FLORHAM PARK, N.J.– Aaron Rodgers is supporting his offending planner as well as shooting his hardest toss of the summertime at Sean Payton.
The Jets quarterback was troubled by vital remarks Payton, the Denver Broncos’ head train, lately made concerning offending planner Nathaniel Hackett. Payton informed U.S.A. Today for a tale released Thursday that Hackett’s 15-game job with the Broncos last period “was one of the worst coaching jobs in the history of the NFL.”
Payton additionally stated there were “20 dirty hands” around Russell Wilson’s career-worst period, as well as took some chance ats the Jets– Hackett’s brand-new group where he as well as Rodgers are rejoined after taking pleasure in success with each other in Environment-friendly Bay.
“It made me feel bad that someone who has accomplished a lot in the league is that insecure that they have to take another man down to set themselves up for some sort of easy fall if it doesn’t go well for that team this year,” Rodgers informed NFL Network on Sunday. “I think it was way out of line, inappropriate, and I think he needs to keep my coaches’ names out of his mouth.”
Rodgers, gotten by New york city in April from Environment-friendly Bay, stated Hackett is “arguably my favorite coach I’ve ever had in the NFL.” Both teamed for 2 of Rodgers’ 4 NFL MVP honors in 2020 as well as 2021 with the Packers.
Throughout the meeting with U.S.A. Today’s Jarrett Bell, Payton additionally slammed the Jets being the current NFL group “trying to win the offseason”– something he stated the Broncos under Hackett attempted to do as well as were “embarrassed.”
Jets Train Robert Saleh stated Thursday “Hackett’s doing a phenomenal job here” when inquired about Payton’s remarks. He additionally stated the Jets are simply concentrated on themselves, however identifies “there’s a lot of people that are hatin’ on us and a lot of people looking for us to fail.”
Payton on Friday stated he regretted his remarks in which he slandered Hackett, as well as stated he would certainly connect to Hackett as well as Saleh “at the right time” to do so.
“Listen, I had one of those moments where I still had my Fox hat on and not my coaching hat,” stated Payton, that’s going back to the sideline this period after a year’s sabbatical throughout which he functioned as a workshop football expert for Fox Sports adhering to a 15-year job with the New Orleans Saints.
Rodgers informed NFL Network he assumed Payton’s first remarks “were very surprising, for a coach to do that to another coach.”
At the same time, the back-and-forth made the Jets’ competition in Denver in Week 5 on Oct. 8 a little bit juicier. Payton recognized Friday his remarks “certainly will bring more interest to the game when we play them, but that seems like years from now.”
