Rodgers is mysterious but he is certainly not an unknown entity. ESPN knows exactly what it's getting when he shows up to do McAfee's show. Whatever internal calculus is being used to determine the cost-benefit of it all to this point has resulted in the same conclusion—Rodgers is still very much welcome.

The New York Jets’ playoff hopes are officially over after their loss to the overtime loss to the Miami Dolphins. That meant the entire football world could not continue to call out Aaron Rodgers for making this season a colossal failure.

While being interviewed on an ESPN show, Rodgers maintained that he’s sick and tired of the biggest sports network in America parading around the opinions of all these washed-up athletes who haven’t been relevant in years, as if anyone should care about what they have to say.

Tuesday was a day off for New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers, and most weeks that means an appearance on ESPN’s Pat McAfee Show.