'If they want you': Aaron Rodgers says he wants a 'good team' after Jets officially cut ties with quarterback



Aaron Rodgers dropped hints about why he is no longer with the New York Jets during an ambush interview in California.

Rodgers garnered seemingly limitless coverage about moving on from the Jets this off-season despite having another year left on his contract. At the beginning of February, following months of back-and-forth jabs in the media, the Jets officially announced they would be moving on from the Super Bowl winner after just two years. Rodgers played just one season due to an injured Achilles tendon.

Following a training session in Southern California, Rodgers was approached by a reporter who asked, "Do you see yourself potentially being in the West Coast in the future?"

After exchanging pleasantries, Rodgers realized who he was talking to and asked, "Oh, you're a paparazzi?"

He then answered, "I'm enjoying the sunshine right now."

The reporter quickly got to work to see if Rodgers was in California scouting out a potential new team.

"When choosing a team, what is something you take into consideration? Like, what factors?" the TMZ reporter asked.

"Factors? ... If they want you," Rodgers revealed. "[If] they got a good team," he added as a second condition.

'I've never been released by a teenager before ...'

Rodgers was apparently given the runaround by the Jets organization, with hints that he wasn't welcome on the team popping up all over sports media.

In mid-February, Athletic reporter Dianna Russini claimed that new Jets head coach Aaron Glenn even told Rodgers, "If you're going to be part of this team, you're going to attend all [of] training camp, [and] you're not going to do Pat McAfee interviews any more."

"The Pat McAfee Show" on ESPN is where Rodgers has made some of his most controversial statements, surrounding topics like COVID or regarding his public feud with late-night host Jimmy Kimmel.

Glenn also reportedly said no players would get any special treatment, but allegedly had planned to move on from Rodgers no matter what his response to the new guidelines was.

As well, Rodgers was accused of punching his own ticket out of New York at the end of 2024 when a former Jets coach claimed that Rodgers was purposely trying to get cut by the team. Former coach Eric Mangini characterized some of Rodgers' comments as mocking Jets ownership when talking about the potential of being cut from the team.

"I've never been released by a teenager before, so being released would be a first," Rodgers said.

The quarterback was referring to Brick Johnson, the Jets owner's 18-year-old son who reportedly has had influence on team decisions.

Mangini said Rodgers was "legitimizing dysfunction in the organization" and making fun of the owner's son and therefore looking to leave the team.

Rodgers admittedly said he recognized "the comedy in all of it," with his relaxed attitude seemingly triggering the new Jets coaching staff.

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Jets told Aaron Rodgers he can't go on Pat McAfee's show if he stays on the team, reporter claims



New York Jets management allegedly told Aaron Rodgers that he would have stipulations around his media appearances if he were to return to the team for the 2025 season.

The news came from Dianna Russini, a former NFL analyst for ESPN now working for the Athletic, who said most of the candidates who were interviewing for the Jets' vacant head coach role planned on moving forward "without Aaron Rodgers" if they got the job.

This apparently included former Jets star Aaron Glenn, who was hired, and subsequently had conversations with Rodgers about what the team's future looked like.

According to Russini, Glenn told Rodgers, "If you're going to be part of this team, you're going to attend all [of] training camp, [and] you're not going to do Pat McAfee interviews anymore."

"The Pat McAfee Show" on ESPN is where Rodgers has made some of his most newsworthy remarks, including when he had a public feud with late-night host Jimmy Kimmel.

Another example comes from December 2024, when Rodgers said journalists need to state whether they received a COVID-19 vaccine before they criticize him, so readers and viewers will know whether the media member was "captured" by COVID-19 propaganda.

'Every single person on this team is going to be treated the same way.'

Russini made the claim on her podcast "Scoop City" with co-host and Super Bowl champion Chase Daniel. Daniel immediately asked Russini to clarify who passed down the new requirements to Rodgers.

She reiterated, "The GM and the head coach when they had these conversations."

Russini claimed this was Glenn's way of taking back control of a team that Rodgers has largely been seen as driving. Rumors swirled throughout the 2024 season that Rodgers was responsible for the firing of former head coach Robert Saleh, but Rodgers denied he had any part of it.

