Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers has been publically critical of the team’s young receiving corps this preseason. But Rodgers doesn’t that his own decision to skip organized team activities had anything to do with their struggles.
Rodgers chose not to attend organized team activities this offseason, only showing up to the team’s mandatory minicamp. But when asked if that had an impact on the young receiving corps getting on the same page with him, Rodgers denied it.
“You know, not really,” Rodgers said, according to Jason Wilde of Madison.com. “Training camp is a long experience. There’s plenty of time for conversations, for practice, for a lot of the things that expect them to do in the regular season.”
Rodgers said that before he can be effective with his receivers in practice, they need to learn the offense. And the time without him gave them that chance.
“I rely on the coaching staff to pass on the message as we’re learning the offense, and then I’m kind of the 202 professor,” Rodgers said. “They’ve got to get kind of the base concepts, and when I come in, we have the offense outside of the paper offense. . . . Obviously, (we have) some different players this year, but I feel like the offense, especially in the last week or so, has been clicking closer to where I think we should be trending.”
The Packers don’t have much longer to get things right before the start of the 2022-23 season. The team opens the year with a road showdown against the Minnesota Vikings on Sept. 11.
