Aaron Rodgers OUT as VP; Was It All Just A Kennedy PR Hoax with Jets QB?

It appears as though New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers won’t be hitting the campaign trail this year after all. And maybe it was all a PR stunt after all?

The more we think about it, the more we wonder: Did New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers use his high-profile position to raise money for Robert F. Kennedy’s presidential campaign by playing along with a PR hoax?

Word now is that Kennedy's actual vice presidential choice is California attorney Nicole Shanahan ... this coming after a PR-minded tease from Kennedy himself that his running mate is "not anyone people have been talking about.”

And because, following a New York Times "scoop'' that pinpointed Rodgers and former Minnesota governor, WWF wrestler and actor Jesse Ventura as Kennedy's top options? Yes, Rodgers is very much who "people have been talking about.''

Did the outspoken Rodgers ever really make sense here? He talks freely about his opinions on a variety of political matters, and those coordinate with the views of his pal Kennedy. But the QB was really going to draw the continued ire of his "furious'' employer the Jets and/or quit football (and a $37.5 million salary) so a four-time NFL MVP could finish a distant third in a run to the White House?

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Instead, let's try this logic on for size: Rodgers supports Kennedy. He will stump for him. He won't be a part of the double-workload of juggling an NFL season and a political campaign. But just his name and his profile have value. ... "value'' in a literal sense, as Kennedy's campaign has been reportedly "facing a cash crunch'' as from October through December, per Politico, "his campaign spent a whopping $7.7 million — more than it raised during that period — leaving just $5.4 million in its account as of Dec. 31.''

It all starts to add up. Rodgers nodded his head (we assume) and quietly played along for a week at a Kennedy PR stunt to gain campaign momentum ... and money. And now that's over, Rodgers turning his attention to where the Jets believe it must be: Dealing not with the Nicole Shanahans of the political world, but rather with the Kyle Shanahans of the football world.