Aaron Rodgers has had countless teammates over the years. However, not all of them have spoken highly of him. In fact, two of Rodgers’ top scorers have openly criticized the Green Bay Packers star, even after spending years on passes from no. 12. Both Greg Jennings and Jermichael Finley have raised eyebrows in the past by telling their air about their former quarterback.
But recently, Aaron Rodgers finally acknowledged his true feelings about his former star teammates who have shown no doubt in criticizing him.
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Both Greg Jennings and Jermichael Minley enjoyed enormous success in Green Bay. The former entered the NFL as a second-round pick from West Michigan. Jennings began his career capturing Brett Favre’s passes, but he enjoyed a fruitful relationship with Aaron Rodgers.
In Rodgers’ first season as a starter, Jennings set career highs in catches (80) and receiving yards (1,292). He added nine touchdown jokes. He followed up with two more excellent campaigns. In Green Bay’s Super Bowl winning season, Jennings hit 12 touchdowns in the regular season.
The 198-foot, 198-pound-wide, provided two clutch touchdown grabs against the Pittsburgh Steelers to help Green Bay win its first Super Bowl title since 1996.
While Finley did not play in the Super Bowl due to injury, he stormed back with a fantastic campaign in 2011 that included 55 catches for 767 yards and a career-high eight touchdowns. An athletic mismatch at the tight end, the pick of the third round of 2008 was evident on the cusp of superstardom. However, a neck injury ended his NFL career at the age of 26.
Former Packers stars have openly criticized Aaron Rodgers
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Aaron Rodgers helped convert Greg Jenning and Jermichael Finley into household names. However, the former Packers stars have been openly critical of their longtime quarterback.
In April 2019, Bleacher Report’s Tyler Dunne published a lengthy piece detailing everything that went on with Rodgers, Mike McCarthy, and the rest of the Packers organization over the years. The story did not paint Rodgers in the best light, mostly because of the remarks of his two former targets.
Jennings recalls an incident in 2012 that changed his view of Rodgers forever. According to the widow, his own quarterback told an opponent that his team should sign Jennings after the season ended. That soured the relationship.
“If the shoe had been on the other foot and I said, ‘Hi man, I should have come and played with your quarterback,’ he would have been so offended,” Jennings said. ‘But when it comes out of his mouth – and we all know there is truth behind jokes – for him to say that and just act like everything was the same? It just wasn’t. ‘
Finley offered a more dumb assessment of his former quarterback.
“He is not a naturalist.”
Finley even compared Rodgers to an addict because of how much he worried about yards and finishes.
“I thought he could grow out of it, but you give a man more money, there’s more attitude, more divaness,” Finley said.
Rodgers acknowledges his true feelings about his former teammates
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Clearly, there are unresolved issues between Aaron Rodgers and his former teammates. And in a recent appearance on The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz, the 36-year-old acknowledged his true feelings about Greg Jennings and Jermichael Finley.
“I have no problem with any of the individuals,” Rodgers explained. ‘I enjoyed playing with both boys. Greg was a fantastic player, and so was J-Mike. The physical talent of both boys was phenomenal, and we had some amazing moments together. ”
Even though his two former teammates have openly criticized him in the past, Rodgers suggested that the media played a major role in spinning a particular story.
“I think opinions have become facts instead of the actual facts of the subject we are talking about,” Rodgers said. “I think this is a place in the society where we have gone, where it is more important to speak your mind than to investigate and find out what the facts and the situation are.”
Ultimately, it seems like an older version of Aaron Rodgers has a little more wisdom and humility to reflect on his words and actions from the past. At the end of the day, Packers fans could probably not care less about his relationship with players who did not fit in on Sunday. All that matters is winning another Super Bowl title before Jordan Love takes over.
