New York Jets head coach Robert Saleh really needs to work on his communication skills because if he didn’t completely botch his press conference by calling Aaron Rodgers’ absence from minicamp “unexcused” we wouldn’t be having this controversy right now.
According to Jets insider Connor Hughes, Rodgers has had his current trip planned since he was in rehab for his Achilles injury. He claims that the Jets have known about the trip ever since the release of the mandatory minicamp schedule.
So why is Rodgers’ absence considered “unexcused?” Because apparently teams aren’t allowed to excuse a “trip.” Hughes concluded that the Jets are not at all concerned by Rodgers’ absence and believe it will have “zero impact” on the coming season.
“Aaron Rodgers planned this trip when he was still rehabbing. The #Jets have known about it from the moment there was an overlap with the release of the minicamp schedule,” Hughes wrote on X.
“Rodgers is ‘unexcused’ because you can’t excuse a trip, but not a contract dispute (Haason Reddick). Semantics, but there’s no unrest inside the building.
“The Jets don’t think it’s a big deal, not sure why the world is reacting differently. Rodgers missing these two days (after being at every voluntary workout the last two years) will have zero impact on what the #NYJ/Rodgers accomplish this coming season.”
If all of that is true, then Saleh really needs to take some kind of course in how to talk to the media because if he had used any word other than “unexcused” his team wouldn’t be getting raked over the coals by every media outlet from LA to NYC.
All of that said, we still don’t know what Rodgers was leaving for.
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