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Aaron Rodgers isn’t playing football again in the 2023 NFL season. However, the Jets quarterback still ended up being placed on the active roster on December 20 after his 21-day practice window to return from injury expired.
With Rodgers being activated, fullback Nick Bawden ended up losing his spot on the active roster, before later returning to the organization on the practice squad, because the Jets wanted Rodgers to be able to continue practicing with the team even though he won’t play again until 2024. If Gang Green hadn’t activated him, he would not have been allowed to practice the rest of the season. Rodgers went out of his way to clarify the move didn’t come from an idea of his on “The Pat McAfee Show” on Tuesday, clapping back at “conspiracy theorists” labeling him as selfish for taking up a roster spot even though he won’t be playing again this year.
“I assumed I was going to go on IR,” Rodgers said Tuesday. “I asked to be put on IR, but then there was a conversation, ‘Do you want to practice?’ I said not at the expense of somebody getting cut. I know how this works. I didn’t feel like I needed to practice to continue my rehab. I could do on-the-field stuff on the side, but, obviously, I got overruled there. It is what it is. This was an interesting situation.”
While not naming specific people, Rodgers, 40, suggested that some have conjured up “conspiracies” and “the same, tired narrative” that he is selfish because they disagree with his opinion about vaccines.
Following the roster churn, Rodgers said he reached out to Bawden after his release.
“I called Nick right away,” Rodgers said. “I just said, ‘Hey, I hope you know this isn’t coming from me. I asked to be put on IR.’ He actually said, ‘Hey, look, I’m vested. I’m getting my money. I’m fine.'”
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Author : Garrett Podell
Publish date : 2023-12-27 15:32:20
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