Aaron Rodgers On Why He Was Activated Off IR, Jets Win Over Commanders & State Of The NFL

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This team gets a big time dub this guy was on the active roster big conversation about that four time NFL MVP merry Christmas too ladies and gentlemen Aaron Rogers whoa baby face super baby face what’s going on guys something’s different right what happened huh I don’t know you got super baby face right

Now is this the what what do we hey Merry Christmas you know hey you look amazing you look 20 30 years young Merry Christmas not to you look 20 30 years old or you just look like super baby face no I get it I I think I did

That’s why I probably shave no what I’m saying is you look good but you did it was just different you that’s kind of a backhanded compliment well Arty Smith said I gave him the same thing I don’t mean to always do this but it does

Appear to be the way I speak I’m from Pittsburgh I apologize Merry Christmas you look fantastic let’s Dive Right In big time win let’s go what are we seeing what are we doing how we feeling now well I feel good about it obviously uh we had a big lead there

27-7 they came back and Greg hit a unbelievable 54 y to uh to win but uh lot of Great Performances uh on on Sunday uh want to highlight Bree Hall Bree uh 95 plus yards receiving and rushing and he’s done it twice I saw a stat that said he’s done it like 22

Games and the other guys who’ve done it it’s been over a 100 games so uh big shout out to Bree he’s a a talented guy this was an awesomely blocked play on the front side um and you know give him a little bit of crease he’s going to go

To distance but I’m proud of Trevor I thought Trevor play bra a crease nope but uh yeah it was a good win for us it’s fun to it’s always more fun when you win we got a short week now we play uh Cleveland on Thursday and uh which a

Lot of good storylines there Joe Flo’s starting a quarterback for them um and uh we can only play spoilers so we’ll try and uh try and do our best best go ahead AJ hey how impressive is it to watch Joe flacko play coming off the couch taking driving his kids around and

All that stuff he talked about early in the year and then now how productive he is being on the field like could you describe how difficult that might be to someone that that doesn’t really understand that I don’t think anybody can understand unless you you realize

How difficult it is uh when you get older just to kind of stay in shape if you’re not working but I’m assuming he was he was working but but to not have any training camp any off season and to just come in off the couch and be able

To to play like he’s played um I look at the first game he played I feel like they went right down the field on one of the first drives and not the first drive and I threw you know a kind of classic uh Joe flacko uh one ball for a

Touchdown and that probably uh got him going got him going pretty good but Joe Joe is one of the prettiest throwers of the football I think that I’ve seen in our time you know he’s got kind of that that longer delivery but the ball comes

Off nice you watch what what Co did uh in the game I mean he was fantastic 265 yards receiving is ridiculous but uh Joe has always been a great deep ball thrower and he had a couple uh obviously dimes uh look I mean look at that just

Like deep out um here’s the awesome throw you know put some top on it and then letting Coupe just use his body make a play um always been a a fan of of amaris and uh and happy for Joe I don’t really know Joe personally have uh kind

Of run into him a few times over the years but but always am told that we would uh be friends if we SP spent time together for whatever that means so oh Joe dabbles with I waska well well well maybe that’s what he was doing the whole first half of the

Season plants could have been could have been yeah not 100% sure we’ve talked to Joe flacko before how’d it go uh yeah he basically just said hey guys and then that was it yeah somebody was doing our show from a building Denver it was Brandon mcmanis was doing our show in

Denver from like the Players Lounge like we facetimed him randomly and he was like yeah a couple of the boys are here Joe’s here we’re like Joe’s there Flo Flo’s there and they he turned and Flaco goes hey guys and then he just walked off it was like Flaco’s on the show

Flaco’s been on the show we don’t know him at all either so cool what’s that Joe Cool Joe cool man just so cool I don’t think he talks anybody I don’t think he I don’t like even when he was at Baltimore right for so long I don’t

Think there’s a lot of he just kind of handled his business he said I guess it’s allegedly come out I don’t know if he said that whenever you got injured he called the Jets and was like hey is there any interest they said no so like

