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New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers, somewhat infamous for “doing his own research,” was duped by a fake stat about Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff and then proliferated it on The Pat McAfee Show’s nationally televised airwaves. The fake stat, which was simply made up by a football fan on social media, was that Goff has thrown four or more picks seven times and he’s won all of those games.
During his weekly appearance on The Pat McAfee Show, following the Jets’ embarrassing Week 10 loss to the Arizona Cardinals in which they failed to score a touchdown, Aaron Rodgers brought up the fake stat, which was tweeted by X user @MisterCiv on November 10.
After Rodgers shared the fake stat, he received zero pushback from the McAfee crew, who eagerly concurred with its validity.
The problem for Rodgers and co., though, is that it was an entirely made-up statistic, with its creator coming out to clown on the 40-year-old quarterback for “how easy” it was to spread misinformation through him.
Making the moment even funnier was Rodgers then following it up by saying, “That’s why stats are for…,” implying that they’re useless while not realizing the one he’s discussing is totally fabricated.
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/4m2NnSh6qh pic.twitter.com/mWNuFF9ZLI
— Civ (@MisterCiv) November 12, 2024
The fact that Rodgers even knew about the fake stat also suggests that he has a secret X, formerly Twitter, account that no one knows about, because how else would he have seen it so quickly?
With the Jets season all but mathematically over at 3-7, Rodgers and the Jets will be hosting Joe Flacco and the Indianapolis Colts in a game at MetLife Stadium that will likely quite the toxic atmosphere given how fall short the team has come to living up to its expectations.