Aaron Rodgers and Jets coach Robert Saleh are “on the exact same page” after the quarterback missed mandatory minicamp on Tuesday.
Rodgers skipped practice for an unspecified ‘event’, with his absence being unexcused and subject to penalties under the collective bargaining agreement.
However, Saleh has now denied that there are any divisions between the two.
“Aaron and I are on the exact same page,” he told reporters on Wednesday.
‘By the way, there is no problem between Aaron and his teammates. We discussed it yesterday. It’s a bigger problem for everyone outside the building than inside.”
Robert Saleh insisted on Wednesday that he and Aaron Rodgers are ‘on the exact same page’
Rodgers was a full participant in New York’s offseason workouts before this week
Notably, Rodgers was and was at the Jets facility all spring Reportedly at Florham Park on Monday for a physical exam and photographs.
However, he will miss all three days of the team’s mandatory mini-camp from June 11 to 13, which will earn him a fine of more than $100,000 under the CBA.
The first missed practice costs the 40-year-old Rodgers $16,953, while a second absence nearly doubles to $33,908, and a final missed day results in a $50,855 fine.
Pro Bowl linebacker Haason Reddick, a new addition to the Jets this offseason, is also missing minicamp.
After missing all but four games of the Jets’ season with an Achilles tendon strain, Rodgers made headlines when it was reported by the New York Times that he was in line to be Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential running mate. to become.
That position ultimately went to tech entrepreneur Nicole Shanahan, although Rodgers recently suggested it was his job to turn it down.
‘I love Bobby. We had some really nice conversations,” Rodgers told reporters late last month.
‘But there were actually two options. It was retire and be his VP or continue playing. And I wanted to keep playing.”