I assume the Jets aren’t the only team in which his agent or he reach out to it’s like nobody wanted this guy either he thought there was a chance maybe it was over it’s been fun to watch that a lot of good stories in the NFL right now

One that kicked uh you know every other story to the side there for a little bit because it involves you and the New York Jets so you got put on the active roster after your 21-day window closed last week okay 21-day window to make a decision on whether he’s going to be

Active acve or he’s going to be IR for the rest of the season this is the NFL this is the NFL’s rules so whenever you go to the active roster Nick big bottom bot is his name right gets sent off the team okay down to the practice squad I

Do believe he’s been in the NFL six years fully vested so his contract is guaranteed throughout the entire season this became a massive conversation because if you’re not going to play why you taking Nick big Bottom Bottoms uh spot why are you doing this you’re a bad

Guy and now I assume that is some sort of conversation that you would like to have or inform people of why this took place how this took place practice is that the reason is there a chance you play what happened there behind the scenes and when did you hear how pissed

Off people were about you getting put on the active roster last week well I figured there’d be some conversation about it um the story is simple uh we lost uh to uh the previous week and uh I was again targeting the 24th come back

Um so I assumed I was going to go on IR I asked to be put on IR because uh you know there was a conversation do you want to practice and I said not at the expense of somebody getting cut um I know how this works and I didn’t need to

Feel like I needed to practice to continue my rehab I could do on the field stuff on the side um but obviously uh I got overruled there um you know it is what is and yeah that was a you know interesting situation I called Nick

Right away I just said hey I just hope you know this isn’t coming from me I’m I’m I asked him to put me on IR um but he actually said hey look I’m vested I I’m getting my money I’m fine don’t worry about me he’s got he would have

Got elevator this this last week uh if he’d been uh been healthy but he’ll be back up this week I’m sure um but you know it’s it’s the same old thing you know it’s it’s the same people with the same comments I think what we should do

Pat is the same people who are criticizing me uh you know or coming up with these conspiracies you know about my injury or whatever let’s before they talk let’s go back to to 20 21 and let’s just let’s make people say their vac status to start then that’ll that’ll

Frame all these comments in the right window okay so before they before they say something let’s have them say uh and esp’s probably going to shut us off here but let’s have them say hey I’m so and so uh uh double vaxed with uh fizer and triple boosted and my opinion about this

Is this guy’s a bad guy because he just wanted to practice and took money away then at least you’d know and everybody could know at that point that they’re they have their Puppet Masters who are puppeteering them to say this certain thing about this guy and that they’re

Still upset about the fact that I believe in medical Freedom so it’s uh it’s the same tired narrative and you know it it’s interesting spot for me because I’m basically just saying hey IR right this is you know this season you know is over for me uh again I got

Overruled so because of that I was on the practice field I love The Practice didn’t want it to be at the expense you know of a teammate but uh again that’s out of my control but again it’s the same same people so let’s make sure we’re asking the right questions to

These people before they start spouting off so we can actually frame each one of these specific comments in the right uh in the right perspective I’m not sure we’re ever going to be able to get that past but I do appreciate that you at least look into some of these people and

Be like oh I wonder what this person has said about me maybe two years ago while I was in the middle of winning an MVP and other stuff and there’s a lot of that that has happened against you we got a ride alongside of that by the way

And that’s still lingering effect of it all let alone people that have never really heard you speak mad go ahead they’re still mad I’m a double I’m I’m co- MVP you know not just the two MVPs that I won but also because I didn’t uh bow down to the uh you know medical

Industrial complex and the mass formation psychosis and I decided to okay you know make a decision that was in the best interest of my health of course and they’re still trying to get their Jabs in you know they’re still trying to take a Victory lap that you know somehow I couldn’t beat science

This time it’s like oh really I was on the practice field 11 weeks I was you know in line to to be able to push to play in after 14 weeks so take it easy on the victory laps and uh have another jab while you’re at it okay well I don’t

Know if they’ll do that I hope they’re remaining uh same those still those are still I’m watching two in one baby yeah I’m still watching I’m watching the commercials for it uh what you say Mass formation psychosis is that what you said there in the middle of that thing

