If there is anything that Green Bay Packers fans know about their former quarterback, Aaron Rodgers, it is that he has gone through his entire NFL career with a massive chip on his shoulder. Once believed to be taken with the first overall pick in the 2005 NFL Draft, Rodgers saw his childhood’s favorite team, the San Francisco 49ers, spurn him in favor of Alex Smith. He did not get picked until Green Bay took at 24th overall.
During his tenure as the Packers starting quarterback, it was that chip on his shoulder that endeared him to many fans. Despite being one of the best players in the NFL, he always made it seem like he had to be better, to prove someone wrong.
But towards the end of his time with the Packers, the constant victim act began to grow old. Granted, he used Green Bay’s drafting of Jordan Love to motivate him to raise his game and win two more NFL MVP Awards. But his feud with the front office, and his offseason media appearances, made the decision to move on easier than it maybe could have been.
And his most recent media appearance, one in which he went nuclear on the New York Jets organization, has called his character into question.
Former Green Bay Packers Quarterback Aaron Rodgers Went Off on the New York Jets
During a recent appearance on the Pat McAfee Show, Rodgers went on a tirade against Jets head coach Aaron Glenn, who informed the four-time NFL MVP, in a face-to-face meeting, that New York was going in a different direction at quarterback.
“That was an interesting two years to say the least,” Rodgers said. “I figured that when I flew across country on my dime there would be a conversation. The confusing thing to me is I went out there, I meet with the coach, we start talking, he runs out of the room. I’m like ‘that’s kind of strange.’
“So we sit down in the office and I think we’re going to have this long conversation – I’ve flown across the country – and 20 seconds in and he goes, ‘So do you wanna play football? And I’m like, ‘yeah I’m interested.’
“And he said “we’re going in a different direction at quarterback.’”
The only problem, though, is that Rodgers’ story is not true.
Former Green Bay Packers Quarterback Aaron Rodgers Was Not Being Truthful
NFL insider Tom Pelissero recently reported, “What I was told at the time was that Aaron had indicated to them, ‘Hey, I’m gonna be on that side of the country in this week,’ and they said, ‘Great, come into the building.’”
Another NFL insider, Mike Fisher, stated, “The narcissist is often a liar. Rodgers has always been the former. Now we know he’s a liar.’
“Rodgers is once again exposing himself as a hypocrite. When he came to New York, he announced he would unselfishly be in charge of ending all of the ‘media leaks’ in the building.
“The truth? He can’t help himself. He was in a closed-door, private meeting with a coach. And he just went on TV to announce – to ‘leak’ – every single thing that happened in that meeting. If you’re his next coach, how do you trust him?
“And then, in the end, based on Pelissero’s note, his ‘leak’ isn’t even true?’ The only thing Rodgers said that was true – because he damn sure isn’t offering to play for all of these teams for $10 million as he claims – is the summation of his two years in New York.
“He called it a debacle. He told one truth.”
To be certain, NFL front offices have a much better idea of what takes place than the public, or even NFL insiders. Rodgers currently does not have a very big market for his services.
And there may be more reasons why than we know.
