As a PR official was ending Aaron Rodgers’ press conference after the Jets win over the Patriots, and the QB was walking off the podium, a reporter, probably from New England, yelled out, “What advice would you give Drake Maye?”
Rodgers before going behind a curtain to head out of the room, said, “That is a private conversation.”
This is such a great answer considering the whole brouhaha about how Caleb Williams didn’t seem that interested in C.J. Stroud’s advice after the Bears-Texans game when they met at midfield.
Rodgers nailed it. If he were to give the Patriots rookie QB advice, it should be done privately.
Whatever you think of Williams, if he didn’t ask Stroud for advice, why did he give it to him, and why did he give it to him with cameras shooting it at midfield?
Stroud meant no harm, and maybe Williams didn’t handle it that well, but Rodgers is right, those conversations should be private.
Advice from one player to another should not be a made for TV production.
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