Yeah that’s a good one look that one up I know Connor knows about that one oh yeah look that one up soon as it came out of your mouth soon as it came out of your mouth my brain was like where the that has to be something where the hell

Now the journalist in me should ask a followup for you to explain that all but I think the people that don’t call me a journalist for that think would not be happy if you were to explain that so I think it is an interesting you know

Little give and take on how some people feel about stuff especially because of things that have happened in the past but let’s talk about your practicing and you being back on the field you were throwing with flight school and I think that was mass formation psychosis as

Well all getting on the same page you know everybody’s got to be Mass formation psychosis right on the same there and do look how happy you are every time it’s said I cannot wait to find out what the hell this means or where it came from but you were doing flight school okay

You were doing flight school you’re thrown to the practice squad guys after practice you’re doing your thing now I guess you played uh corner and you had a jumping spinning interception last week that obviously captivated headlines and conversation because they said this guy might actually be back healthy what are

We doing now are you running quarterback against the scout team how do you feel how are you playing and what are what do the next few weeks look like for you well we had mostly walk through last week and then Friday we had like a helmets practice so I took all the uh

The look team 11 on 11 reps and then today is is a walk through tomorrow’s more of a I think helmet practice so I’ll take the the scout team reps there um yeah it was you know good practice on Friday uh I feel really good um I’m obviously bummed out about the season

And uh not getting a chance to to uh you know to get back on the field but uh you know it is what it is I think you just got to figure out where your perspective is and your focus isn’t the holidays help you with that um if you’re

Sitting around counting the things you don’t have you’ll miss out on the blessings that are around you so I’m thankful for a lot of things that happened uh this season not for the injured part but there was a lot of Little Miracles go along the way friendships and special people showed up

For me and and just uh you know little little blessings in the midst of the frustration so a good time to reflect uh over over Christmas Even though we were in you know in the building yesterday for a little bit but um yeah I’ll be uh

Excited to um you know close out the season and then look forward to uh you know coming back uh next year and the years to come are you spending it we’re spending it right now we feel good yeah I feel great I feel great I really

Do my body feels good not able to uh to reach a top speed which who knows what what that is for me these days but running or throwing running or throwing no no no the arm is the arm is good the throwing I’ve been I mean I’ve been

Throwing since uh a lot since week eight so uh eight weeks post uh post surgery so this is uh 15 uh tomorrow so uh arm feels great um back to you know all my workout out squatting everything it’s just I can’t uh can’t Sprint uh you know

Whatever my full speed was but uh but the running’s been been good I’m able to move around laterally and um just good to feel you know more like myself it’s good to be with the guys like I I love uh I’ve always loved practice and love competing but obviously wish there was

Uh you know something something to play for playoff wise yeah I think we all thought that storybook ending was going to come to be what it was and I didn’t understand the reaction whenever you said like you’re not going to play now because the team has been eliminated

That was the plan this whole time you know what I mean team’s still alive mathematically still alive and you feel healthy enough to get on the field you were going to play like that was kind of what the story was this entire time but the people who we did not ask you know

The qualifying question yeah should asked the the back status there yeah I didn’t quite understand it either I think the whole point was um you know if we’ won against Miami then the goal uh the plan was to uh to take 11 ons 11on 11 Reps for the first team and then see

How I responded you know what I was saying was there’s no guarantee I would have been cleared because um I would have to respond the right way uh and then uh Mr Johnson uh Joe Douglas Salah every uh you know Dave Neil elros Heather everybody would have got

Together and said yes we feel comfortable allowing him to play along with you know no setbacks during the week of practice but um you know it’s it’s the W if game which is hard to go down but that would have been the week schedule so um I think some of the stuff

Was a little bit uh kind of taken out of context when I said I just wanted to remind people it wasn’t a guarantee we beat Miami always playing but that would have been the week schedule that we we would have gone down um was to try and

Get ready to play so uh because we got eliminated uh that was my whole point yeah I’m not 100% but the willingness to play and being cleared to play wasn’t dependent on 100% it was depending on how I looked in practice how I responded

