
Aaron Rodgers blames ‘deceiving’ language on unexcused Jets absence
NY Post
Aaron Rodgers’ math shows that 10 is greater than two.
Rodgers downplayed the hubbub over his decision to take a personal trip to Egypt and miss the Jets mandatory minicamp in June.
The two-day minicamp operates under very similar rules and with similar practice drills to the 10 preceding voluntary OTAs (the Jets only held nine).
“Now it’s not minicamp, they can arbitrarily put a [mandatory] tag on whatever week of OTAs that they want,” Rodgers said on an episode of “Pardon My Take” that aired Monday, according to on3.com.
“This is the ‘minicamp week,’ which makes it more mandatory than other weeks, but it’s an OTAs schedule. That’s how words can be a little deceiving. They can make a story about how I missed minicamp when it was really two OTA days. I came to the first 10.”
The Jets technically only held nine OTAs, with head coach Robert Saleh cancelling the last one in a player-friendly gesture.

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