‘Immunized’ But Not Immune: The Aaron Rodgers Covid Fallout

The Green Bay Packers and quarterback Aaron Rodgers got caught up in a media firestorm on Wednesday. After it was announced that Rodgers would miss Sunday's game against the Kansas City Chiefs due to Covid protocols, media outlets deduced that Rodgers must not, in fact, be vaccinated -- despite his earlier assertion that he is "immunized." The Athletic's Matt Schneidman, who covers the Packers, joins us to unpack the messy controversy, including what both the NFL and the Packers knew (and when they knew it), and what to expect moving forward.

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