Rich Cimini July 30, 2023, 6:02 p.m. Reading: 3 min.
The Jets quarterback described the Broncos coach’s comments as “very out of place.”
FLORHAM PARK — Defending the offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackettthe quarterback of the New York Jets, Aaron Rodgersgot into the controversy created by Sean Payton this Sunday with a verbal attack against the now head coach of the Denver Broncos.
“It made me feel bad that someone who has achieved so much in the league is so insecure that they have to bring down another shoulder to prepare for an easy drop in case things don’t go well for their team this year,” he said. Rodgers to NFL+ in an interview after his practice. “I think he was out of line, inappropriate, and he needs to keep my coaches’ names out of his mouth.”
Rodgers said that the comments of Payton with respect to Hackett “They were very surprising” and out of character “for one coach against another coach.”
Aaron Rodgers confessed to having a very close relationship with Nathaniel Hackett, who will be his offensive coordinator for the second time.Getty Images
In an interview last week with USA Today, Payton described the stay of 15 games of Hackett in front of the Broncos last season “one of the worst coaching jobs in the history of the NFL” and said there were “20 dirty hands” around the worst season of the quarterback’s career Russell Wilsonone that included 16 touchdown passes and 55 sacks, to lead the league.
Payton also attacked the Jetssuggesting they were enamored with the “pomp and circumstance” of a high-profile offseason that included the acquisition of Rodgers. Payton suggested that the Jets they were a “dream team” destined for failure.
The new head coach of the Broncoshired in the offseason after a year as an analyst for Fox Sports, eventually apologized for his comments, describing them as a “mistake.”
Los Jets and the Broncos meet in Week 5 at Denver.
For Rodgers, it was not just a criticism against any coach. He and Hackett they are very united. Rodgers said on Sunday that “my love for Hack is deep”, adding that Hackett is “possibly my favorite coach I’ve ever had in NFL“.
Rodgers y Hackett they worked together from 2019 to 2021 when Hackett served as offensive coordinator for Green Bay Packers under the head coach Matt LaFleur. Rodgers was Most valuable Player from NFL in two of those campaigns, helping Hackett to get the position of head coach of the Broncos.
It was a disastrous year for Hackett, who went 4-11 before being fired. The head coach of the Jets, Robert Salehhired Hackett to replace Mike LaFleura move that was instrumental in convincing Rodgers to move to New York.
“We had some great years together in Green Bay“, said Rodgers to NFL+. “We kept in touch. I love him and his family. He is an incredible family man and an incredible father. And, on the field, he is possibly my favorite coach I’ve ever had in the NFL. Alone, strategy him to it. He makes it fun, how he cares about the kids, just how he conducts himself with respect, with leadership, with honesty, with integrity.”
The strong criticism of Payton they certainly created noise around the Jetscon Saleh also speaking in support of Hackett.
“I live by the motto of, ‘If you don’t have someone to hate you, you’re not succeeding,'” he explained. Saleh. “So hate all you want. Obviously, we’re doing the right thing if you must talk about us when we don’t face each other until [la Semana 5]”.
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