Jets told Aaron Rodgers he can’t go on Pat McAfee’s show

New York Jets management allegedly told Aaron Rodgers that he would have stipulations around his media appearances if he were to return to the team for the 2025 season.

The news came from Dianna Russini, a former NFL analyst for ESPN now working for the Athletic, who said most of the candidates who were interviewing for the Jets’ vacant head coach role planned on moving forward “without Aaron Rodgers” if they got the job.

This apparently included former Jets star Aaron Glenn, who was hired, and subsequently had conversations with Rodgers about what the team’s future looked like.

According to Russini, Glenn told Rodgers, “If you’re going to be part of this team, you’re going to attend all [of] training camp, [and] you’re not going to do Pat McAfee interviews anymore.”

“The Pat McAfee Show” on ESPN is where Rodgers has made some of his most newsworthy remarks, including when he had a public feud with late-night host Jimmy Kimmel.

Another example comes from December 2024, when Rodgers said journalists need to state whether they received a COVID-19 vaccine before they criticize him, so readers and viewers will know whether the media member was “captured” by COVID-19 propaganda.

‘Every single person on this team is going to be treated the same way.’

Russini made the claim on her podcast “Scoop City” with co-host and Super Bowl champion Chase Daniel. Daniel immediately asked Russini to clarify who passed down the new requirements to Rodgers.

She reiterated, “The GM and the head coach when they had these conversations.”

Russini claimed this was Glenn’s way of taking back control of a team that Rodgers has largely been seen as driving. Rumors swirled throughout the 2024 season that Rodgers was responsible for the firing of former head coach Robert Saleh, but Rodgers denied he had any part of it.

The 42-year-old quarterback was also accused of deliberately mocking Jets ownership in order to get traded or cut from the team.

“Aaron Glenn … that’s the one pushing for, ‘I’m holding everyone accountable and every single person on this team is going to be treated the same way,'” Russini said of the new coach’s mindset.

Daniel said he wondered if Rodgers would have remained the Jets quarterback if he agreed to the supposed stipulations, but Russini claimed the franchise was going to try to move on from Rodgers no matter what happened.

Rodgers still has another year left on his three-year, $112.5 million contract with the Jets. It remains unclear if he will retire before or after the contract runs out. Neither Rodgers nor McAfee have publicly addressed the rumor.

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