Keyshawn Johnson let Aaron Rodgers have it for what he noticed because the Jets quarterback benching himself throughout Sunday’s blowout loss to the Payments.
On FS1’s “Converse” on Monday, Johnson ripped his former workforce’s quarterback after he admitted to suggesting he go away the sport because the Jets went down 40-0 originally of the fourth quarter.
“You determine to take your ball and go house since you wasn’t getting your means,” Johnson mentioned. “… You stop in your workforce, man. I’m not going to be good to Aaron Rodgers like that. I believed he was on a mission to persuade them [the Jets] that he ought to come again. Primarily based on what he did yesterday I don’t wish to be nowhere close to him.
“He took his ball and went house!” he continued. “That’s precisely what he simply did. He took his ball and went house as a result of he wasn’t getting his means and the Payments was kicking his rear finish. What the hell is mistaken with Aaron Rodgers.”
Throughout a postgame press convention after the 40-13 loss, Rodgers revealed that it was his concept to usher in backup quarterback Tyrod Taylor as the sport bought out of hand.
“I imply it was 33-0, we have been sitting there & I mentioned sooner or later most likely go to Tyrod right here, huh? Then the subsequent play [the Bills] threw a display screen for a landing. So it was 40-0,” Rodgers mentioned.
Taylor ultimately went into the sport and led two Jets landing drives.
Johnson in contrast Rodgers’ actions to 49ers linebacker De’Vondre Campbell’s refusal to play in a recreation early this month. The previous star extensive receiver didn’t give in when fellow pannel members Paul Pierce and Pleasure Taylor tried to say the conditions have been completely different as a result of Campbell walked out whereas Rodgers stayed on the bench.
“He took his ball and went house! That’s precisely what he simply did,” Johnson retorted “He took his ball and went house as a result of he wasn’t getting his means and the Payments was kicking his rear finish. What the hell is mistaken with Aaron Rodgers?”
Within the week main as much as the sport, Rodgers performed up the significance of the divisional matchup regardless that the Jets had lengthy been eradicated from playoff competition, calling the final two weeks in opposition to the Payments and Dolphins “an audition for all of us.”
The loss dropped the Jets to 4-12 and 2-9 since Robert Saleh was fired in late October.
Requested about his future with the Jets after the sport, Rodgers mentioned: “I’m going to get pleasure from subsequent week after which take some psychological and bodily relaxation.”
