The Green Bay Packers finally dealt longtime franchise quarterback Aaron Rodgers to the New York Jets in one of the most anticipated trades in league history.
As of now, both the Jets and the Packers appear happy with their haul, which would seem to make it a great trade.
Packers GM Brian Gutekunst revealed after the trade that the franchise lost communication with Rodgers during negotiations, and that they were forced to converse through his agent.
Rodgers blasted that idea, saying that it was the Packers who refused to FaceTime him, as required by the lack of service at his Wisconsin home.
“I will say, people that know me, I’m fortunate to live in a beautiful house. The only downside is I have very limited cell service,” Rodgers said Wednesday, according to NFL.com. “So if you want to get ahold of me, I have to see your face. You have to FaceTime me. So, the only response to the communication thing is, there’s records in your phone about who called you, when, FaceTime, and there wasn’t any specific FaceTimes from any of those numbers that I was looking at. That’s neither here nor there because now we’re in this position.
“Obviously, that’s the direction they wanted to go as far as the story they couldn’t get ahold of me, which led for this to be the case. My point was, if there was a change that wanted to be made, why wasn’t that told to me early in the offseason. Now, obviously, my future was undecided at that time. I didn’t know if I wanted to keep playing. I wanted to go into my darkness retreat and sit with it and contemplate. But when I came out, it was evident that it was retire or move on to a new team.”
It would seem that there are some sour grapes from Rodgers on how the Packers handled the trade. Maybe sports fans will get lucky enough to see these two play a Super Bowl against each other in the near future.
[NFL.com]