In my ability to move in in a small area and to do play Under Center which I’ve I’ve proven in practice that I can do that so um but the whole point was if you’re not 100% and we’re out of the playoffs they’re not going to clear you

My story about 2018 was I was you know nobody’s 100% late in the season but I was you know as as good as I could be in 2018 and I wanted to play even though we were eliminated from playoff contention because I wanted to play for Joe Filman

Our interim head coach thought that was the right thing to do instead of shut it down and that’s why I played um different situation you know when you’re not 100% healthy obviously well in the last game of the year there I believe against the Lions right was it against

The Lions there you were there yeah yeah I took a clo line I took a cloth line kind of like the one that AJ gave me in the 2006 family night scrimmage oh AJ in front of the families huh wow hope you’re happy had to do it did you flip off your

Coaches too immediately afterwards yeah well Aaron was uh is playing quarterback when he’s not live wearing a red jersey in a scrimmage in the stadium that was full and he’s he’s pulling Keepers and running the ball around the edge and trying to Juke people out and we’re not allowed to hit

Him and he gets upset if someone gives him a little shove after the whistle AJ you were representing the entire defense at that exact point huh that’s what you’re doing all of Lambo just all all of Lambo yeah I was trying I think the fans were probably you know and everybody on

Defense was doing a whole AJ was being a leader there Aon you know a real leader at thatone said you don’t agree with that I have another word for it but yeah I’ll share that hysteria that’s what uh that’s what I think that is the uh anyway speaking of mass hysteria tone

Has a question for you yeah Ain did you notice yesterday on social media any extra merry Christmases to you from Detroit since now that you have left the division they have won their first division title in 30 years and how do you feel about the Detroit Lions finally doing it uh I’m not

Happy I’m not here I mean although I’m I’m in the New York I definitely still uh want the green and gold to take the north every year oh yeah um but they got a good football team Jared’s had a really nice season obviously St Brown is

A fantastic receiver they had a lot of guys two two really good backs jir had a really nice year and uh always been a fan of Montgomery the way he runs the ball his toughness lines really good on both sides of the ball defense been playing good so um they got a good

Football team uh so they’re going to you know host a playoff game I think the NFC is uh is pretty deep I think we can all agree on that right as is uh when we saw there’s got to be some NFC teams feeling better if they watched that game

Yesterday and saw how Baltimore um you know beat uh beat saman Fran Philly’s been up and down Dallas have been up and down um you know Detroit’s you know had their moments too where they haven’t looked great probably should have lost to uh um to the Bears Packers beat him

Uh in uh in Detroit so um you know I think the NFC is pretty wide open uh AFC is is interesting obviously Baltimore looks really really strong there’s a lot of teams still alive uh for uh for kind of the seventh spot Buffalo is ascending Josh is playing really good football um

And they’re starting to run the football well um so it’s going to be interesting the last couple weeks lot to play for for a lot of these teams it’ll be elimination games I think Green Bay plays Minnesota uh this week and that’s kind of an elimination I I guess it is an

Elimination game unless some crazy stuff happens so uh where’s that game at Ty is that in is that Lambo or is that I I believe it’s that Lambo but it no it actually might be in in Minnesota oh no it’s no because because KK got hurt at Lambo so it must be

And that was crazy electric that was a wild night um and I actually played halfway decent but favey again played unbelievable and they and they beat us um so there was a lot of energy it’d be it’d be emotional for sure um but yeah definitely hoping for Lambo or or

Soldier Field yeah that’ll be fun for all of us I think you know and let’s put that in the middle of the Season at Prime Time oo you know because middle of the Season Prime Time game is kind of down that seems like a lock that feels

Like uh we got one in the bag if we need it for next year excited to see you return to the Jets I think Jets fans also getting back on board with like yeah this is how yeah here we go I think not all of them but I think there is a

Momentum towards next season that we’re all pumped about speaking of momentum seems like it’s lost in one particular place go ahead Ty yeah Aon you’re no stranger to this cuz it seemed like they the cameras used to get you you know like when you’d be pissed there’s

