Festivus isn’t until December, but Aaron Rodgers is already airing all his grievances.
The former New York Jets quarterback joined ‘The Pat McAfee Show’ on Thursday to discuss his offseason and where his future is in the NFL.
He’s somewhere between free agency and retirement, but the Jets fit somewhere in the middle. The quarterback took aim at his former organization on the show, detailing how everything ended. New York officially released the future Hall of Fame signal caller when the new league year began on March 12.
The move came just over two months after introducing Aaron Glenn and Darren Mougey as the Jets’ new head coach and general manager.
Rodgers was less than pleased with his experience with the new regime.
‘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.’ Then he comes back with the GM and I’m like ‘all right.’ 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 [Glenn] 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.’”
Rodgers was upset that he flew across the country to hear the news when the team could’ve told him on the phone.
The Jets, on the other hand, wanted to consult with the quarterback about the messaging of the news.
‘I don’t give a (expletive) about the messaging,’ Rodgers said.
He called the situation ‘crazy’ and added that the two years with the Jets were a ‘debacle,’ saying Glenn went rogue.
The quarterback wasn’t surprised by the decision to move on, but was surprised that the team didn’t have an interest in picking his brain for thoughts on the team, players and what the organization could do better.
‘I felt like there wasn’t an ample amount of respect in that meeting,’ Rodgers said. ‘I guess I shouldn’t have been surprised based on some of the things I saw over the two years. But I am thankful for my time with the Jets and disappointed it didn’t work out better on the field.’
The Jets moved swiftly in free agency to secure their next quarterback, inking Justin Fields to a two-year deal.
Meanwhile, Rodgers is left holding his cleats. Time will tell whether he puts them on or hangs them up.