Shortly after Aaron Rodgers announced his intention to play for the Jets in the 2023 NFL season on The Pat McAfee Show on Wednesday, the four-time NFL MVP took a few minutes to attempt to discredit ESPN’s report that he gave New York a “wish list” of players to target before joining the franchise.
The list includes three of Rodgers’s Green Bay teammates—Randall Cobb, Allen Lazard and Marcedes Lewis—as well as free agent wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr., according to ESPN’s Dianna Russini. While Lazard reportedly signed a four-year, $44 million deal with the Jets on Tuesday, Rodgers blasted Russini and ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Wednesday’s show, insinuating that he did not have a wish list or demands of his prospective future team.
“From what I’ve seen, I had a sheet of paper when I met with the Jets and said sign these people,” Rodgers said. “That’s not the reality.”
