In his final press conference for the 2023 season, Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers had a clear and unambiguous message for his team: No distractions in 2024. Two months later, he created a major distraction, with the news that he was considering a run for United States Vice President on the Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
ticket. “Anything that doesn’t have anything to do with winning needs to be assessed,” Rodgers said on January 8. “So anything in this building that we’re doing individually or collectively that has nothing to do with real winning needs to be assessed.
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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. If you want to be a winning organization, and to put yourself in position to win championships and be competitive, everything that you do matters, and the . So, that’ll be the focus moving forward.
” During a Tuesday press conference, he was initially asked to explain those comments. “I mean I addressed that, I don’t have a whole lot to say other than that,” Rodgers said. “I feel like I was pretty direct in what I said.
” Later, he received a more specific question about distractions and the fact that he considered running for Vice President and that he has espoused conspiracy theories during podcast appearances. “I mean, I appreciate anybody’s opinion,” Rodgers said. “That’s the beauty in First Amendment in this country and free speech, where it’s posit.
