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Aaron Rodgers insisted he played no role in the firing of Robert Saleh as the New York Jets coach and called such allegations „patently false.“
The star quarterback made his weekly appearance on „The Pat McAfee Show“ on Wednesday, a day after Jets owner Woody Johnson fired Saleh after the team got off to a 2-3 start in the coach’s fourth season.
There was speculation by some media and fans that Rodgers might have had a hand in influencing Johnson, who said during a conference call Tuesday the decision was „my decision and my decision alone.“
Defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich will be the Jets‘ interim head coach the rest of the season.
„As far as any of the ridiculous allegations out there, I’m not going to spend more than one sentence in response to it“, Rodgers said. „And that is I resent any of those accusations because they’re patently false. And it’s interesting the amount of power that people think that I have, which I don’t.“
Rodgers confirmed he spoke to Johnson on Monday night during a „nice call“, but said the owner simply asked him how he was feeling after spraining his left ankle in the Jets‘ loss to Minnesota in London on Sunday.
