Aaron Rodgers shared thoughts on Robert Saleh before New York Jets fired coach

Robert Saleh was sacked arsenic New York Jets caput manager connected Monday, with Aaron Rodgers denying rumors of a rift with the 40-year-old successful the aftermath of the announcement

New York Jets backmost Aaron Rodgers came retired to squash rumours of a rift with caput manager Robert Saleh, soon earlier the caput manager was fired successful a daze twist.

Rodgers insisted the brace shared a "great relationship". But the team's rocky commencement to the play saw them astatine 2-3 earlier Saleh was shown the doorway connected Tuesday aft a 23-17 nonaccomplishment to the Minnesota Vikings successful London.

Defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich has stepped up arsenic interim caput coach, portion large names similar Bill Belichick, Pete Carroll, and Mike Vrabel are being tossed astir arsenic imaginable full-time successors. The departure of Saleh has thrown the spotlight connected his interactions with Rodgers, particularly present that the backmost is backmost successful enactment pursuing an Achilles wounded from past season.

Their dynamic has been nether the microscope, peculiarly aft a tense infinitesimal successful Week 3 wherever Rodgers seemed to snub Saleh's effort astatine a hug. Adding substance to the occurrence was Saleh's proposition to change Rodgers' pre-snap cadence, which became a focal constituent of their expected discord.

After a crushing 10-9 nonaccomplishment to the Denver Broncos, helium admitted: "We've got to fig it out, whether oregon not we're bully capable oregon acceptable to grip each the cadence. Cadence had not been an contented each camp. Felt similar our cognition had been operating beauteous good. Obviously, contiguous it took a large measurement back."

Yet, by Monday, Saleh seemed to retract his earlier statement, drafting a favoritism betwixt "cadence" and "operation", asserting: "We're ever going to propulsion the envelope with cadence. Always."

He elaborated connected the request for betterment successful squad dynamics, saying: "But with regards to operation, getting successful and retired of the huddle, getting to the enactment of scrimmage, the connection that's being had, those are each things that we tin proceed to look astatine and cleanable up. But from a cadence standpoint, that's portion of what makes america who we are, and we're going to proceed to ever propulsion the envelope connected that."

Rodgers, portion disagreeing with Saleh's archetypal remarks, was speedy to quash immoderate speculation of a rift betwixt them, stating: "I deliberation there's immoderate driving unit trying to enactment a wedge [from] extracurricular the installation betwixt Robert and I. We're truly bully friends.

"We bask each other. We walk clip astir each time successful his bureau talking astir things and talking astir the vigor of the team, absorption of the team. What we request to get done, however I tin assistance him out, however helium tin assistance maine out. So we've got a large relationship."

The backmost responded to the coach's comments, stating: "[They]maybe didn't really bespeak his feelings. Cadence has been a weapon. I deliberation helium benignant of went successful and got a accidental Monday to respond to each that."