No one truly knows what he's thinking, but Robert Saleh must be smirking a little at how bad things have gotten for Aaron Rodgers.
Former New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers embarrassed himself once more by going off on a not-exactly-safe-for-work tirade against his former employer and the new regime that's in place after what had been a tumultuous 2024 campaign.
That campaign included Gang Green's shocking in-season decision to fire head coach Robert Saleh, who didn't have much difficulty during the offseason finding a new job, back at home with the San Francisco 49ers in a second stint as their defensive coordinator.
It's no secret Saleh and Rodgers didn't see eye to eye, and the number of verbal jabs thrown back and forth certainly influenced the former's dismissal despite Saleh seemingly holding the entire mess in New York together.
Likely happy to wipe his hands clean of the whole Rodgers-Jets situation, Saleh can now sit back and laugh at how ongoing developments continue to paint his former quarterback in a negative light.
Aaron Rodgers' latest comments fully vindicate Robert Saleh
Rodgers joined The Pat McAfee Show to express his thoughts and sentiments about how New York, including new head coach Aaron Glenn, opted to dismiss him from duties not long ago.
Therein, Rodgers admitted feeling disrespected by having to fly out to New York "on his own dime" as if he was impoverished, only to be dismissed by Glenn and Co. without having the chance to extend into a full conversation.
"Why would you not pick my brain?" Rodgers said. "I’m there to talk to you about the team, about things that I think can get better and things that are good and players that have leadership possibilities and anything. I’ve been in the league 20 years. Any type of conversation. There was none."
Glenn didn't want to have any of that.
It's likely a sentiment Saleh, too, would have preferred having. However, during the nearly two seasons the former Jets head coach had to stand alongside Rodgers, the latter certainly carried more weight and attention from owner Woody Johnson.
When Rodgers was ultimately seen as a key part of the problem over the trailing half of 2024 and into 2025, there was no other takeaway other than Saleh being fully vindicated while his former signal-caller might no longer be a sought-after commodity.
And Saleh can laugh about it now.
