Last month, Aaron Rodgers created quite a stir when he missed two days of Jets mandatory minicamp. Rodgers missed the sessions due to a preplanned vacation to Egypt. Finally, on Wednesday, the first day of training camp practices, Rodgers addressed his unexcused absence and how the Jets fined him more than $50,000 for being a no-show.
“It’s obviously more of an issue outside of the building than there was inside the building,” Rodgers said. “Robert and I are great. We had a great conversation throughout the offseason.
[We] had a fun one last night in his office till later on. It is what it is. “I’m an adult.
I knew what I was getting into. I knew the fine was coming and also knew how much I wanted to be in Egypt.” Rodgers told reporters he planned the Egypt trip for June 9-10, thinking the Jets would be done with their offseason program based on their 2023 offseason schedule.
However, the Jets canceled their mandatory minicamp that year partly because they reported for training camp early due to playing in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Game in early August. The story of Rodgers missing the two days of mandatory minicamp became a firestorm around media circles. However, the four-time NFL MVP downplayed the importance of mandatory minicamp and basically said it’s an extension of OTA practices.
“It’s not the same as it was in 2005 or 2010,” Rodgers said. “The schedule is an OTA day, It’s labeled as many camps. “So you can try and get anybody who hasn�.