Heading into the 2022 season with the Green Bay Packers – a season that turned out to be his last with the team – Aaron Rodgers decided not to attend the team’s organized team activities even though the team had a revamped receiving corps. The move received quite a bit of criticism, but Rodgers is still defending the decision.
During a recent interview with Matt Schneidman of The Athletic, Aaron Rodgers addressed the criticism he faced for his decision to skip OTAs in 2022.
“When I’m in, I’m all-in, and you wanna ride with offseason workouts?” Rodgers told Schneidman. “I won MVP without doing offseason workouts. Like, was my commitment any less then? I’d say not at all. The way that I come back to work, not just physically in good shape but mentally refreshed, is the best thing for me to have the season I wanted to have during those in Green Bay. . . . I think that’s just a cop-out written to try and find something to disparage me about that, honestly, when you know what offseason workouts are really about, it’s completely ridiculous.”
It’s worth noting that Rodgers did decide to participate in OTAs with the New York Jets this year as he learns his new team and teammates.