Obviously that gif uh on Twitter if you throwing the Microsoft uh surface but for whatever reason we never used to see that you know in the first several years of Patrick mahomes’s career and then like the last four weeks or whatever like every time the camera shows him on

The sideline he’s either ripping someone apart or yelling at somebody or getting pissed like do you think um with the way they’ve been playing that’s just like a culmination of him kind of always having to be perfect if you will or you know he’s the the poster boy for a lot of

Stuff and he’s kind of just starting to lose his because they’re starting to lose games and and people are talking about the drops and his receivers and them not playing their best football and the dynasty might be over like what’s your take on on all the stuff going on with Mahomes right

Now I would say mostly overreaction no I think yeah yeah you know I think the what the first shot was him talking to his line uh that’s fine I mean um listen you know we’ve all had outbursts in the sidelines you know yelling matches or throwing stuff I don’t really I never really

Threw my helmet I don’t think somebody probably find a clip of me doing at some point but I definitely I tossed a few surfaces um over the years uh and did you know some yelling mostly to myself or just out loud or up in the air um

Some colorful metaphors but um you know it’s it’s an emotional game and he’s hyper competitive uh you know watching the game yesterday obviously I’m a big fan of Pats and and love uh love watching them play um to me it seems like it’s tough right now because

There’s not a lot of on time throws you know Pat’s so good uh you know with his second reaction stuff and even yesterday he made just silly plays you know where he’s extending extending you know a late throw or moving up in the pocket pump fake you know making stuff happen the

Touchdown he had where he kind of move left move right threw back across his body um I just think there’s too much of that you know they’re relying too much on that and and he needs some we all do we need we need some Rhythm throws and

Uh so you know it seemed like yesterday was like either a screen to rice or or or Kelsey or it was like you know pad just run it around so um you know some more easy throws I think would be good but uh again the AFC I mean I know Pat

Has never played a playoff game on the road who gives a like that that’s still it’s still him and obviously you know they have a lot of Talent on both sides of the ball they have great coordinators um they’re going to be a tough out for anybody um but

It’s interesting that team is really good I think Buffalo is really good as good as uh uh Baltimore is you know I don’t think there’s anybody um you know on either side like we felt about San Francisco earlier in this season where these guys are going to steam roam

Everybody and San Francisco is still really good really good oh yeah but I don’t feel like they’re dead remember over they’re dead they’re dead it’s figured out not that Baltimore’s defense like number one in the league and might be tough to play offense and they have

Good night and uh you know the football Gods Brock purty like you get nothing Slaughter well BR listen I mean Bronx had a great year and and we all have nights uh where we struggle um and you had multiple bounces kind of go against them this was just not a great read um

And I don’t really understand the concept on the backside to be honest because there was nothing really holding the backside safety they ran uh they ran an under and a kind of uh stick return so if they maybe run ke uh kiddo on a corner route here then Hamilton’s

Probably held um and then he can make that throw in there um of course but that’s what I thought too that’s what I thought but listen listen Brock’s had a really nice season I I’m going to segue and offer this up to the panel here um and obviously I’m a little biased

Because the position I play and MVP has really become uh a quarterback Best Quarterback Award or best quarterback on the best team award sorry a quarterback on the best team award or the back a running back can get if they or a receiver you know if they had 2,000

Yards right is this is this a year where it’s just going to go to the to the quarterback on the best team or does a guy like CMC have a chance to legitimately win this or Tyreek Hill um is mostard on there I mean he’s got like 20 touchdowns

Too I guess he’s not 21 yeah is this just what what are the odds now okay so Lamar is number one then what mcaffrey who is that Tua Josh Brock Dak Tyreek and Jaylen yeah so it’s basically Tyreek who’s leading the league by a couple hundred yards a

Receiver and CMC who I believe is a couple hundred yards up as well correct me if I’m wrong here but uh I think both those guys deserve uh a lot of uh consideration the other guy you know it’s and I saw some stats I know Josh has had turnovers this year

But the guy has 40 combined touchdowns again in four straight years and the team has been what they won four straight I believe and three of those were pretty damn good opponents playoff teams um if they finished the last two and win out and if Miami

