The New York Jets are about to embark on what could be a turning point season in the franchise. After losing four-time NFL MVP Aaron Rodgers to a torn Achillies in Week One of the 2023 season, the Jets’ lack of talent around him was terribly exposed. Additionally, the transactions they made to please their new quarterback did not pan out.
Among many other things, the Jets’ treatment of former second-overall pick Zach Wilson became an embarrassment in what was a truly embarrassing season. Wilson’s comments about the organization, as well as those of other current players, painted the picture of an organization that had other things going on within in it than focusing on football.
Earlier this offseason, Rodgers himself made waves when he said that the Jets need to “flush the bull**** out of the building” and focus on football. Everyone on the team seems to have taken his advice. Everyone, that is, except him.
New York Jets Quarterback Aaron Rodgers Reportedly Missed Mandatory Minicamp for an Ayahuasca Retreat
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As many fans are aware, Rodgers made headlines last week when he was listed as absent unexcused from the Jets’ mandatory minicamp. Head coach Robert Saleh told reporters that the star quarterback was attending an event that was very important to him.
According to a recent report, that event might have been an ayahuasca retreat:
“The best I can answer this right now that I feel solid about is that he is somewhere that they could not excuse and maintain credibility with the rest of the locker room, but would be expected, would not be an out-of-left-field thing for him,” Albert Breer said on ‘The Rich Eisen Show
“So you guys can open your mind, so to speak, as he’s been known to open his mind sometimes, into all the possibilities,” he continued.
The phrasing that Breer used was similar to same kinds of phrases Rodgers has used in the past to describe why he goes on such retreats.
Fans React to New York Jets Quarterback Aaron Rodgers Possibly Missing Mandatory Minicamp
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When news of Rodgers’ possible excuse hit social media, fans responded in the same way one might have expected:
Missing training camp to go to a crack convention is wild af https://t.co/FUsv1IS97p
— BigGennyG (@BigGennyG) June 16, 2024
Rodgers if he wasn’t a generational QB https://t.co/QP0iV0tYua pic.twitter.com/W4mibt5W4f
— Tyler (@KZGOAT10) June 16, 2024
Rodgers has always been selfish. This is not surprising at all.
Big ego for a guy who only has one Super Bowl win too. https://t.co/wD0lcAq55p
— Cody Haynes (@codyh33) June 16, 2024
https://t.co/kvGahtfEGm pic.twitter.com/w9lKbmf3yu
— Guybrush Tweetwords (@TruthfulBurns) June 16, 2024
If the insinuation does turn out to be true, Rodgers will have yet another media mess to weather.
No one thinks he will mind the attention, though.
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