Aaron Rodgers blasts ESPN’s “hypocrisy” over Dianna Russini-Mike Vrabel alleged relationship coverage while “throwing Jed York under the bus”

Aaron Rodgers is unhappy with ESPN’s lack of coverage regarding the close relationship between reporter Dianna Russini and New England Patriots coach Mike Vrabel.

This week during his appearance on the “Not Just Football with Cam Heyward” podcast, he lashed out at ESPN for not making that story a headline. He mentioned how the network decided to make Jed York’s arrest for solicitation a top headline across all of their channels instead.

“ESPN is really scared. Gutless organization because they haven’t said anything. They spend so much time on certain issues but won’t talk one second about the Diane Russini situation. What just happened? The owner of the Niners listed a prostitute for $140 in Ohio. That literally was the number one topic when you clicked on ESPN.com. They rotate the eight stories or whatever they have, but they usually have one featured story. That was the featured story. So you bring in millions of eyes to that situation. Why do you want to throw Jed York under the bus? I don’t know (Time Stamp: 25:17).”

He then continued by questioning if Dianna Russini‘s personal relationship with Mike Vrabel had any effect on her coverage of the New England Patriots.

“But does that have the same effect as a reporter who has intimate relations with a coach who has a vote for MVP, a vote for Coach of the Year? I don’t know if she’s on the Hall of Fame or not, but there’s voting stuff. There was the thing about Morgan Moses going from the Jets to the New England that was posted a day early. How many other inside things were shared?”

“There are a lot of insiders out there. Do they all have strong integrity? I don’t know. But the fact that ESPN spent zero time on that story, while Jed York gets popped in San Fran and it’s literally on the top of their roll right now—that’s hypocrisy. I think there’s a lot more to it. The NFL is going to protect the Shield, and I respect that, but they’re going to do it by all means necessary. They’re clearly taking the words out of my mouth. They’ve got to be very, very careful.”

This is not the first time that Aaron Rodgers has been critical of ESPN’s lack of coverage of the Russini/Vrabel relationship. In August, Pat McAfee broadcasted his show live from Pittsburgh Steelers training camp and Rodgers took the opportunity to criticize the network for allegedly protecting Russini and Vrabel.

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Aaron Rodgers revealed that he initially met his wife Brittani in 2017

Aaron Rodgers has kept the details of his relationship with wife, Brittani, but revealed more details on the “Not Just Football” podcast this week. He revealed that they met back in 2017 after she finished her college career at the University of Texas. She then moved to Europe, and both ended up getting engaged to other people.

“In 2017 I met my wife, and at the time, she was leaving the States and going back to Europe. And my biggest regret is not begging her to stay or proposing right there, because that sent me right there into a tailspin of what can I be accused of as a partner in a relationship,” Rodgers said.

Rodgers also revealed that the couple eloped but said that he didn’t want to give any additional details.