1 00:00:07,266 --> 00:00:09,666 Speaker 1: The Season with Peter Schrager is a production of the 2 00:00:09,786 --> 00:00:24,706 Speaker 1: NFL in partnership with iHeartRadio. What's Up, Everybody? Welcome to 3 00:00:24,826 --> 00:00:28,866 Speaker 1: the Season with Peter Schrager, a brand new episode here. 4 00:00:28,946 --> 00:00:33,746 Speaker 1: I'm joined by my wonderful producer, Aaron wang Kaufman. Aaron, 5 00:00:34,826 --> 00:00:36,786 Speaker 1: Welcome to week two of training camp. My friend. 6 00:00:37,266 --> 00:00:41,306 Speaker 2: It's pretty exciting getting lots of video seeing all these 7 00:00:41,386 --> 00:00:45,826 Speaker 2: rookies making big catches, and you know it's you had 8 00:00:46,226 --> 00:00:48,866 Speaker 2: your own little trip to training camp which made some 9 00:00:48,946 --> 00:00:49,586 Speaker 2: waves too. 10 00:00:50,066 --> 00:00:52,626 Speaker 1: Yes, good intro. That's what this podcast is going to 11 00:00:52,706 --> 00:00:55,546 Speaker 1: be about. If you listen to this podcast, you know 12 00:00:55,586 --> 00:00:57,786 Speaker 1: we try to get you behind the scenes stuff. We 13 00:00:57,826 --> 00:00:59,946 Speaker 1: try to bring in coaches and general managers. I don't 14 00:01:00,066 --> 00:01:03,426 Speaker 1: often bring in current players as guests because I feel 15 00:01:03,426 --> 00:01:06,106 Speaker 1: like they're usually pretty measured and we're not getting anything 16 00:01:06,146 --> 00:01:08,066 Speaker 1: that you're not going to get at the podium. And 17 00:01:08,146 --> 00:01:09,946 Speaker 1: in the rare instance that you do get one of 18 00:01:09,946 --> 00:01:13,146 Speaker 1: these all access interviews with a current player, it might 19 00:01:13,146 --> 00:01:15,786 Speaker 1: be with a former teammate of theirs. I honestly feel 20 00:01:15,826 --> 00:01:19,106 Speaker 1: like coaches and general managers and media guys and celebrity 21 00:01:19,146 --> 00:01:22,986 Speaker 1: fans that's my wheelhouse. Current players often are twenty years 22 00:01:23,026 --> 00:01:29,826 Speaker 1: younger than me. They're often in a pr restricted forum 23 00:01:29,866 --> 00:01:32,146 Speaker 1: where okay, i'll give you this guy, but you get 24 00:01:32,146 --> 00:01:33,946 Speaker 1: fifteen minutes with them, and you've got to either a 25 00:01:34,626 --> 00:01:37,946 Speaker 1: plug the foundation first and foremost that he's working with fine, 26 00:01:38,266 --> 00:01:42,066 Speaker 1: or be the product endorsement he is dealing with. Again, 27 00:01:42,346 --> 00:01:44,626 Speaker 1: I've got great relationships with a lot of these guys 28 00:01:44,626 --> 00:01:46,826 Speaker 1: around the NFL. I respect the players more anything. But 29 00:01:46,866 --> 00:01:51,066 Speaker 1: as podcast guests few and far between, would it be 30 00:01:51,466 --> 00:01:53,106 Speaker 1: a guy that I'm like, all right, let's go thirty 31 00:01:53,146 --> 00:01:56,506 Speaker 1: minutes deep and let's really bring out what makes you 32 00:01:56,626 --> 00:01:59,666 Speaker 1: what you are and tell us stories from current players? 33 00:01:59,946 --> 00:02:02,746 Speaker 1: Rare exceptions. George Kittle wants to come on, always welcome, 34 00:02:03,106 --> 00:02:06,186 Speaker 1: you know. And then there's one guy, one guy in 35 00:02:06,226 --> 00:02:10,906 Speaker 1: the league who I think is always unfiltered, He's always himself, 36 00:02:11,626 --> 00:02:16,466 Speaker 1: is always authentic, can be polarizing to many, can be 37 00:02:16,466 --> 00:02:21,226 Speaker 1: fascinating to all. And that's Aaron Rodgers. This podcast is 38 00:02:21,226 --> 00:02:25,026 Speaker 1: about my interview with Aaron Rodgers Sunday at Jets training camp, 39 00:02:25,266 --> 00:02:27,226 Speaker 1: and I wanted to set the stage. I wanted to 40 00:02:27,226 --> 00:02:29,346 Speaker 1: give you all the behind the scenes. I wanted to 41 00:02:29,386 --> 00:02:32,746 Speaker 1: give you the context because we're recording this on Tuesday morning, 42 00:02:32,906 --> 00:02:36,466 Speaker 1: and I was out at a local restaurant yesterday and 43 00:02:36,466 --> 00:02:42,066 Speaker 1: this doesn't happen. Ever. There's a little TV and ESPN's 