Throughout a latest look on the “Terrible Asserting Podcast,” New York Jets reporter Connor Hughes of SNY defined why he does not consider quarterback Aaron Rodgers skipping the membership’s two-day necessary minicamp as an unexcused absence earlier this month is all that massive of a deal.
“A distraction to me is one thing that’s going to impression the group,” Hughes mentioned, as shared by Reice Shipley of Terrible Asserting. “Affect the group long-term and impression the group this coming season. I don’t see this impacting the Jets and what they will accomplish this coming yr in any means, form or kind. If they will go on a playoff run and possibly even attain the Tremendous Bowl, lacking two days of necessary minicamp isn’t going to impression that in any respect.”
Whereas people inside the Jets akin to head coach Robert Saleh,
cornerback D.J. Reed and working again Breece Corridor defended Rodgers for having fun with a “vacation” in the course of the group’s necessary practices, outsiders have ripped the 40-year-old for producing pointless headlines forward of what likely might be a make-or-break season for Saleh and, presumably, for basic supervisor Joe Douglas.
“If the Jets miss the playoffs and everybody will get fired this yr, it’s not going to be as a result of Aaron Rodgers missed two days of necessary minicamp,” Hughes continued. “It’s possible going to be due to accidents or that the offense simply didn’t come collectively below (offensive coordinator) Nathaniel Hackett. Nevertheless, this was a headline. It was noteworthy, it was newsworthy. It was pointless consideration that didn’t essentially must be there. It didn’t must be a headline in mid-June.”
The 2024 Jets suffered no actual loss resulting from Rodgers’ minicamp absences, nevertheless it stays unknown why neither he nor Saleh revealed in late Could or early June that the longer term Corridor of Famer would merely be elsewhere for the practices. Doing so possible would’ve put the matter to mattress earlier than the group’s summer season break, however there now stay extra questions than solutions concerning why Rodgers and Saleh dealt with this case as they did.
“So, a distraction? I don’t essentially know if that’s the phrase I’d use,” Hughes added. “However it definitely was a newsworthy headline.”
