On Tuesday, we learned Aaron Rodgers was not in attendance at the New York Jets’ mandatory minicamp, which head coach Robert Saleh labled as an unexcused absence.
On Wednesday morning, we have now learned the veteran quarterback will be skipping the team’s entire minicamp because he “prefers to be somewhere else away from football.”
That reason was reported by The Athletic’s Dianna Russini, who added it was the QB’s choice to not show up.
Aaron Rodgers is skipping all of Jets mandatory minicamp this week because he prefers to be somewhere else away from football. That’s his choice.
— Dianna Russini (@DMRussini) June 12, 2024
Dianna Russini: “This is a choice. This is 100% Aaron Rodgers making a choice to not be at football practice with the New York Jets while the rest of the team is there working.” pic.twitter.com/u9zEX88Z7b
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) June 12, 2024
NFL media and fans had lots of reacitons to this news:
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— ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) June 12, 2024
“It’s not a half the time thing, it’s not a sometimes thing, it’s not a most of the time thing, it’s an every time thing. If you want to be a winning organization, and to put yourself in position to win championships and be competitive, everything that you do matters, and the… https://t.co/kVsMdNORH6
— Peter Bukowski (@Peter_Bukowski) June 12, 2024
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— just cody (@CodyfromZero) June 12, 2024
That’s the lamest excuse I’ve ever heard in my life https://t.co/lxVdnnJ89v
— Evan DiPasquale (@Evandipo2) June 12, 2024
I am going to skip all of my mandatory working hours because I prefer to be somewhere else away from my job. That’s my choice. https://t.co/7B5tJDcAmy
— Fletcher Keel (@FletchTopper) June 12, 2024
I’ve always thought “mandatory” meant, like, you HAD to do it? Maybe my dictionary is out of date…I don’t know. https://t.co/wURxw1MxNz
— MGVanWormer (@mgvanwormer) June 12, 2024
Hope this works with my employer https://t.co/KpVD0xe6Di
— Erica (@WoytekErica) June 12, 2024
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ANDY NESBITT
Andy Nesbitt is the Assistant Managing Editor of Audience Engagement at Sports Illustrated. He works closely with the Breaking & Trending News Team to shape SI’s daily coverage across all sports. He has been working in sports media for over 20 years, appearing on Fox Sports, For the Win, The Boston Globe, and NBC Sports. He’s a golf fanatic who desperately wants to see the Super Bowl played on a Saturday night.
