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Packers' Aaron Rodgers calls Super Bowl boycott rumor '#fakenews'; was Boomer Esiason duped into reporting it?

Aaron Rodgers responded to the rumors about him potentially boycotting the Super Bowl over COVID-19 rules in the NFL by tweeting jokes about the claim.

On Friday during his CBS Sports NFL Today podcast, Boomer Esiason shared a text message he received from an unknown source regarding the Packers QB.

What did it say?

The "source" indicated Rodgers would boycott the Super Bowl due to the NFL's COVID-19 rules, specifically the rule that asymptomatic players have to test.

Boomer Esiason received a text from a trusted source which indicates that Aaron Rodgers will threaten to boycott the Super Bowl, should the Packers make it that far.