Aaron Rodgers is considering exterior the pocket.
Whereas mulling his future — and his place subsequent season whether or not on the New York Jets or elsewhere — the 41-year-old quarterback of the 4-11 crew is open-minded about a number of eventualities.
“I believe there is a world the place they only say, ‘Hey, thanks, we’ll go in one other path’ on January sixth,” Rodgers said on The Pat McAfee Show on Monday, Dec. 23. “That is a risk. I believe there’s additionally a risk we’ll wait and see who the brand new employees is.”
This season, which to this point has seen the crew fireplace its head coach Robert Saleh and common supervisor Joe Douglas, has been a disappointment for the Jets. In a recently-published article in The Athletic, sources contained in the group stated that Jets proprietor Woody Johnson’s teenage sons Brick and Jack would generally affect personnel selections.
“Being launched could be a primary; being launched by a teen, that may even be a primary,” Rodgers quipped.
Rodgers added, “So, hey, I am open to the whole lot and I discover the comedy in all of it, If that occurs, hey, it is an important story.”
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A day later, on Tuesday, Dec. 24, the doubtless future Corridor of Famer had much less to share with reporters about whether or not he thinks the Jets proprietor would welcome him for his final yr beneath contract.
“You must ask Woody,” Rodgers stated curtly.
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Nonetheless, the topic of the brand new Netflix documentary sequence Aaron Rodgers: Enigma was happier whereas on McAfee to debate different elements of his life — like the truth that he has a brand new girlfriend, named Brittani.
Whereas discussing his Christmas purchasing habits, Rodgers casually dropped the information, explaining that he was pressured a few late-arriving reward for his associate.
“There was one bundle left for my girlfriend Brittani that hadn’t confirmed up but,” he stated. “I used to be ready on this to indicate up, it confirmed up at this time.”
After a little bit focused ribbing from McAfee and co-host A.J. Hawk, Rodgers addressed whether or not he was in love: “It is a good feeling boys. It’s.”
