Packers GM taking the high road on Aaron Rodgers “issues”
The Packers organization addressed the Aaron Rodgers saga and sounded pretty content with how they handled things on their end.
With the drama of the Aaron Rodgers saga hopefully coming to a close, the Green Bay Packers gave their thoughts on the situation and tried to end things on a good note.
Rodgers declared his intention to play for the New York Jets weeks ago, and a Packers-Jets trade will presumably be finalized within these coming months. While some could be critical of the way Rodgers went about asking to be traded out of Green Bay, the Packers reacted coolly and calmly — from the public’s perspective anyway.
Green Bay general manager Brian Gutekunst had his bit to say on the drawn-out trade talks:
Gutekunst is likely referring to Rodgers’ close friendship with Pat McAfee when he says Rodgers is talking to the “media” instead of his own organization. Everyone knows where Rodgers stands with Adam Schefter.
Packers have only kind things to say after Aaron Rodgers offseason drama
This offseason, Rodgers has indeed leaked most of his thoughts and feelings through McAfee’s YouTube show, including the details of his darkness retreat and his desire to be traded to the Jets.
In the past, Rodgers has engendered a very private persona and hasn’t always been forthcoming or transparent — the whole COVID-19 vaccine debacle, for example, really brought down Rodgers’ credibility once it was implied that he misled the public about his vaccination status. The “woke mob” didn’t appreciate his intentional lack of honesty there.
In the same vein, the Packers brass likely didn’t sit well with Rodgers going off on his own to figure out his own future rather than sit down in Green Bay and have a normal, mature discussion.
However, the past is the past. As much as it would be nice to lay everything out on the table and come to an ideal solution like two rational adults, Rodgers just doesn’t function that way.
And that’s okay, according to Gutekunst. (Sense a bit of passive aggression in that sentence?). That’s okay.
