As the New York Jets opened mandatory offseason minicamp this week, there were two notable unexcused absences. One is newly acquired defensive end Haason Reddick, who is entering the final year of his contract and presumably wants a new one.
The other is Aaron Rodgers.
Details are scarce on why the 40-year-old quarterback is missing minicamp after he appeared at voluntary workouts last month and told reporters he knows the 2024 season is make-or-break for him and the staff in New York after he played just four snaps in 2023.
Head coach Robert Saleh said Rodgers was away for a previous commitment that “is very important to him” — and something he told the team about ahead of time. On Wednesday, Saleh was asked specifically whether Rodgers was aware the team would term his absence as “unexcused.”
“I talked about it yesterday, but Aaron and I are on the exact same page,” Saleh said. “There’s no issue between Aaron — or his teammates, for that matter. So, like I said, we addressed it yesterday. It’s more of an issue for everyone outside the building than it is inside.
“And that’s about it.”
Saleh reiterated that Rodgers had made the team aware of his plans in advance, but backup quarterback Tyrod Taylor said Tuesday he only learned he would be leading the starting offense earlier that morning. That implied neither Rodgers nor the Jets told Taylor — and perhaps his other teammates — that Rodgers would skip minicamp sessions.
“It’s a one-on-one conversation,” Saleh said of his chat with Rodgers. “That’s not something the team needed to know about.”
FS1’s Colin Cowherd said Wednesday on “The Herd” that he was told by a source close to the four-time NFL MVP that Rodgers is “on vacation” overseas and his whereabouts would be publicly revealed Thursday.
Cowherd believes Rodgers’ absence, despite Saleh’s comments, could signal some tension between the Jets and their quarterback.
“This is what happens when you give a prickly, rich, set-in-his-ways, passive-aggressive…
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