670 The Score in Chicago Tuesday, laying out his reasoning for why he wouldn’t vote for Rodgers.
“I don’t think you can be the biggest jerk in the league and punish your team, and your organization and your fan base the way he did and be the Most Valuable Player,” he said. “Has he been the most valuable on the field? Yeah, you could make that argument, but I don’t think he is clearly that much more valuable than Jonathan Taylor or Cooper Kupp or maybe even Tom Brady.”
He would soon appear on The Score Wednesday to explain that he made a “big mistake” bringing up his aversion to voting for Rodgers.
“I made a big mistake last night,” he said. “It doesn’t really have much to do with Aaron Rodgers. Being one of the 50 selectors in the AP poll is a real honor and privilege, and I was pleasantly surprised when they asked me to join. The only thing they really ask us is not to tell people who we voted for until the award is presented — and what they really mean is just don’t talk about it.
“The reason is exactly what happened here. The thing I feel really awful about is most of the other 49 presenters are acquaintances. A lot of them are friends. I’ve now put them in an unfortunate position where they have to be asked about it. They may have to choose to talk about or defend it. That’s just wrong and I feel awful about it. I really wish it hadn’t happened.”
Rodgers spent last offseason unhappy with his situation in Green Bay. He also missed a game this season after contracting COVID-19 while unvaccinated; he had misled the media in the offseason in saying that he was “immunized”.
