After the Jets 2023-24 season concluded, Aaron Rodgers made news when he said:
“If you want to be a winning organization and put yourself in a position to win championships and be competitive, everything that you do matters. The bull—t that has nothing to do with winning needs to get out of the building.”
What BS is he talking about?
Here is an exchange from Rodgers’ Tuesday press conference:
Q) You had said after the season that the BS needs to get out of the building. What did you mean by that and how does that look moving forward?
Rodgers: I mean, I addressed that. I don’t have a lot to say other than that, I feel like it was pretty direct what I said.
When did he address it?
Here is more from his quote after the season:
“Anything that doesn’t have anything to do with winning needs to be assessed. Anything in this building that we’re doing individually or collectively that has nothing to do with real winning needs to be assessed. Everything that we do has to have a purpose. When you step in the building, there’s intentionality with everything you do. It’s not a half-the-time thing. It’s not a sometimes thing. It’s not a most-of-the-time thing. It’s an every-time thing.”
His quote was very vague, and that is fine.
He chose not to address what he was specifically talking about, and he was probably smart to avoid doing that.
He likely figured it would become a huge national story if he got into specifics.
But here is the bottom line: He doesn’t owe us a specific answer about what he was talking about, but as long as he addresses his concerns with the powers-that-be and teammates behind the scenes, that is all that matters.
Considering how candid he is, there is a good chance he will.
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