Aaron Rodgers isn’t a team leader and the Jets are in ‘complete disarray’ ahead of the new season, claims NFL agent.
An anonymous NFL agent has warned Jets fans that their team might not turn out as good as they think with Aaron Rodgers back from injury this fall, as they claimed that the locker room culture in Florham Park is in utter shambles.
Speaking to The Athletic ahead of New York’s first game of the season against the 49ers on Sept. 9, the agent told The Athletic: ‘There is complete disarray over there. Look at how they’ve handled Aaron Rodgers. Has one player had more power than him?
‘He skipped minicamp. They have been unable to convert him into a team player. The vibe in the building is terrible.’
Rodgers, 40, joined the Jets as part of a blockbuster trade with the Packers prior to the 2023 season, but the quarterback suffered a season-ending injury (torn Achilles) on the Jets’ first snaps of the campaign.
Now, the Jets are solely relying on the idea that Rodgers will be able to come back and play at a high level – the one that previously earned him four NFL MVP awards – despite his age and the significance of the injury he is returning form.
Rodgers slammed the report, describing it as ‘ridiculous,’ although Lazard and Cobb did end up joining Gang Green.
It was also widely expected that Rodgers would have been fully invested in the Jets’ offseason program this summer after missing essentially the entire 2023 season, but he controversially skipped the team’s mandatory minicamp on June 11 and 12.
According to Fox Sports, Rodgers professed that his absence was due to a trip to Egypt, which he claimed to have planned based on last year’s minicamp schedule.
The Jets fined Rodgers for his unexcused absence, but the California native played down the importance of missing some minicamp dates during an appearance on Barstool’s ‘Pardon My Take’ podcast.
