The Aaron Rodgers saga appears to be far from over. The future hall of fame quarterback has been rubbing fans the wrong way all off-season with his lack of decision making. It has been over one month since the New York Jets informed the league they would be moving on from him.
Now, because of his lack of decision making, players are being forced to back track on their own statements.
“That’s Not What I Meant” Aaron Rodgers Forces Potential Teammate To Back Track
Aaron Rodgers received a blunt message earlier this week from Pittsburgh Steelers defensive tackle Cam Heyward. Basically, you’re either in or out as a Steeler, there’s no middle ground.
Now, Heyward is being forced to back track on his own statement:
“Everybody gave me crap. They said I called him out,’ Heyward told Eisen. “I don’t think I really called him out. I just said I wasn’t going on a darkness retreat to recruit him. But if he wants to be a Steeler, he can be a Steeler. That’s the pitch.
I don’t know why everybody thought, ‘Oh Cam’s really going at him.’ Some fans felt, ‘Oh yeah, keep doing that,’ and the other fans felt like, Oh man, you’re really gonna scare him off.’ I’m not scaring anybody off. I just wanna win games and play good football.”
“Plenty of people who show up and then don’t get signed,” Heyward said. “I’m not putting stock in that; that’s not my decision. Omar, Mike, y’all handle that. Y’all figure it out.”
“Anybody who signs, I welcome to the team. I don’t have an ego and think we can’t win with a guy,” Heyward said. “I get excited for a team. You bring in a guy like that, he’s got good knowledge of the game. I think he can only help.”
“I just want to play football. I’m tired of talking about the quarterback situation. I’d rather have it done,” Heyward said. “I don’t know what ends up happening. I’m ready to move on in free agency.”
Rodgers joining the Steelers has certainly turned into a bigger storyline than just the offense. At this point, it will be interesting to see if players from whatever team he joins feels some type of way about him taking his time.
It has been made clear that the Minnesota Vikings were his first choice this off-season, when that fell through, Rodgers seems to be picking from the “second best option” in his mind.
Could that create for a tumultuous situation wherever he lands?
