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Brigid Kennedy

Jets DE Shares Classy Aaron Rodgers Gesture to Refute QB's Shaky Reputation As Teammate

New York Jets DE Jermaine Johnson on The Official Jets Podcast. | The Official Jets Podcast / Screenshot / YouTube

Publicly, New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers might be one of the most confounding personalities in the sports ecosystem, but privately, he's nothing like that—at least according to Jets defensive end Jermaine Johnson.

Johnson is currently recovering from an Achilles injury, the same injury Rodgers suffered at the start of last season, and recently shared a bit about how the quarterback helped him through the setback and rehabilitation. His portrait of Rodgers is, as he describes it, a complete departure from the Rodgers the world sees, and some of that disparity is intentional ... or, at the very least, unimportant to the QB.

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