Aaron Rodgers spoke publicly on Thursday for the primary time about the best way his tenure with the New York Jets ended, and it’s secure to say the quarterback is just not proud of how the state of affairs was dealt with.
The Jets determined in early February that they had been transferring on from Rodgers. There was a report on the time that Rodgers had flown to New Jersey to meet with the team’s front office, at which level he was given the information.
Rodgers shared some particulars about that assembly throughout a Thursday look on “The Pat McAfee Present.” He mentioned he flew throughout the nation, assuming he was going to have a prolonged assembly with New York’s brass, whether or not they needed him to return to the group in 2025 or not. What happened as an alternative was a 20-minute dialog that “shocked” Rodgers.
In response to Rodgers, new Jets normal supervisor Darren Mougey first requested the 41-year-old if he desires to play in 2025. Rodgers mentioned he was “,” at which level Mougey instantly knowledgeable Rodgers the Jets had been “getting in a distinct course.”
“I used to be type of shocked … not shocked as a result of I didn’t suppose that was a chance,” Rodgers mentioned. “After all, in the event that they wanna transfer on, that’s completely nice. However shocked as a result of I simply flew throughout the nation and you might have instructed me this on the cellphone if we weren’t even gonna have a dialog.”
Rodgers mentioned Mougey then requested the previous MVP how he needed the “messaging” to be dealt with with the discharge. When Rodgers instructed Mougey that Rodgers doesn’t “give a s– in regards to the messaging,” Mougey mentioned he needed to make certain the GM was not going to be addressing the group and have gamers trying again at Rodgers to see his response.
“And I mentioned, ‘What does that even imply? Are you assuming that I’d be at the back of a room in a group assembly undermining what you’re saying?’” Rodgers recalled asking Mougey. “I mentioned, ‘You don’t know me.’ And he mentioned, ‘You don’t know me.’ And I mentioned, ‘Precisely, which is why I flew throughout the nation to have a face-to-face assembly with you to speak about my expertise with the Jets and to listen to your imaginative and prescient for the group.’
“What I believed was gonna be a couple-hour assembly changed into like a 15-minute assembly, and I walked out of there. That was a wierd assembly for certain.”
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