Aaron Rodgers accused of ‘quitting’ on New York | NFL News

Former NFL No. 1 decide Keyshawn Johnson has accused Aaron Rodgers of ‘quitting’ on the New York Jets during the penultimate sport of the 2024 season.

In a crushing 40-14 defeat to the Buffalo Bills, Rodgers selected to bench himself, permitting Tyrod Taylor to step in for the veteran quarterback. Despite Taylor’s efforts, throwing two touchdowns after Rodgers’ earlier pair of interceptions, the sport was already out of attain.

Post-match, Johnson, an ex-Jets receiver, lambasted the Super Bowl winner on FS1’s ‘Speak’, evaluating Rodgers’ behaviour to that of a petulant little one. “But the fact that you were 112 yards, two interceptions, you was sacked a bunch and it was 33 to nothing or whatever it was,” Johnson stated.

“You decided to take your ball and go home because you wasn’t’ getting your way. What’s the difference between him and the dude [De’Vondre Campbell] in San Francisco?”

Johnson did not maintain back, criticising Rodgers for not standing along with his workforce via thick and skinny. He emphasised that Rodgers had a obligation to stay along with his teammates, regardless of the scoreline.

Given Rodgers’ angle during a powerful season towards one of the league’s prime groups, Johnson concluded that he would not need to share a locker room with him if he had been nonetheless on the Jets.

“I thought he was on a mission to convince them that he should come back – based on what he did yesterday, I don’t want to be nowhere near him,” Johnson continued.

“Think about when we was little. We went to the playground on the eight-foot courts and we didn’t pick the dude to play. And he had the leather ball. Because we didn’t pick him, he took his ball and went home.

“That’s precisely what [Rodgers] did. He took his ball and went home as a result of he wasn’t getting his approach. And the Bills was kicking his rear finish. That’s simply, the hell is unsuitable with Aaron Rodgers?”

The 52-year-old also shared that he was giving Rodgers the benefit of the doubt when head coach Robert Saleh was fired and wide receiver Mike Williams was traded to the Pittsburgh Steelers.

However, the final straw was seeing the former MVP essentially give up on his team. “But deciding I will not need to play anymore, I’m gonna depart you on the market to get beat up, put you on the market, I’m gonna throw you within the fire, you go on the market and be a pinata.

“I’m tired of being a pinata. Even though they paying me $50million, like stop man. I don’t accept that. People can say whatever the hell they want to say about me. I would never do that.”

With his tenure with the Jets seemingly coming to an undesired conclusion after two disappointing seasons, Rodgers concedes that the sport towards Miami Dolphins would possibly mark his final look.

“This game has given me a lot,” Rodgers defined to the press. “I’ve given a lot back to it, and I’m thankful for it. I won’t be thinking about that on game day. I’ll just be enjoying this. I’m trying to stay in the moment, but, of course, it’s been a long career.”