Loses their next one that’s week 18 is going to be for the division so so bills would be 11 and six then pretty good pretty good record it looks looks a little bit bit more appetizing you know what I mean what yeah and what if Josh what if Josh has eight touchdowns the

Last two weeks and finishes with 48 combined touchdowns um how do you not put him in the conversation well it does feel like there is a chance that somebody here at the end could come win this thing you know because every single week and debut was actually going to bring this up

Because you won an MVP four times and I think JJ Watt would say you know one of the times you want it he’s potentially Christian mcaffrey or Tyreek Hill in this particular situation he’s brought that up a few times just while JJ I don’t know how often you talk to JJ that

Is something that is in the back of his mind no Petty it is right here you just you need to know that when you’re talking to him he’s hey burnley’s fun doing this it’s a black right back you agree with him what year was he talking about

2014 I don’t know I have no idea think 14 16 as well because he said he had touchdowns that year yeah he said like the MVP there’s two different Awards there needs to be the best player and then the MVP he said the most valuable player will always be a

Quarterback touches the ball every single play has to make every decision will have to make the wide receivers good has to make the team good definitely the most valuable player is always going to be a quarterback he said but there should be a best player award

As well and he thought about that after losing to you and sitting in a car afterwards so pissed off about life that’s what I think happened personally eron what in 2012 or we had six touchdowns against him what’s he talking about 2014 here this is the year he had

The Texans have got his back five touchdowns three receiving 20 and a half sacks I think it’s a record uh close 22 and a half 22 and a half 22 and a half uh 78 tackles five fber covers one interception one for safety All Pro now

That is uh 29 tfls oh he was DN and dtack all Pros he was all pro two positions it’s good year that’s a great year yeah really good year what did you you cook you cooked that year you had to have had a great one in 24 38 and five 38 tou not

Bad so JJ got to the point where he started looking at your stats he was like a all right that guy had a great year is valuable or is it best we know you have to go uh listen DJ hey he he had he had a great career he’s a yellow

Jacket guy I mean like I think I’m I’m gonna be able to hold that over him for you know the rest of our lives which is great when you guys were in the Hall of Fame you know family portrait yeah just standing right over JJ yep you know just

The whole time just on shoulder man it might have been like a two-minute discussion instead of a five minute discussion for you to get into Hall of Fame if you had won the MVP just couldn’t do it could you just couldn’t do it JJ Aaron enjoy the rest of the day

We appreciate you joining us and uh I’m happy you know that you’re not on ir and away from the building and not able to do anything I’m happy you’re practicing with the boys I going anywhere anyway though I mean I I said from from the

Time I got back from the West Coast I wasn’t going anywhere but listen I love guys dolphins are boning right now too out there in LA that’s a big sacrifice you could be watching and healing with yeah it’s and it’s whale season too the humpbacks are giving birth you know the uh

The uh they’re doing this one too they’re doing this one jumping straight out and then just falling into the water oh that’s a that’s a 10-story building that just jumped out of the water right there because they’re so excited about what they’re doing under the water

Outside this guy’s house yeah he said I don’t need to see it I don’t need to see any erections right you said I would no I mean I the I was going to say the frequency associated with the uh the uh whale birthing process process is actually uh um supposedly very uh uh

Beneficial to um uh vaccin injury recovery stuff I don’t think it can cleanse your body of uh um some of the spike protein but it’s supposed to be pretty good for it damn it does make you immunized though I heard you know what I mean h you to be immunized through it

All anyways uh enjoy your day you dropped a couple bombs in there early swe excited to see the reactions to that whole thing you know what I mean anytime you’re saying ESP we taking us off TV right now you’re in the middle one you know what I mean you’re you’re in the

Middle one we appreciate that we do we genuinely enjoy talking to you Merry Christmas thank you for making time we’ll see you next week ladies and gentlemen hey see you next year yes oh first one ladies and gentlemen that’s why Aaron Rogers why the Celebrity Jeopardy thing

Just killed Bo he saw the opportunity he prepared for that opportunity he knew he knew yeah