Aaron Rodgers Says He Wants To Play For The New York Jets After ‘Coming Out Of A Place Of Darkness’

Four-time MVP Aaron Rodgers, 39, not lone revealed that he’s not ready to retire aft all, but he’s acceptable to permission the Green Bay Packers for the New York Jets sometime successful 2023! During a caller interrogation connected The Pat McAfee Show on Mar. 15, the NFL prima dished astir his aboriginal plans. “We had a bully conversation, and I told them [the New York Jets], ‘I’m not acceptable to marque a determination astir anything. I privation to get backmost into my workouts and spot however it feels to truly deed it hard for a week… and to spot if that thrust and that passionateness is inactive there,'” helium said during the candid interview.

In Feb., Aaron spent astir 4 days successful a “dark” meditation and took abstraction from the satellite to bespeak connected his future plans. During that time, helium claimed that his squad of astir 18 years reassured him that they supported him. “I was funny successful wherever [the Packers] would beryllium astatine mentally, and everything that I was told successful the week that I was successful Green Bay was, ‘Take arsenic agelong arsenic you want, and we privation you to discontinue a Packer. You privation to travel backmost and play, evidently the doorway is wide open.’ So that was the accusation I was going on,” helium explained. “Now, erstwhile I came retired of the darkness, thing changed. I’m not precisely definite what that was, but thing changed.”

Later, helium allegedly heard from “many people”, including players, that the beforehand bureau had changed their minds. “It was wide to maine astatine that constituent that, though the Packers were going to accidental the close happening publicly, they were acceptable to determination on,” helium continued, via Fox News. After that, the Super Bowl champion decided to inquire astir “other teams” and was “granted permission” to person a speech with the Jets. Although nary authoritative woody has been made, Aaron did uncover that, for now, his “intentions” are to play for the New York Jets.

Aaron Rodgers was archetypal drafted by the Green Bay Packers successful 2005. (Morry Gash/AP/Shutterstock)

Although it is not quality that Aaron spoke with the Jets, as HollywoodLife previously reported connected Mar. 7, it is quality that Aaron’s idiosyncratic intentions are present crystal clear. At the time, sports journalist Trey Wingo tweeted on Mar. 7 that “per sources, Aaron Rodgers and the Jets had conversations today. While thing is imminent, Rodgers is unfastened to the thought of going to New York.” (h/t The NY Post). Now, 1 week later, it is nary question connected what Aaron would similar to do. “At this point, arsenic I beryllium here, I deliberation since Friday, I made it wide that my volition was to play and my volition was to play for the New York Jets,” the ex-beau of actress Shailene Woodley added.

A last determination and declaration deals are inactive up successful the air, however, Aaron clarified that determination is nary atrocious humor betwixt him and his longtime team. “Nobody’s bled greenish and golden similar me. I mean, I emotion that city,” helium gushed. “I emotion those fans. I emotion that region.” He besides called not retiring a Packer “bittersweet” and that “the game” has fixed him a “ton.” The accomplished jock was archetypal drafted by the squad successful 2005 and aboriginal won a Super Bowl with them successful 2011. “I’m conscionable truly really thankful I got to beryllium the starting backmost for the Packers for 15 years,” helium concluded, earlier adding, “I emotion you Green Bay, convey you.”

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