Aaron Rodgers rips ESPN for Dianna Russini-Mike Vrabel coverage: Gutless

Aaron Rodgers, sports media critic? The 10-time Pro Bowl quarterback sure played the part when he made an appearance on Steelers teammate Cameron Heyward’s “Not Just Football” podcast this week.Rodgers had a bone to pick with ESPN, which he feels did not give enough coverage to the Dianna Russini-Mike Vrabel drama of the offseason.Russini, the former NFL insider for The Athletic, and Vrabel, the head coach of the Patriots, in photos first reported by Page Six, were seen getting cozy together at an Arizona resort before more photos of different instances of the two emerged, including some that appeared to show the pair kissing in New York in 2020.Russini, who previously worked at ESPN as an anchor and NFL reporter, resigned from The Athletic as the New York Times-owned sports outlet investigated her coverage.A frequent guest of “The Pat McAfee Show” on ESPN, Rodgers called the network gutless for how it has covered — on in his mind, hasn’t covered — the situation with reporter and coach.“ESPN is really scared,” Rodgers asserted.

“Because I can speak up and speak my mind.And that McAfee thing rattled their feathers because I didn’t just say that on McAfee’s show — honestly, I love Pat, and he’s done more for that network than any other horrible show they have on there — they should pay those guys doing it.“But I also said, ‘You’re a gutless organization,’ because they haven’t said anything.

They spend so much time on certain issues, but you won’t talk one second about the Danny Russini situation?”Rodgers said ESPN has spent more time covering the arrest of 49ers CEO Jed York over his alleged solicitation of a prostitute in Ohio at the end of August.“When you click on ESPN.com, they will rotate the 8 stories or whatever they have, but they usually have the one story that’s featured.That was the featured story,” Rodgers said of the York story.

“So you’re bringing how many millions of eyes to that situation? Why ...