Robert Saleh has been head coach of the New York Jets for 3 seasons and head coach of Aaron Rodgers for one. He ought to know by now that any trace of drama with the Jets turns into a narrative, and virtually something concerning Rodgers turns into a giant story.
When Saleh termed Rodgers’ absence from a compulsory minicamp unexcused on Tuesday, he opened up the information cycle. It was debated whether or not Rodgers must be there and what the quarterback was doing that took precedence over the camp.
On Wednesday, Saleh needed to clear all of it up. There isn’t any challenge, he mentioned, regardless that him terming the absence unexcused a day earlier made it one.
Robert Saleh says he is not fearful about Aaron Rodgers’ absence
Saleh met the media Wednesday and was requested once more about Rodgers’ absence. That is smart because it turned the largest story within the NFL throughout a gradual time in June.
Saleh mentioned he was conscious Rodgers would not be at minicamp. He mentioned it wasn’t a difficulty for him or the crew.
“Aaron and I are on the very same web page,” Saleh mentioned in a media conference. “There isn’t any challenge between Aaron, or his teammates for that matter. We addressed it yesterday; it is extra of a difficulty for everybody exterior of the constructing than it’s inside. That is about it.”
That every one may have been prevented had Saleh mentioned the absence was excused or defined the place Rodgers was. The story ought to die down a bit for some time regardless that there is no phrase on what Rodgers is doing whereas he skips minicamp.
It was one other reminder that there is at all times going to be some headline in relation to Rodgers in New York.
Rodgers stays away from minicamp
Rodgers’ absence led to a traditional backpage from the New York Each day Information.
There was most likely a neater option to deal with the entire state of affairs. One cause it acquired loads of consideration is that Rodgers chided the Jets in January for distractions, saying the franchise wanted to “flush the bulls***” and get rid of “something within the constructing that we’re doing individually or collectively that has nothing to do with actual successful.”
Rodgers staying away from a minicamp contradicted that, nevertheless it’s not the primary or final time the star quarterback’s phrases might be dissected. Rodgers hasn’t shied away from making controversial feedback or drawing consideration, and going to New York solely accelerated the eye dropped at him.
The entire thing could be an even bigger story exterior the Jets’ facility, as Saleh says, nevertheless it should not have come as a shock.