Aaron Rodgers MOCKED by Jets owner and Trump supporter Woody Johnson over RFK Jr running mate links – comparing it to his darkness retreat and branding the reports ‘a momentary distraction’
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New York Jets owner Woody Johnson dismissed suggestions that Aaron Rodgers could have ever quit football to become vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s running mate. to become.
Johnson, a supporter of Donald Trump, insisted his quarterback is fully focused on returning to the field after tearing his Achilles tendon just four minutes into his Jets debut last season.
But the 76-year-old Johnson may have gone a little too far for his quarterback’s liking by dismissing ties to the vice president, comparing it to the darkness that Rodgers started last year.
“He’s returning to football 100 percent,” Johnson told FOX News. ‘He never left football. That (running mate speculation) was a temporary distraction – maybe like going into a dark room or whatever.
“But he’s back 100 percent. Great leader. I tell the receivers, ‘You count to 10, hold your hands up and look around, the ball will be there.’
Aaron Rodgers’ ties to the vice president dismissed by Woody Johnson (second right)
Jets owner Johnson served as ambassador to the United Kingdom under Donald Trump
Last season, Aaron Rodgers ruptured his Achilles tendon just minutes after making his debut with the New York Jets
“If we can keep him going, and I think we can, it will be an exciting start to the season.”
Rodgers went on a darkness retreat last offseason to consider retirement after the Green Bay Packers failed to make the NFL Playoffs. When he resurfaced after four days, Rodgers decided to play on and ply his trade in New York, and he spoke highly of the impact of the retreat into obscurity.
“What I saw in both the third and fourth days, I saw myself, my full self at the end of that journey on one side – and I saw my full self at the end of that journey on the other side. I didn’t miss anything,” Rodgers said.
But after a summer of extreme excitement in the Big Apple, Rodgers ruptured his Achilles tendon after being tackled by Leonard Floyd of the Buffalo Bills just minutes into the game.
His left foot got stuck in the turf, his Achilles tendon ruptured and his season ended as quickly as it started, despite his best efforts to recover if the Jets made the playoffs.
Rodgers, like RFK Jr, is anti-vax and is open about his decision not to get vaccinated against Covid-19.
Last month, while Rodgers was on an ayahuasca retreat in Costa Rica, the New York Times said the NFL legend was being considered as Kennedy’s running mate.
According to the report, Rodgers and RFK Jr. talked “fairly continuously” about the Jets star serving as his running mate, and that the NFL star “welcomed” the discussions.
Johnson, meanwhile, served under Trump as the United States ambassador to the United Kingdom.