The 42-year-old quarterback was also accused of deliberately mocking Jets ownership in order to get traded or cut from the team.

"Aaron Glenn ... that's the one pushing for, 'I'm holding everyone accountable and every single person on this team is going to be treated the same way,'" Russini said of the new coach's mindset.

Daniel said he wondered if Rodgers would have remained the Jets quarterback if he agreed to the supposed stipulations, but Russini claimed the franchise was going to try to move on from Rodgers no matter what happened.

Rodgers still has another year left on his three-year, $112.5 million contract with the Jets. It remains unclear if he will retire before or after the contract runs out. Neither Rodgers nor McAfee have publicly addressed the rumor.

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Is Aaron Rodgers' flop in New York due to age or injury? Jason Whitlock says NEITHER



Last NFL season, Jets fans rejoiced when celebrated quarterback Aaron Rodgers left Wisconsin for New York, but three snaps into the first game, Rodgers tore his Achilles tendon and was out for the rest of the year.

But now, a healed Rodgers is ready to take on the 2024 season — except it doesn’t appear that he is actually ready.

“The Jets can't score; Aaron Rodgers looks like a shell of himself; he's throwing interceptions; he cost the Jets the game [last Sunday],” says Jason Whitlock.

What’s going on? Is Rodgers’ age finally catching up to him? He is the oldest player in the NFL after all. Or was his Achilles injury a career-ender?

Jason says it’s something else entirely that’s causing Aaron Rodgers to backslide.

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“Football and the quarterback position cannot be your side hustle, and that's what Aaron Rodgers has done to his football career,” says Jason. “The man spent the off season thinking about running for vice president with RFK; he spent the off season in Egypt rather than attending a mandatory OTA [Organized Team Activities].”

“He’s taken the game for granted, and this will not be a replay of the 2015 Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers,” he assures.

However, Aaron Rodgers and the New York Jets aren’t the only 2024 flops, according to Jason.

To hear his other predictions, watch the clip above.

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Ex-NFL player rescues 80-year-old man from near-fatal beating in YMCA locker room



Former NFL wide receiver Braylon Edwards made a potential lifesaving rescue of a senior citizen who was being beaten in the locker room of a Michigan YMCA over a disagreement.

Edwards said he was in the locker room at the YMCA in Farmington Hills, Michigan, when he overheard a 25-year-old man and an 80-year-old man having an argument, which soon turned physical.

"I walk into the locker room after work, and basically, I hear about four rows behind me arguing about music and how it was being played too loud," Edwards told Click on Detroit. "So I’m not paying attention, and I was just minding my business."

The former Cleveland Browns and New York Jets player added that once he heard a troubling sound, he decided to investigate.

"The noise escalates, and then you can hear some pushing and shoving, so you know what fighting sounds like, but once I hear a thud, that’s when I got up and turned around," Edwards continued. "Then I see the guy, for what I was thinking was reaching for a phone underneath the victim, grabs the back of the victim’s head by the hair, and he was about to slam it down on the counter."

According to reports, the 25-year-old was beating the elderly man, with law enforcement officials telling Edwards that if he hadn't stepped in, the senior most likely would have died.

"If you hadn't stepped in at that critical moment, this man he could have been killed," reporter Shawn Ley told Edwards.

"I didn’t know it was that serious, I mean the victim probably had a serious concussion by nature, but it wasn’t until I talked to Detective Jacobs down in Farmington, who told me that if I didn’t step in ... but at the end of the day that’s what you do," Edwards explained.

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The unidentified 25-year-old initially fled on foot, causing police to direct local schools to go into lockdown procedures as a precaution until the suspect was found. The suspect was apprehended and remained in custody with no further updates from local outlets.

The victim was recovering in a hospital, and Edwards said that he hoped to meet him once he was released.

"People go to work out, they have a good time, they live 80 years, and this isn't how they expect for something to maybe take their life," Edwards commented, stressing the need to protect elders. "My mom, my grandmother, my father ... in that moment when you come back home, these are the people you think about."

