New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers hasn't made an impact on the football field this season, but he has made some waves in his weekly appearances on The Pat McAfee Show, where he talks frequently about COVID-19 vaccines, his ongoing (perhaps one-sided) feud with President Joe Biden and other conspiratorial matters.
As his Tuesday appearance neared its conclusion, which is often when Rodgers delivers his most attention-grabbing comments, the QB dropped a theory that might not be taught in high school biology.
Rodgers informed McAfee that after he returned from rehab for his torn Achilles tendon on the West Coast, his intention was to remain in New York for the rest of the season, whether or not he is put on the active roster.
McAfee praised Rodgers' dedication, saying that he was passing up on a good view of dolphin activities outside of his Malibu beach house.
"And it's whale season too. The humpbacks are giving birth," Rodgers said.
McAfee then stood and imitated a humpback whale breaching.
"Outside this guy's house!" McAfee said. "He said, 'I don't want to see it.'"
Rodgers chuckled.
"The frequency associated with the whale birthing process is actually supposedly very beneficial to various injury-recovery stuff," Rodgers said. "I don't think it can cleanse your body of some of the spike protein, but it's supposed to be pretty good for it."
Rodgers' comments seem to be an extension of a theory he floated in September, when he said the noises made by dolphins when they mate can have a healing effect on humans.
"There's ideas that some of the noises from the dolphins when they're lovemaking, the frequency of that, is actually healing to the body," Rodgers said at the time.
Newsweek reached out to Rodgers and the Jets by email requesting further comment.
Rodgers also briefly discussed a more conventional conspiracy theory on McAfee's show when he referenced "mass formation psychosis" during their discussion about people angered by his opposition to COVID-19 vaccination. Mass formation psychosis is not a scientific or medical term but rather one that was floated by a guest on Joe Rogan's podcast who used it to describe something akin to mass hysteria.
Rodgers also called himself the COVID MVP, not just because of the awards he won in 2020 and 2021 but also because he didn't "bow down to the medical-industrial complex."
"They are still trying to take a victory lap that somehow I 'couldn't beat science this time,'" Rodgers said. "It's like, 'Oh really?' I was on the practice field at 11 weeks. I was in line to be able to push to play at 14 weeks. So take it easy on the victory laps and have another jab while you're at it."
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