Aaron Rodgers is formally again on U.S. soil.
Rodgers, the 40-year-old quarterback of the Jets, missed the staff’s necessary minicamp earlier this month with what head coach Robert Saleh deemed an “unexcused absence,” and rumors had been that the quarterback was abroad someplace.
Marquez Valdes-Scantling, who was Rodgers’ former teammate on the Packers, joined “The Herd” on FS1 on Thursday and advised host Jason McIntyre that he was understanding with the quarterback within the Los Angeles space on Wednesday.
“Me and Aaron have been nice pals since I had been in Inexperienced Bay. I hit him up, advised him I used to be popping out to LA, and mentioned, ‘Let’s run some routes,’” Valdes-Scantling mentioned.
“So we bought it in. Went out to some highschool and ran some routes collectively. We’re good. It was good.”
McIntyre, a longtime Jets fan, responded, “All of the New York media can stand down. Aaron Rodgers is again from Egypt! It’s not a secret anymore!”
Valdes-Scantling performed with the Packers from 2018-21, then spent two years on the Chiefs, successful Tremendous Bowl championships with Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce and Andy Reid each seasons.
This offseason, Valdes-Scantling signed a one-year take care of the Payments price as much as $4.5 million.
A day after Saleh mentioned that Rodgers’ absence from camp was unexcused, he tried to clean issues over.
“Aaron and I are on the very same web page,” Saleh mentioned. “There’s no difficulty between Aaron [and I] or his teammates for that matter. We addressed it [Tuesday]. It’s extra of a problem for everybody exterior the constructing than it’s inside. That’s about it.”
