Aaron Rodgers, Pat McAfee Ridiculed After Falling For Bogus NFL Stat
ESPN host Pat McAfee and New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers were both brutally mocked on social media after they parroted an NFL stat that was completely bogus.
After the Detroit Lions beat the Houston Texans 26-23 despite Lions QB Jared Goff throwing five interceptions, X user @MisterCiv posted a pretty incredible stat:
INTERESTING
This is now Jared Goff’s 7TH career game with at least 4 interceptions.
His record in those games? 6-0.
Does Goff have the Texans right where he wants them?
INTERESTING 👀
This is now Jared Goff’s 7TH career game with at least 4 interceptions.
His record in those games?
6-0.
Does Goff have the Texans right where he wants them? 🤔 pic.twitter.com/Dk4uCwNc6s— Civ (@MisterCiv) November 11, 2024
Although a community note quickly pointed out that Goff has only thrown at least four interceptions in only two games and had a 1-1 record in those games, Rodgers, a regular guest on McAfee’s ESPN show, apparently didn’t see that fact-checking.
Instead, he parroted the fake stat, wondering whether it was real.
“Jared hadn’t thrown five incompletions, I don’t think, in a game for how many weeks? And then he throws five picks?” Rodgers said. “I love Jared. I’m sure he’ll bounce back. The amazing stat though — is this a true stat, that he’s done four or more picks seven times and he’s won every single one of those games? Is that real?”
McAfee quickly responded, “Yes, yep, 7-0,” and Rodgers replied, “That’s wild.”
But when @MisterCiv, the person who posted the B.S. stat, saw that McAfee and Rodgers had amplified his post without fact-checking it, he felt obliged to retweet the exchange and point out how easy it was for him to spread the fake information.
“if you’ve ever wondered how easy it is to spread fake information i made this stat up while laying in bed at halftime of the game,” he wrote.
if you’ve ever wondered how easy it is to spread fake information
i made this stat up while laying in bed at halftime of the game😭 https://t.co/4m2NnSh6qhpic.twitter.com/mWNuFF9ZLI— Civ (@MisterCiv) November 12, 2024
Considering that Rodgers has promoted lots of dubiousconspiracy theories, including that the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting was a “false flag” operation, few people were surprised he was willing to promote pro football falsehoods as well.
You mean to tell me Aaron Rodgers just fell for easily debunked fake news and without doing a second of actual research just started spreading it? I'm positively shocked. Shocked I tell you. https://t.co/OyT3N0Os0D
— Levi Damien (@LeviDamien) November 12, 2024
Rodgers being duped on this one is just so damn on the nose. https://t.co/NF6Xn5k0Qn
— nick wright (@getnickwright) November 12, 2024
Aaron Rodgers? That Aaron Rodgers fell for fake news?
No way! https://t.co/CYpoPLfsOk— Brendan Darr (@BrendanDarr) November 12, 2024
Aaron Rodgers will believe anything he sees on a screen. https://t.co/9m8eq0wiQNpic.twitter.com/wOlxxR5TW7
— Chris Towers is In Baseball Offseason Mode (@CPTowers) November 13, 2024
McAfee responded to the post calling out the panelists’ gullibility with a two-word response: “Oh no.”
Oh no
— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) November 12, 2024
Of course, that led to more razzing.
This is what happens when you give a bunch of “boys” with no journalistic standards a nationally broadcasted TV show.
— The Markcast® (@the_markcast) November 13, 2024
lol. All them guys on the payroll and nobody checked??
— BeefLoaf🥩 (@MrDelicious13) November 13, 2024
You run a sports show & stats are a big part of sports & your response to falling for a fake stat is oh well. In other words, yall don’t check the things ya hear ya just go with em. Now translate that to other areas of life and if you still don’t see the issue then dear god.
— The Goaffer (@goaffer) November 12, 2024
