Aaron Rodgers’ math exhibits that 10 is larger than two.
Rodgers downplayed the hubbub over his choice to take a private journey to Egypt and miss the Jets obligatory minicamp in June.
The 2-day minicamp operates beneath very related guidelines and with related observe drills to the ten previous voluntary OTAs (the Jets solely held 9).
“Now it’s not minicamp, they will arbitrarily put a [mandatory] tag on no matter week of OTAs that they need,” Rodgers mentioned on an episode of “Pardon My Take” that aired Monday, in keeping with on3.com.
“That is the ‘minicamp week,’ which makes it extra obligatory than different weeks, however it’s an OTAs schedule. That’s how phrases could be a little deceiving. They’ll make a narrative about how I missed minicamp when it was actually two OTA days. I got here to the primary 10.”
The Jets technically solely held 9 OTAs, with head coach Robert Saleh cancelling the final one in a player-friendly gesture.
Saleh referred to as Rodgers’ absence “unexcused” and thus was topic to fines.
To Rodgers’ level, had he skipped the 9 voluntary OTAs and attended the obligatory minicamp he would have gotten considerably much less observe time as he returns from final season’s torn Achilles however there may need been much less of a fuss due to semantics.
Rodgers and “Pardon My Take” co-host Large Cat then had a bit of sly enjoyable over defining phrases.
“You’d by no means change the that means of a phrase or intentionally inform folks,” the co-host mentioned in a refined reference to the 2021 debate that Rodgers sparked whereas with the Packers when he mentioned he was “immunized” towards COVID-19 however it was interpreted by some as “vaccinated” with none correction from Rodgers.
The Jets report for coaching camp Tuesday.
Rodgers will probably be there, however it’s unknown whether or not Jets pass-rusher Haason Reddick will probably be after he skipped all OTAs and minicamp.
