Aaron Rodgers’ math reveals that 10 is larger than two.
Rodgers downplayed the hubbub over his choice to take a private journey to Egypt and miss the Jets necessary minicamp in June.
The 2-day minicamp operates beneath very comparable guidelines and with comparable follow 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 stated on an episode of “Pardon My Take” that aired Monday, based on on3.com.
“That is the ‘minicamp week,’ which makes it extra necessary than different weeks, but it surely’s an OTAs schedule. That’s how phrases generally is a little deceiving. They will 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 known as Rodgers’ absence “unexcused” and thus was topic to fines.
To Rodgers’ level, had he skipped the 9 voluntary OTAs and attended the necessary minicamp he would have gotten considerably much less follow 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 Massive Cat then had a bit of sly enjoyable over defining phrases.
“You’d by no means change the which means of a phrase or intentionally inform folks,” the co-host stated in a delicate reference to the 2021 debate that Rodgers sparked whereas with the Packers when he stated he was “immunized” in opposition to COVID-19 but it surely was interpreted by some as “vaccinated” with none correction from Rodgers.
The Jets report for coaching camp Tuesday.
Rodgers can be there, however it’s unknown whether or not Jets pass-rusher Haason Reddick can be after he skipped all OTAs and minicamp.
