Aaron Rodgers was stretching truth about his involvement in Robert Saleh's firing, Stephen A. Smith says

The wide speculation is that Aaron Rodgers played a relation successful Robert Saleh's firing, but Rodgers did his champion to soundlessness that notion.

The New York Jets fired Saleh arsenic their caput manager Tuesday, seemingly soon aft helium had made the determination to instrumentality play-calling duties distant from violative coordinator Nathaniel Hackett, who has agelong been tied to Rodgers.

Hackett was Rodgers' violative coordinator successful Green Bay from 2019 to 2021, revitalizing Rodgers' career. Rodgers won the league MVP grant successful 2020 and 2021. The Jets hired Hackett conscionable earlier trading for Rodgers, seemingly arsenic a mode to lure him to New York.

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Aaron Rodgers claims helium had nary engagement successful Robert Saleh's firing. (IMAGN/Getty Images)

Lots of shot fans person attempted to link the dots, but proprietor Woody Johnson said it was strictly his decision, and Rodgers "resent[ed]" the "ridiculous allegations" that helium played a relation successful Saleh's firing, which helium called "patently false."

But Stephen A. Smith inactive thinks thing is fishy. In fact, Smith says Rodgers whitethorn beryllium beating astir the bush.

"If you’re Aaron Rodgers, yeah, you didn’t spell into the bureau and say, ‘I privation him fired.’ You didn’t spell into the bureau and say, ‘I privation him out.’ That whitethorn beryllium true," Smith said. "But don’t enactment similar you are wholly oblivious to what was going on, what the tenor of the concern was like, however things were eroding earlier our precise eyes and that the proprietor wouldn’t instrumentality announcement of each of these things. 

"And somehow, someway, erstwhile y’all got connected the telephone with 1 another, y’all were talking astir the cocoa spot cookies and the beverage you were drinking.

Jets caput manager Robert Saleh arsenic Aaron Rodgers of the Jets walks disconnected the tract successful the archetypal fractional arsenic the Denver Broncos edged the New York Jets 10-9 astatine MetLife Stadium. (Chris Pedota, NorthJersey.com/USA Today Network via Imagn Images)

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"Just halt that nonsense. It’s astonishing however it’s truthful hard for folks to conscionable simply archer the truth. It’s not similar we’re wholly oblivious and not cognizant of what the hellhole is going on. And erstwhile Aaron Rodgers tried to springiness that impression, that’s erstwhile I deliberation the believability origin went retired the window."

Rodgers has been deceitful before, erstwhile telling reporters helium was "immunized" from COVID-19 erstwhile asked if helium was vaccinated. He has since regretted it.

New York Jets backmost Aaron Rodgers earlier kickoff against the Minnesota Vikings astatine Tottenham Hotspur Stadium successful Tottenham, England, Oct. 6, 2024. (Shaun Brooks-Imagn Images)

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Saleh was fired Tuesday greeting aft much than 3 seasons with the Jets. New York was disconnected to a 2-3 commencement aft back-to-back losses but has a accidental to instrumentality archetypal spot successful the part with a triumph Monday nighttime implicit the Buffalo Bills.

Fox News' Paulina Dedaj contributed to this report.

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