Hard Knocks, Aaron Rodgers Edition: 9/11 didn’t really happen
If we were the director of “Hard Knocks” and we wanted this season to go as viral as possible, this is what we would do. Prior to the Jets’ first game of the 2023 season, which happens to fall on September 11th, assemble a team to take Rodgers to the 9/11 Memorial in New York.
Let him walk around the gaping maw of the concave edifice in the memorial plaza, let him look thoughtfully in the distance while walking the halls of the museum. And then, get a close-up shot of him shaking his head and saying, “Don’t you think the government took this one too far?”
Rodgers is an infamous 9/11 truther. This much is known from his interaction with former Packers quarterback DeShone Kizer last year, when Rodgers apparently asked Kizer whether he thinks the terrorist attacks of 9/11 actually happened.
Rodgers didn’t say much more about the topic other than telling Kizer to do some research. He doesn’t explicitly say the U.S. government staged the entire incident (just like they did with the moon landing, as a certain group of “free thinkers” will claim), but regardless, he has doubts. The ayahuasca smoker and darkness retreat-er, the healing crystal user and nutty professor of football, the man who will be the Jets’ quarterback this season has doubts.
And as fate would have it, the Jets’ first game of the season really is on September 11th, at home against the Bills. The folks at “Hard Knocks” have a once-in-a-lifetime chance to do something incredibly funny, and also over-the-borderline offensive. Can the nation handle Rodgers’ personal politics?