Anthony Fauci’s lawyer says Aaron Rodgers 'should stick to football’ after scorching him on Pat McAfee's show

Anthony Fauci whitethorn person taken the Fifth successful the nation's capital, but his ineligible squad isn't acrophobic to support swinging.

Days aft Fauci pleaded the Fifth 111 times during a Senate proceeding connected the proposal of his attorneys, Aaron Rodgers could not assistance but rip the "absolute coward."

"Are you kidding me? You get a pardon and you’re and you pleaded implicit 100 times astatine the White House? What are you frightened of, Tony? I thought you were the science. ‘I americium science,’ and you get up determination and can’t reply a question? What are we doing?" Rodgers said connected "The Pat McAfee Show" earlier this week.

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Pittsburgh Steelers backmost Aaron Rodgers looks connected aft being sacked during the archetypal fractional of the NFL Wild Card crippled against the Houston Texans astatine Acrisure Stadium successful Pittsburgh, Pa., connected Jan. 12, 2026. (Michael Longo/For USA Today Network-PA / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

Well, David Schertler, Fauci’s attorney, was asked by The Athletic to respond to Rodgers' criticism, and helium did not clasp back.

"Aaron Rodgers doesn’t cognize what he’s talking about. He should instrumentality to football," Schertler said to the outlet.

Fauci was questioned by the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, chaired by Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., implicit his effect to the pandemic and his argumentation decisions, during which the erstwhile White House COVID advisor was accused of backing gain-of-function probe successful Wuhan, China.

Former NIH Director Anthony Fauci listens during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee proceeding connected July 29, 2026, successful Washington, D.C. Fauci declined to reply questions, asserting his Fifth Amendment right. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

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"Spending the full clip penning successful his diary astir however amusive it is to beryllium famous. You gotta beryllium kidding me. What are you going to accidental astir maine now? Seriously, what are they going to accidental astir maine now? Now, you can’t speech astir the COVID worldly due to the fact that evidently it was made successful a laboratory successful China," Rodgers continued.

"That’s similar not adjacent questionable anymore. Tony Fauci is an implicit criminal. It’s been a large beingness and a large career, and it’s bully to beryllium sitting connected this broadside present particularly aft that coward pled the Fifth implicit 100 times. I thought you had a pardon there, Tony. Why couldn’t you reply 1 question the full time?"

The Steelers, though, did not look to beryllium bothered overmuch by what Rodgers said.

"Discussions astir civilization and authorities tin bring differing perspectives, and our players are entitled to their ain idiosyncratic views. With respect to that, I americium definite determination are a assortment of opinions connected galore topics wrong our locker room," Steelers spokesperson Burt Lauten said successful a connection to Fox News Digital/OutKick.

Fauci’s refusal to reply has Rodgers going afloat tilt years aft dealing with changeless scrutiny, whether it’s the antheral himself oregon the web helium has issues with. Rodgers drummed up contention erstwhile helium said helium was "immunized" from COVID-19.

Fauci served arsenic main aesculapian advisor to President Donald Trump during the COVID-19 pandemic earlier aboriginal continuing successful the relation nether President Joe Biden. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

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This play marks 22 years Rodgers has starred successful the NFL, and helium doubled down precocious saying this volition beryllium his last year.

Fox News' Scott Thompson and OutKick's Armando Salguero contributed to this report.

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