Aaron Rodgers blasted as 'fraud' after ESPN comments to Pat McAfee

ESPN pundit Ryan Clark eviscerated Aaron Rodgers on live TV, dubbing the New York Jets quarterback a "fraud" after he hit back at criticism from the media.

Rodgers and the Jets have endured a disastrous season, slumping to 3-10 on the year, with both head coach Robert Saleh and general manager Joe Douglas being fired.

Through it all, though, Rodgers has remained bullish in his weekly appearances on 'The Pat McAfee Show.' And in his latest appearance on Tuesday, the former Green Bay Packers star took aim at the coverage he receives from shows like 'First Take,' on which former Pro Bowl safety Clark regularly appears as a pundit.

Bill Belichick's monster net worth, girlfriend 48 years younger, Tom Brady relationship Bill Belichick takes UNC head coach role less than 12 months after Patriots exit "Theres a lot of people talking about the game now," Rodgers said.

"Both non-former players and former players who are trying to stay relevant fame-wise.

So the takes and the criticism are a lot different than they were maybe in the mid-2000s.

"Im talking about these experts on TV who nobody remembers what they did in their career, so in order for them to stay relevant they have to make comments that keep them in the conversation.

That wasnt going on in 2008, 2009." Clark, a 13-year NFL veteran and one-time Super Bowl champion, accused Rodgers of being "blatantly hypocritical" and a "fraud", pointing to Rodgers' willingness to earn in the region of $1 million per season for his appearances on McAfee's show which has been at the forefront of the opinionated sports coverage claims to loathe.

"My issue with him is, you're doing the exact same thing," Clark said on Friday's edition of 'First Take.' "And the reason that you're getting this opportunity to say these asinine things, is because someone is paying you who is exactly the same thing that you are now speaking out against.

"This dude is once again, tone deaf.

This dude is once again, unaware.

This dude is once again, arrogant to a point that's almost sickening.

Because he says these things and he talks tough, and he behaves in this way, but he ain't.

"He has all of this cachet because he's a good player.

But [there] ain't people around here that come around and talk about what type of leader you are.

[There] ain't people that come around here talking about wanting to follow you because of the type of man you have been.

"This dude is a fraud.

He's been a fraud.

He can throw a football and that's where it stops.

Once that talent ends, so does he.

And so to sit up there and to be just blatantly hypocritical is funny and it's sickening at the same time." Rodgers and the Jets are back in action on Sunday, traveling to Florida to take on the Jacksonville Jaguars (3-10)..

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