On Wednesday, Aaron Rodgers was officially introduced as a member of the New York Jets after the long-expected trade went through this week. For the Packers, it was an end of era as Rodgers had been the franchise’s starting quarterback since 2008.
So, you can understand the frustration from Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst who said that he wasn’t able to get a hold of Rodgers despite repeated phone calls to the quarterback’s phone. During the introductory press conference, Rodgers was asked about those communication struggles. And don’t worry: He had a story ready to go to explain that.
According to Rodgers, he didn’t speak with the Packers because they didn’t try to FaceTime him.
Full question by @mattschneidman and full answer by @AaronRodgers12 about what happened this offseason and the claim by #Packers GM Brian Gutekunst that he couldn’t get ahold of Rodgers👇
“I have very little cell service…you gotta FaceTime me.” -Rodgers pic.twitter.com/90c8DE0pMu
— Hunter Baumgardt (@hunterbonair) April 26, 2023
Rodgers said that his home has poor cell service, so if they wanted to get a hold of him, they needed to call him on FaceTime. He said that no FaceTimes from the Packers were in his call history.
Of course, a FaceTime call uses more data than a regular phone call. Rodgers could have also turned on wifi-enabled calls in settings if his home’s cell service was really getting in the way of communications with the Packers. After all, it’s his career! Seems like you’d want to be able to take those calls. We already know from Adam Schefter that he answers on iMessage.
It’s safe to say that fans weren’t exactly buying that explanation.
This was how Twitter reacted
Should make his family feel better tbh https://t.co/nXgQyInycy
— RGKing (@flgatorking1987) April 26, 2023
I'll give him that, he does live in a beautiful house https://t.co/zodRrLNLvb pic.twitter.com/OLbB8ekGnV
— Sam (@samhuppert) April 26, 2023
enable wifi calling https://t.co/AdcplGYg5k pic.twitter.com/EUKeQARmpI
— Nathan (@NathanJH31) April 26, 2023
Should really spend some time researching that wi-fi calling setting on his phone. https://t.co/SoYY7rvHzm
— Zach Heilprin (@ZachHeilprin) April 26, 2023
"The face is a blank canvas and his soul is the paint with which he paints. A phone call, to me, is like listening to the Mona Lisa or going to OTAs; both are equally pointless." https://t.co/zueFsHESIe pic.twitter.com/Po09xHXscb
— Game On Wisconsin (@gameonwi) April 26, 2023
Me self-retiring from talking about Rodgers and then seeing this quote https://t.co/Lrqsnaihr2 pic.twitter.com/oMpw3FVEDm
— Bart Winkler (@WinksThinks) April 26, 2023
new excuse on ignoring calls just dropped https://t.co/ylYY9KFrvi
— Dan Shafer (@DanRShafer) April 26, 2023
one of the dumber and more obvious lies in recent memory https://t.co/d2Wzf9c5d2
— rich (@rich_roberts) April 26, 2023
Look I’ve defended Rodgers many times but this one’s a bit ridiculous 😂😂😂 https://t.co/Y7Ocny3BmS
— Tobi Altizer (@Tobi_Altizer) April 26, 2023
That was quite the story, though.
