{"id":151640,"date":"2025-06-23T06:13:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T06:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/151640\/"},"modified":"2025-06-23T06:13:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T06:13:10","slug":"aaron-rodgers-close-friend-exposes-his-furious-25-minute-rant-trashing-jets-clueless-run-game-after-failed-stint-nfl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/151640\/","title":{"rendered":"Aaron Rodgers\u2019 close friend exposes his furious 25-minute rant trashing Jets\u2019 \u201cclueless\u201d run game after failed stint | NFL News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AaronAaron Rodgers exposed by close friend (Image via Getty) Aaron Rodgers may have publicly thanked the New York Jets, but his private words tell a very different story. Now with the Pittsburgh Steelers, the four-time MVP reportedly unloaded a fiery, 25-minute rant to close friend Mark Schlereth\u2014slamming the Jets\u2019 offensive dysfunction, especially their \u201cabysmal\u201d run game. The emotional gap between his farewell statements and his off-the-record frustration reveals just how fractured the end of his Jets chapter truly was.<\/p>\n

Rodgers unleashed frustration over offensive failures<\/p>\n

In an interview with SteelersNew.com, Schlereth recalled Rodgers venting in detail about New York\u2019s lack of structure. \u201cAaron and I had a conversation about when he was with the Jets\u2014how abysmal their running game was,\u201d Schlereth said. \u201cI started the conversation, and then Aaron went on for about a 25-minute diatribe.\u201d Rodgers reportedly called the system one that \u201cschematically made no sense.\u201dThis wasn\u2019t just about poor stats\u2014it was about trust and execution. Despite having explosive playmakers, the Jets\u2019 run game consistently faltered, ranking near the bottom of the league. For Rodgers, who thrives in precision-based systems, the chaotic structure around him became a major source of irritation and disbelief.<\/p>\n

Behind the polite exit, tensions ran deep<\/p>\n

Rodgers kept things diplomatic at the mic. \u201cI mean, gratitude, honestly,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s been the best two years of my life.\u201d Jets owner Woody Johnson responded in kind: \u201cThe experiment was a good experiment, it just didn\u2019t work out\u2026 I have a lot of respect for Aaron Rodgers.\u201d But behind closed doors, emotions were clearly running high.Also read: Did Mike Tomlin deceive the NFL? Steelers secretly built offense around Aaron Rodgers while misleading media<\/a>According to Rodgers\u2019 inner circle, he flew cross-country expecting a proper meeting with Jets brass\u2014only to be dismissed in \u201c20 to 25 seconds.\u201d The Jets later denied that claim, telling NFL insider Tom Pelissero they had a \u201cdifferent view\u201d of what happened. Regardless, the disconnect speaks volumes. Rodgers may be chasing a fresh start in Pittsburgh, but his blistering remarks make it clear: New York left more scars than smiles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aaron Rodgers exposed by close friend (Image via Getty) Aaron Rodgers may have publicly thanked the New York…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":151641,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2051],"tags":[34661,34659,26909,34657,7,226,34658,34660,1917,255,2321,2097,6,34662],"class_list":{"0":"post-151640","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-jets","8":"tag-aaron-rodgers-frustration-jets","9":"tag-aaron-rodgers-jets-departure","10":"tag-aaron-rodgers-pittsburgh-steelers","11":"tag-aaron-rodgers-rant-jets","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-jets","14":"tag-jets-run-game-issues","15":"tag-mark-schlereth-interview","16":"tag-new-york","17":"tag-new-york-jets","18":"tag-newyork","19":"tag-newyorkjets","20":"tag-nfl","21":"tag-nfl-insider-tom-pelissero"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114731208304846838","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151640"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151640\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}