{"id":227972,"date":"2025-10-20T17:38:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T17:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/227972\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T17:38:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T17:38:10","slug":"vikings-isaiah-rodgers-calls-out-fans-for-racist-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/227972\/","title":{"rendered":"Vikings’ Isaiah Rodgers calls out fans for racist comments"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Kevin SeifertOct 21, 2025, 04:21 AM<\/p>\n

Close<\/a>Kevin Seifert is a staff writer who covers the Minnesota Vikings and the NFL at ESPN. Kevin has covered the NFL for over 20 years, joining ESPN in 2008. He was previously a beat reporter for the Minneapolis Star Tribune and Washington Times. He is a graduate of the University of Virginia.<\/p>\n

EAGAN, Minn. — Minnesota Vikings<\/a> cornerback Isaiah Rodgers<\/a> has received “some of the most racist comments” he has seen since entering the NFL, Rodgers posted Monday on X in the wake of a 28-22 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A screenshot Rodgers posted on Instagram showed multiple messages that included the N-word. In another, a social media user wrote: “ur worse than Hitler.” In a separate screenshot, the same individual later apologized.<\/p>\n

Rodgers was the Vikings’ primary defender on two big plays that sparked the Eagles, including a 79-yard touchdown pass to DeVonta Smith<\/a> in the third quarter and a 45-yard completion to A.J. Brown<\/a> in the fourth quarter that sealed the game. He took full responsibility after the game, saying that “I put it on me” and adding: “I came here for a reason, and those type of plays I know I can make. So, I put it on me.”<\/p>\n

In a post on X, Rodgers wrote that “Racism is real.”<\/p>\n

Racism is real \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02 keep football , football. Thats not even the worst Ive Seen.
Stay solid or stay silent
“F A N S”
Fake Applause, No Support
Or
Faithful And Never Switching<\/p>\n

Pick a side and stay on it !<\/p>\n

\u2014 Isaiah Rodgers Sr. (@rodgers_isaiah) October 20, 2025<\/a> <\/p>\n

Rodgers spent the 2024 season with the Eagles before signing a two-year, $15 million free agent deal with the Vikings in March.<\/p>\n

In Week 3, he became the first player in NFL history to score two defensive touchdowns and force two fumbles in a game. He accomplished all of it in the first half of the Vikings’ 48-14 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Vikings will next play Thursday night at the Los Angeles Chargers<\/a>.<\/p>\n