Free agent quarterback Aaron Rodgers has sounded off on his final meeting with the New York Jets, ripping his old team and their new coach with claims that he had his time wasted and was disrespected.
The Jets opted to part ways with Rodgers at the end of the 2024 season following a disastrous spell together, during which Robert Saleh was fired.
Aaron Glenn has come in as his replacement and apparently wasn’t willing to chance his future on the QB. According to Rodgers, he paid for his own flight to meet with the new management and expected a real conversation, something he never got.
"I figured when I flew across country to meet with the Jets there was gonna be a conversation..
— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) April 17, 2025
We sat down in the office & 20 seconds in the coach said we're going in a different direction..
That's totally fine but they could have just told me that on the phone" ~… pic.twitter.com/By7QvLK7tM
Rodgers appeared on ‘The Pat McAfee Show’ on Thursday and told the host he met with Glenn and they were having a talk before the new HC ran out of the room and returned with general manager Darren Mougey.
He says Glenn asked whether he was sure he wanted to play football and he confirmed he was before he was told the team would be moving in another direction.
“So we sit down and I think we’re going to have this long conversation, and 20 seconds in and he (Glenn) goes: You sure you wanna play football? And I said yes, and he said, “we’re going in another direction.”
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Aaron Rodgers on his meeting with the Jets:
— Zack Rosenblatt (@ZackBlatt) April 17, 2025
“Listen, that was an interesting two years to say the least. I figured that when I flew across country to my dime there would be a conversation. The confusing thing to me is I went out there, I meet with the coach, we start talking ……
Rodgers “Shouldn’t Have Been Surprised” By Jets’ Lack Of Respect
Rodgers added that there wasn’t much respect in that meeting, although he shouldn’t have been surprised because of what he saw during his time with the team.
“I felt there wasn’t an ample amount of respect in that meeting,” he claimed. “I guess I shouldn’t have been surprised based on some things I saw over two years.”
Aaron Rodgers on the Jets: “I felt there wasn’t an ample amount of respect in that meeting. I guess I shouldn’t have been surprised based on some things I saw over two years.”
— Zack Rosenblatt (@ZackBlatt) April 17, 2025
The Aaron Rodgers explanation of the meeting with the Jets
— NYJ Matt (@NYJ_Matt) April 17, 2025
-Flew across the country on “his own dime” hoping to have a conversation
-Start talking with Aaron Glenn then he “ran out of the room”
-Comes back with Mougey lets him know they are moving in a different direction…
Rodgers also claimed to be surprised that he wasn’t asked about his experience with the Jets or the current state of the team.
As for his future, it appears he’s seriously considering retirement. The Pittsburgh Steelers want him as their new QB but he has left them waiting for several weeks now, and it stil doesn’t seem like he has made up his mind.
Also Read: It Sounds Like Aaron Rodgers Is Officially Done According To Latest Report From NFL Insider
