According to one report, Rodgers is upset with Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst and won’t play for the team this season unless Green Bay gets rid of him.
Not only is the former Packers receiver considered a close friend of Rodgers, but he’s also been kind of serving as the unofficial spokesman for the quarterback over the past few weeks.
This is a situation that doesn’t need anymore mystery, but we’re getting more, because Jones didn’t give any details about what was said on this private phone call.
If Rodgers is mad about one specific thing, it’s almost impossible to say what that is because there have been so many things that have upset him over the past few years.
After the 49ers trade fell through — the Packers quickly said no way — it was leaked out that Rodgers isn’t happy in Green Bay and the timing probably wasn’t a coincidence.
If reports say that the Packers promised him a trade and they say they didn’t, it’s possible that both parties are correct.
At the time, it seemed kind of ridiculous to think that the release of a fifth-string wideout could upset Rodgers like that, but when you hear Jones’ explanation, it all makes sense.
And he’s told me that it’s not about the .
As JLC noted in his May story, Rodgers has felt blindsided by many of the moves that the Packers front office has made, from drafting Jordan Love to hiring LaFleur without talking to him to promoting Russ Ball to director of football operations.
“With my situation, look, it’s never been about the draft pick, picking Jordan ,” Rodgers said on May 25.