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'I didn't bow down to the medical industrial complex': Aaron Rodgers hits back at 'puppet' journalists who still attack him



NFL quarterback Aaron Rodgers spoke out against journalists who criticized him for a taking up a roster spot on his team, the New York Jets, despite being injured. The four-time NFL MVP also alleged that journalists who continually criticize him are often the same ones who took issue with his stance against the COVID-19 vaccine.

Pro Football Talk creator and editor in chief Mike Florio is an example of a journalist who may have jumped the gun on Rodgers' roster spot controversy. On December 20, 2023, Florio wrote that "Rodgers’s desire to be on the practice field cost a teammate his job."

"To make room for Rodgers on the 53-man roster, the Jets waived veteran fullback Nick Bawden. If Rodgers didn’t want to keep practicing, the Jets wouldn’t have had to release a player," Florio claimed. Bawden was later re-signed, with Rodgers stating that his preference was to remain on the injured list, but he was overruled by management.

"The same people who are criticizing me or coming up with these conspiracies about my injury, before they talk, let's go back to 2021 and let's make people say their vax status to start," Rodgers told former NFL punter Pat McAfee on "The Pat McAfee Show."

"That'll frame all these comments in the right window. ... Let's have them say, 'Hey, I'm so-and-so, double vaxxed with Pfizer and triple boosted. And my opinion about this is this guy's a bad guy because he just wanted to practice and took money away.' Then at least you'd know, and everybody could know at that point that they have their puppet masters who are puppeteering them to say this certain thing about this guy and that they're still upset about the fact that I believe in medical freedom. So it's the same tired narrative."

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At least one journalist took Rodgers up on his offer. Fox Sports 1 commentator Nick Wright declared he has two COVID-19 vaccinations but no boosters and said that criticisms of the Super Bowl champion were not because of his vaccine status but rather his attitude.

"Aaron Rodgers is the most disingenuous athlete of my lifetime," Wright said. The analyst went on to say that Rodgers had been disingenuous about his potential retirement, as well as about his vaccine status when he openly stated that he had been "immunized."

Rodgers reasserted to McAfee, however, that journalists are still mad that he didn't bow down to the medical establishment.

"They're still mad I'm covid MVP. Not just the two MVP's that I won but also I didn't bow down to the medical industrial complex and the mass formation psychosis and I decided to make a decision that was in the best interest of my health," Rodgers explained. "They're still trying to get their jabs in. Have another jab while you're at it."

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"I don't know if they'll do that," McAfee replied. "What'd you say, 'mass formation psychosis?'" he then asked.

"Yeah, that's a good one, look that one up," Rodgers jokingly clarified.

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Colin Kaepernick apparently begged for a job on the practice team — Warren Sapp explains why the Jets don't want him



Who wouldn’t want Colin Kaepernick on their team?

The New York Jets, that's who.

The former San Francisco 49ers quarterback turned activist famously began taking a knee during "The Star-Spangled Banner" during football games to protest on behalf of BLM, which ignited plenty of conversations as to whether activism should be a part of sports.

Kaepernick then filed a formal complaint alleging that NFL team owners colluded to keep him off the field in the wake of his protests, which concluded with a confidential settlement.

Now, he’s begging the New York Jets to sign him to their practice squad.

“I would be honored and extremely grateful for the opportunity to come in and lead the practice squad,” the letter read. “I would do this with the sole mission of getting your defense ready each week.”

A day later, the Jets signed Trevor Siemian.

Pro Football Hall of Famer Warren Sapp thinks he knows why Kaepernick’s begging isn’t working.

“I know that the people that make the decisions about football don’t want Colin involved in it,” Sapp tells Jason Whitlock. “You made a decision, you got the settlement, now go on. There’s no way you sue your boss and get back and get a job again. That just doesn’t happen.”

“There’s some mistakes you can’t recover from,” Whitlock agrees.

“It’s plain and simple. They bring a lot of people in on Tuesday. If you’re not getting invited on Tuesday around the league, then you are not considered an asset to the National Football League or any football team. So let it go,” Sapp adds.


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