Aaron Rodgers challenges ‘Mr. Pfizer’ Travis Kelce to a coronavirus debate

Aaron Rodgers has extra free time on his hands.

The brief New York Jets starting quarterback is using it in the attempt to publicly debate Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, who's already busy dealing with Taylor Swift and paparazzi.

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What does one of the NFL's most interesting players want to debate Kelce about?

Vaccines.

The coronavirus pandemic.

Kelce's embrace of getting the vaccine, which Rodgers appears to be morally opposed to.

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You know: Normal football stuff.

Rodgers made his regular appearance on the .

This time, the future Hall of Famer kept going at Kelce and seemingly turned famous No. 87 into the poster boy for the pro-vaccine and masking crowd.

“Well, there’s a lot of propaganda out there,” said Rodgers, according to . “Lot of propaganda out there. Listen, you know, Mr. Pfizer said he didn’t think he’d be in a vax war with me. ... This ain’t a war, homey, this is conversation. But if you wanna have some sort of duel, debate, have me on the podcast, come on the show. Let’s have a conversation.

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“Let’s do it like in John Wick IV, right? So we both have a second, right? So somebody to help us out. I’m gonna take my man RFK Jr. ... And he can have, you know, Tony Fauci or some other Pharmacrat, and we can have a conversation about this.”

If you had Rodgers mentioning Kelce, Fauci and Robert F Kennedy Jr. in your preseason fantasy pool, you just made a ton of money.

The former Green Bay QB took the initial shot at Kelce, calling him "Mr. Pfizer."

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Kelce said he was OK with it and continued to back taking the coronavirus vaccine, then being part of a promotional marketing push for it.

"I mean, with the stache right now I look like a guy named Mr. Pfizer," . "Who knew I'd get into the vax wars with Aaron Rodgers, man? Mr. Pfizer vs. the Johnson and Johnson family over there."

The Chief added laughing: "I thought it was pretty good." 

Rodgers doubled down this week and made sure that everyone knew it wasn't a joke.

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He also acknowledged several complex issues tangled within the potential debate.

"It’s fascinating,” Rodgers said. “I mean, the triggering, though. Was that not incredible last week? People getting absolutely triggered?

"I love — I mean, the Johnsons have been great to me. So I don’t mind you calling me ‘Mr. Johnson & Johnson.’ Woody and Christopher and their families, they’ve been great. I don’t play for the Johnson & Johnson corporation, I play for the New York Jets.”