What did Aaron Rodgers say about 9/11? Revisiting DeShone Kizer’s second-hand comments

When Aaron Rodgers takes the field on Monday night, he’ll do so with a bit of baggage.

The new Jets passer has become a firebrand for those with differing, somewhat out-there opinions. There was the COVID-19 vaccine drama, his distaste for the “woke mob” and, recently, a revelation that he had a close encounter with the third kind.

Some of these opinions, though, may lead to a little bit more controversy than others. 

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While Rodgers has never publicly acknowledged or supported a 9/11 conspiracy theory, it may have been something he’s mentioned to teammates. DeShone Kizer, who served as Rodgers’ backup in 2018, said that Rodgers may have broached the subject in the locker room.

Speaking on the “The Breneman Show” podcast in 2022, Kizer told the show’s host that Rodgers would encourage free-thinking, and his first meeting involved a conversation surrounding the 9/11 tragedy.

“The first that comes out of Aaron Rodgers’ mouth was, ‘Do you believe in 9/11?’ ‘What? Do I believe in 9/11? Yeah, why wouldn’t I?’,” Kizer said on the episode. “He was like, ‘You should read up on that.'”

Kizer said that the conversation turned out to be the start of a “thought experiment” in which the two would look into the conspiracies surrounding 9/11, and ended up “provoking a lot of conversations.”

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Kizer would also add that the two also would share conspiracy theories surrounding the moon landing, inner Earth and reptile people. 

The backup’s 2018 season would be his only year with the Packers, before spending a season with the Raiders and two offseasons with the Titans in 2020-21.

There’s certainly nothing wrong with being a free thinker, but this is one theory that Rodgers should keep in his back pocket while playing in New York.