Aaron Rodgers addresses ‘bulls---' offseason rumors, reveals major factor in decision to play in 2025

Former New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers publically addressed the swirling escaped bureau rumors for the archetypal clip connected Thursday, saying that thing is disconnected the array for the four-time league MVP. 

Rodgers, however, added 1 caveat that volition greatly power his determination to play successful 2025. 

New York Jets backmost Aaron Rodgers waits for the drawback during the Los Angeles Rams crippled successful East Rutherford, New Jersey, Dec. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Appearing on "The Pat McAfee Show" for the archetypal clip since the play concluded, Rodgers was asked to wide up galore of the rumors that person linked him to respective teams, including the New York Giants, Minnesota Vikings and Pittsburgh Steelers. 

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"I’ll acceptable it each straight," Rodgers said with a smile. "I’ll acceptable it each straight, I person nary problem." 

Rodgers said helium spoke with the Giants’ caput manager Brian Daboll and is successful regular interaction with Vikings manager Kevin O'Connell. He besides noted that helium spoke with Mike Tomlin and adjacent visited the Steelers’ installation successful secret. 

"I’m unfastened to thing and attached to nothing. Retirement could inactive beryllium a possibility, but close present my absorption is and has been and volition proceed to beryllium connected my idiosyncratic life… there’s inactive conversations that are being had." 

Rodgers dismissed the communicative surrounding his adjacent move, saying that magnitude of declaration and wealth are non-issues for him. He besides said that what teams determine to bash successful the draught adjacent week volition besides person nary bearing connected his decision.

New York Jets backmost Aaron Rodgers throws against the Minnesota Vikings, Oct. 6, 2024, astatine the Tottenham Hotspur stadium successful London. (AP Photo/Ian Walton)

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"I’m not retired determination putting s--- retired conscionable to enactment s--- out, that’s conscionable not however I operate. There’s been a batch of radical assuming they person accusation astir maine – that’s conscionable not true. I’ve been consecutive up with these teams from the commencement astir wherever I was at, starting with the wealth thing."

What Rodgers does cognize for definite is that his determination to play volition beryllium mostly based connected wherever helium is successful his idiosyncratic life. 

"I’m successful a antithetic signifier of my life. I’m 41 years old, I’m successful a superior relationship. I person off-the-field worldly that requires my attention. I person idiosyncratic commitments I’ve made not knowing what my aboriginal was going to look similar aft past twelvemonth that are important to me. And I person a mates of radical successful my inner, interior ellipse who are truly battling immoderate hard stuff. So, I person a batch of things that are taking my attraction – and person opening truly successful January – distant from football.  

New York Jets backmost Aaron Rodgers reacts during the Buffalo Bills crippled successful East Rutherford, New Jersey, Oct. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)

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"To marque a committedness to a squad is simply a large thing, whether you’re a first-year subordinate oregon a 20-year vet," helium added. 

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