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Aaron Rodgers, Pat McAfee: Reunited BFFs; NY Jets QB Sticks to Sports

A day after Pat McAfee shared that Aaron Rodgers was done with the show for the season - guess who showed up on his show earlier today?

We're guessing that Pat McAfee is a glutton for punishment – or we're a little confused. On Wednesday, McAfee shared on his show that it was the offseason for NY Jets QB Aaron Rodgers, so he was done for the season. "There will be a lot of people who are happy with that, myself included, to be honest with you. The way it ended, it got really loud. I am happy that he's not going to be in my mentions going forward, which is great news," McAfee shared, referencing the controversy surrounding Rodgers and his comments regarding ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel and Jeffrey Epstein. And that brought us to today – with McAfee's run of happiness lasting less than 24 hours as Rodgers made an "offseason" return to the show.

Okay, now there are two ways that we can look at it. As someone who thinks of himself as a cynical optimist, the "optimist" side of me believes that Rodgers came on to discuss some major NFL & college football coaching news that's been breaking regarding big names like Bill Belichick and Nick Saban. Makes sense. But the "cynical" side of me believes that it was a combination of McAfee & Rodgers sending a message that no one's going to tell them what to do – and McAfee needing to make some kind of move to appease the listeners who were beating him up on social media for not doing right by Aaron Rodgers. We'll let you decide…

"I certainly don't love that I've found myself in political wars and public beefs because of something that a guest has said on our show or something that my dumbass has said.. including a lawsuit that was very public, but I think what I've come to realize is that it's gonna come with the territory of this venture," McAfee shared in his posted statement on Wednesday night. "We are much more aware of that now. And, for the good of our lives, happiness, and mana.. we're gonna try and avoid as many as possible." While he's looking to move on from politics and other controversial non-sports topics, McAfee also made it clear that the door was open for Aaron Rodgers to return next season. "I never said he'll never be on the show again," McAfee clarified. "I hope he chooses to still chat with us." Here's a look at McAfee's post – including a GIF of Dan Aykroyd & John Belushi from The Blues Brothers, a move second only to "Animal House" when it comes to cliche "bro moves."

A lot of you are talking very wild about me and our progrum.. I assume you are very new to us.

We are a sports show that tries to inform folks of what's going on and have a good time with good vibes… Everyday.

We do not bat 1000 but we feel as if we do make solid contact A LOT.. Our people found us because of that. We're wildly lucky for the folks that enjoy taking mental vacations with us.. Monday-Friday.. 48 weeks a year. We take a lot of pride in making folks' lives a little bit happier or better.

This past year with our show's going to College towns on Fridays, I got to chat with a lot of folks that watch our show. I loved learning about them and then I would normally learn about how they started watching our show.. There was always a "buddy referral" story.. then there was the other stories about folks going thru some shit and we were there to hangout with them as they battled thru whatever they were going thru.. I haven't polled our crowd but I'm rather certain that nobody's wanting to come hangout with us to hear us talk about politics. I think it's probably a massive reason for our success actually… so all of this has been a good reminder of what we're good for, and who we're good for. Some day, I'll try and build up enough of a brain to dive into the politics world but that time is nowhere near now..

Also..

Our fans know that ART ends shortly after Aaron's team's season ends.. that's how it's been. He'll make random surprise welcomed pop ins during big events or offseason adventures but, it's always been a season thing. I never said he'll never be on the show again. I hope he chooses to still chat with us. We've been lucky the last 4 years to ride the wave of a season with a 4X NFL MVP (2 of which during The ART Era) and get his thoughts along the way.. in real time.

I certainly don't love that I've found myself in political wars and public beefs because of something that a guest has said on our show or something that my dumbass has said.. including a lawsuit that was VERY public.. but I think what I've come to realize is that it's gonna come with the territory of this venture. We are much more aware of that now. And, for the good of our lives, happiness, and mana 🤙🏼.. we're gonna try and avoid as many as possible.

I say all that to say this…I have a lot of pride in what the boys, our fans, and I have built. We found what we're good for. There was a lot of different points during our journey that it could've ended or stopped or slowed down.. because of the entire team, we've kept rollin… I love them. I'm thankful for them… and we just want to talk shit about sports.

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