On Tuesday, Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers had some interesting things to say about the importance of ownership support for coaches and general managers when things aren’t going well.
On Wednesday, he acknowledged that no such support has historically (and more recently) been provided by New York Jets ownership.
It was a compelling moment from his midweek press conference. Apparently it was a bit too forcing for the Jets.
The comments do not appear anywhere in the transcript of his remarks, or in the video from press availability – nor on the official team website or on the team’s YouTube channel.
It is not the first time that a team has deleted certain comments from the official report of a press conference. If it happens, it’s not an accident.
Not that Jets ownership specifically ordered the removal. But someone decided that it would not be wise to include these comments in the official record, even though they were indeed part of the official press conference. (Here’s an excerpt of what didn’t end up in the video.)
It’s just another body of evidence pointing to Rodgers not being with the Jets. As Simms and I suspected on Thursday PFT LiveRodgers frames the inevitable divorce as the Jets not wanting Rodgers in 2025 — regardless of whether he would want to return to the Jets.
He’s even said he wants them to decide they want him before he even considers whether he’ll return.
It would be a shock if that happens. The new regime will want to continue with the step that helped make the former regime the former regime. They don’t want Rodgers back.
And Rodgers can then claim the narrative that they didn’t want him. That will make for a more interesting story in 2025 when he plays for someone else.
Like maybe the Giants.
