Aaron Rodgers breaks silence on accusations he got New York Jets coach fired

Aaron Rodgers has spoken retired aft Robert Saleh was fired by the New York Jets, denying immoderate engagement successful the determination to portion ways with the caput coach

Aaron Rodgers has travel retired swinging to wide the aerial connected his alleged engagement successful the New York Jets' determination to occurrence Robert Saleh, urging fans to amusement "humanity" towards the axed caput manager and his family.

The four-time NFL MVP took to "The Pat McAfee Show" a time aboriginal than accustomed aft postponing his regular slot connected the ESPN programme. During the chat with ex-Indianapolis Colts punter McAfee, Rodgers expressed his vexation implicit "resented accusations" that helium was the puppet maestro down Saleh's ousting.

Saleh got the footwear from the Jets connected Tuesday pursuing a less-than-stellar play start, with the team's grounds slipping to 2-3 aft consecutive defeats astatine the hands of the Denver Broncos and Minnesota Vikings.

Tension seemed to beryllium brewing betwixt Saleh and Rodgers successful caller times, highlighted by Rodgers' unapproved travel to Egypt during mandatory minicamp and an unusual incidental wherever helium pushed Saleh distant arsenic the manager attempted to clasp him post-touchdown successful a crippled against the New England Patriots.

Yet, Rodgers spoke highly of his erstwhile caput coach, reflecting connected the harsh realities of the sport: "Yesterday was a time that reminds you of the elemental information that each of america who person played cognize each excessively well, and that's that is simply a pugnacious business. It is simply a beauteous profession, it's incredible, it's done truthful overmuch for our lives, but it's besides a truly pugnacious business.

"I emotion Coach Saleh. We person a precise coagulated relationship, we person since I met him successful 2021. I had a bully speech erstwhile they visited america for associated practices. He was a large crushed wherefore I came to the Jets.

"I felt similar the squad was a coagulated team. I had a narration with Coach [Nathaniel] Hackett, obviously, and I truly liked Coach Salah. I conscionable had a batch of respect for him and it was conscionable a reminder yesterday of however pugnacious the concern is.

"What radical tin hide successful this is not lone is Robert a fantastic quality being and a damn bully shot coach, but helium is besides a household antheral and the concern of tin beryllium hard, not conscionable to those of america who are playing and coaching, it's pugnacious connected the families.

"Anybody that is championing this decision, I would entreaty to the humanity of the concern and punctual you determination are different radical progressive and [Saleh's son] has to spell to schoolhouse this week and hopefully determination are nary kids with cruel parents who are making snide comments."

Regarding the conspiracy claims, Rodgers said: "As acold arsenic immoderate of the ridiculous allegations retired there, I'm not going to walk much than 1 condemnation successful effect to it. I resent those accusations due to the fact that they are patently false.

"It's absorbing the magnitude of powerfulness radical deliberation that I have, which I don't. I emotion Robert and it was 1 of those days yesterday."

Saleh, who has been temporarily replaced by antiaircraft coordinator Jeff Ulbrich arsenic caput coach, shared heartfelt words pursuing his departure connected Wednesday. He expressed: "To the Jets organization, I americium grateful to person had the accidental to enactment with truthful galore unthinkable people. I volition ever beryllium appreciative of the emotion and enactment from everyone astatine 1 Jets Drive.

"To each of the players, I genuinely emotion and admit each azygous 1 of you. The quality of the men successful the locker country made coaching you guys the eventual privilege. Through each the ups and downs, each and each 1 of you showed up each time and attacked each moment.

"To my chap coaches and staff, it has been an grant to enactment with each of you. Every 1 of you was 'all in' and made sacrifices for 1 different that volition ne'er beryllium forgotten. I privation you each the precise champion of luck for the remainder of the season. "To the astir passionate fanbase successful the NFL, convey you for embracing my family.

It has been a pleasance calling New York our location and we volition everlastingly admit each of the memories that were created here. With emotion and regard. All state nary brake!!!"

Rodgers and the Jets are gearing up for their adjacent crippled connected Monday Night Football successful Week 6, wherever they'll big part rivals the Buffalo Bills astatine MetLife Stadium. With the Bills presently holding a 3-2 record, the victor volition assertion the apical spot successful the division.