SNY’s Gary Cohen threw out a Pat McAfee-influenced idea on the place Aaron Rodgers could also be relatively than attending the Jets’ necessary minicamp.
The long-lasting play-by-play announcer mentioned the nationwide storyline with SNY Jets studio host Steve Gelbs whereas calling the ultimate outs of the Mets’ 10-4 win over the Marlins on Wednesday evening.
“So, the place do you suppose he’s?” Cohen requested Gelbs, who responded: “There’s a number of potentialities.”
“Is he like beneath Pat McAfee’s sofa or one thing?” Cohen then stated in a zinger.
“That could be one of the best chance,” Gelbs stated whereas laughing.
That McAfee would catch a humorous stray on the state of affairs is sensible since he and Rodgers are fairly shut and McAfee gives the longer term Corridor of Famer an open discussion board every week to debate his ideas.
It doesn’t matter what Rodgers says, be it about Jimmy Kimmel or COVID, McAfee doesn’t problem Rodgers and can virtually all the time aspect with him.
Even on this present Jets drama, McAfee mocked Jets coach Robert Saleh for the way he tackled Rodgers’ absence. Saleh stated Rodgers skipped minicamp for one thing “crucial to him.”
“Fascinating, in Aaron’s twentieth yr, he didn’t miss a single OTA,” McAfee stated Tuesday. “What’s the life occasion? As a result of clearly Saleh heard it and was like, ‘Nah I don’t suppose so.”’
Whereas McAfee could snort, the truth is Rodgers has made the Jets’ minicamp a serious speaking level by selecting that soccer got here second.
Saleh tried to diffuse the state of affairs Wednesday, saying he and his star quarterback are on the identical web page, but it surely seems their priorities don’t line up.
Loads of of us have weighed in on the state of affairs, and the SNY crew — accurately, we’d add — had extra enjoyable with the subject than simply specializing in the ultimate outs of a sport between two struggling NL East groups.
Cohen had no issues being blunt about Rodgers’ Jets profession.
“Aaron Rodgers has taken 4 snaps in his Jets profession,” Cohen stated.
Gelbs responded, “Sure, that’s right,” earlier than Cohen continued: “Do you suppose he’ll take any extra?”
“I certain do,” Gelbs stated. “And, I’ll inform ya, I don’t care the place he’s proper now, simply go win video games within the common season.”
“My feeling proper now could be in case you take a look at their relative Jets careers, that Brett Favre has up to now had a greater Jets profession than Aaron Rodgers,” Cohen stated, earlier than calling a strikeout.
“Nicely, I don’t even suppose that’s a query proper now,” Gelbs responded, whereas Cohen laughed. “Gary, there are only a few that had worse, at this level, but it surely’s nonetheless very early. And I’m optimistic as I bodily might be, which I don’t understand how optimistic that’s. However I’m optimistic.”
Cohen then took Gelbs, a famous Jets and Rangers fan, down reminiscence lane.
“You’ve suffered a number of disappointment within the final years between Rodgers taking place and the Rangers not attending to the Finals…” he stated.
“It’s been a tough yr,” Gelbs stated in settlement.
Cohen responded: “I don’t know in case you can deal with much more, so I hope Aaron reveals up someday.”
The Jets pregame and postgame host then gave the world the glass-half-full outlook on Rodgers’ absence.
“I’ll take a look at it from this angle, OK,” Gelbs stated. “He confirmed as much as each attainable offseason observe, necessary, non-mandatory, final yr and what did it get him?”
It certainly acquired the Jets nowhere, and so they can solely hope there are higher issues forward.
Within the meantime, maybe they will examine beneath McAfee’s sofa for his buddy.
