During Aaron Rodgers’ vaccine controversy in November, fans online came up with catchy nicknames for the quarterback who had recently deceived the media about his vaccination status.
One of the most popular nicknames was “Throw Rogan” — a play on the name of podcaster Joe Rogan, who Rodgers mentioned in his defense as someone he reached out to about recovering from COVID-19.
On Sunday, the nickname for the MVP front-runner made a comeback, thanks to the NFL’s official YouTube account. After the Packers’ “Sunday Night Football” win over Minnesota, one of the many short videos on the NFL’s YouTube account was titled “Throw Rogan Picks Up Another First Down.”
The official NFL youtube channel calling Aaron Rodgers “Throw Rogan” is sumthin lol pic.twitter.com/21dpXPIAvm
— hawkschronicle (@hawkschronicle) January 3, 2022
The account later changed the title to replace the nickname with Rodgers’ actual name, but some fans on Twitter and Reddit commented about the title with a screenshot of the original. A Google search of “Throw Rogan” also brings up the YouTube video, and nearly every comment on the video is about the use of the nickname.
“Someone is gonna get fired, but it was worth it,” wrote one Redditor.
For more information, visit The Washington Times COVID-19 resource page.
• Jacob Calvin Meyer can be reached at jmeyer@washingtontimes.com.
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