Aaron Rodgers' exchange with New York Jets head coach raises eyebrows after touchdown

Aaron Rodgers made his New York Jets debut connected Thursday Night Football, with the seasoned backmost returning to NFL enactment for the archetypal clip since suffering a torn Achilles past October

Aaron Rodgers appeared to beryllium visibly frustrated with caput manager Robert Saleh, contempt the New York Jets taking a bigger pb against the New England Patriots during Thursday Night Football.

Energised by an enthusiastic MetLife Stadium crowd, Rodgers and the Jets' offence started strong. By halftime, Rodgers had clocked up implicit 150 yards and 1 touchdown, which included a precise 10-yard propulsion to Allen Lazard and a determined sprint from Breece Hall into the endzone, pushing the Jets up with a 14-3 score.

The infinitesimal Hall made his touchdown leap past the extremity line, Rodgers moved towards the sideline wherever an excited Saleh was waiting. The manager seemed keen to clasp Rodgers to celebrate, but the 40-year-old backmost wasn't successful the temper for festivities.

Instead of joining the cheer, Rodgers shoved Saleh distant and seemed to fto retired vexation successful a funny exchange. It appeared helium was annoyed astir a definite play, with immoderate suggesting from the unclear video that helium mightiness person told Saleh: "Don't telephone that".

Rodgers' evident dissatisfaction presumably stemmed from the flip play to Hall astatine the Patriots 21, which resulted successful a seven-yard nonaccomplishment for the Jets. However, they swiftly recovered erstwhile Rodgers delivered a almighty 22-yard walk to choky extremity Tyler Conklin, mounting the signifier for Hall's goal-line propulsion 3 plays later.

The buzz astir Rodgers' dynamic with manager Saleh has dominated off-season gossip, intensifying arsenic the backmost geared up for a comeback post-Achilles injury.

There was play successful June erstwhile Rodgers dodged minicamp, jetting disconnected to Egypt and pocketing fines northbound of $50,000. Rodgers backmost past shrugged disconnected chatter astir friction with Saleh astatine the time.

He said: "It's evidently much of an contented extracurricular the gathering than determination was wrong the building. Robert and I are great. We had large conversations passim the offseason. [We] had a amusive 1 past nighttime successful his bureau till aboriginal on. So, it is what it is.

"I'm an adult. I knew what I was getting into. I knew the good that was coming and besides knew however overmuch I wanted to beryllium successful Egypt. I privation determination hadn't been a struggle scheduling-wise, but it was what it was."

Saleh excessively seemed keen to crook the leafage connected the episode, confirming their coagulated rapport. His instrumentality was clear: "I've had dialog with Aaron passim the summer. I got immoderate chill pictures from him. [We] had our mean conversations. Nothing has been broken, but the minicamp stuff, we talked beforehand, truthful we are connected the aforesaid leafage with everything that has happened."