44 00:02:42,106 --> 00:02:44,346 Speaker 1: on and PTI is on, and I look up to 45 00:02:44,426 --> 00:02:46,946 Speaker 1: PTI and it's not Tony and Mike's faces. It's my 46 00:02:47,066 --> 00:02:50,946 Speaker 1: mug with Aaron Rodgers. And the guy sitting at the 47 00:02:50,946 --> 00:02:52,386 Speaker 1: bar looked at me and kind of gave me that 48 00:02:52,426 --> 00:02:54,546 Speaker 1: weird look and I just kind of nodded and walked out. 49 00:02:55,306 --> 00:02:58,306 Speaker 1: NFL network stuff is not often used on ESPN, and 50 00:02:58,346 --> 00:03:02,866 Speaker 1: it was the lead story on ESPN, And this interview 51 00:03:02,946 --> 00:03:05,626 Speaker 1: was actually done on NFL Plus, which is the streaming 52 00:03:05,626 --> 00:03:07,786 Speaker 1: app that we were talking about last week on the 53 00:03:07,786 --> 00:03:10,986 Speaker 1: Gronk podcast that the NFL is putting a lot of 54 00:03:10,986 --> 00:03:13,666 Speaker 1: eggs into their basket to kind of push And I'd 55 00:03:13,666 --> 00:03:16,506 Speaker 1: like to think I had the first NFL Plus moment 56 00:03:16,506 --> 00:03:18,426 Speaker 1: and it had nothing to do really with me at all. 57 00:03:18,506 --> 00:03:22,106 Speaker 1: It was Rogers and it was Sean Payton. And as 58 00:03:22,186 --> 00:03:26,026 Speaker 1: much as I appreciate the many texts and tweet some 59 00:03:26,066 --> 00:03:28,466 Speaker 1: people saying that the way I crafted the question to 60 00:03:28,586 --> 00:03:32,906 Speaker 1: get to Aaron Rodgers's money quote was masterful, it was 61 00:03:32,946 --> 00:03:34,986 Speaker 1: really all Rogers, and I just gave him a runway. 62 00:03:35,066 --> 00:03:39,546 Speaker 1: So this is the story behind the story for Sunday's 63 00:03:40,026 --> 00:03:45,026 Speaker 1: bombshell Aaron Rodgers interview that I conducted at Jets Camp. Aaron, 64 00:03:45,146 --> 00:03:48,466 Speaker 1: let me first set it up a couple days earlier. 65 00:03:49,186 --> 00:03:52,866 Speaker 1: Thursday morning, I'm at Good Morning Football, hosting the morning show, 66 00:03:52,866 --> 00:03:55,866 Speaker 1: our first week back from a nice summer vacation, and 67 00:03:55,946 --> 00:03:58,346 Speaker 1: I get a text from my friend Adam Weinberg, who 68 00:03:58,386 --> 00:04:00,786 Speaker 1: is a football fan and does not work in the league, 69 00:04:00,826 --> 00:04:05,506 Speaker 1: and says, holy bleep, did you read these quotes from 70 00:04:05,546 --> 00:04:10,026 Speaker 1: Sean Payton in USA Today? And I'm like, USA Today, 71 00:04:11,066 --> 00:04:14,106 Speaker 1: Sean Payton. Peyton's a dear friend of mine. I spent 72 00:04:14,226 --> 00:04:18,026 Speaker 1: all last year with him at Fox. I know Sean Payton. 73 00:04:18,066 --> 00:04:20,146 Speaker 1: What quotes did Sean payn have that are bombshow? Quotes 74 00:04:20,146 --> 00:04:22,346 Speaker 1: in the USA Today? And I'm not dismissing the work 75 00:04:22,386 --> 00:04:25,506 Speaker 1: of Jared Bell, who's a Hall of favorite, Like usually 76 00:04:25,546 --> 00:04:27,746 Speaker 1: this comes from the Beat reporter if he's gonna have 77 00:04:28,066 --> 00:04:30,866 Speaker 1: some bombshell thing, or it's coming on McAfee's show, or 78 00:04:31,346 --> 00:04:35,626 Speaker 1: Jared Bell with a sit down in print that went 79 00:04:35,706 --> 00:04:38,186 Speaker 1: to the USA Today, I'm like, what are you talking about. 80 00:04:38,386 --> 00:04:42,146 Speaker 1: We finished the show and the article is published and 81 00:04:42,226 --> 00:04:46,506 Speaker 1: Aaron Sean Payton's comments in the USA today blew me away. 82 00:04:46,746 --> 00:04:49,426 Speaker 1: Let's go through some of them. This was from Sean 83 00:04:49,466 --> 00:04:54,906 Speaker 1: Payton last Thursday. Jared Bell, great, great reporter, legendary Hall 84 00:04:54,906 --> 00:04:58,346 Speaker 1: of Fame writer, and here's Peyton. Can I say this 85 00:04:58,386 --> 00:05:00,906 Speaker 1: to you. I'm gonna be pissed off if this is 86 00:05:00,946 --> 00:05:03,826 Speaker 1: not a playoff team. Winning is the salve for the 87 00:05:03,826 --> 00:05:08,906 Speaker 1: whole organization, makes everyone feel better. Okay, nothing crazy there yet, 88 00:05:08,946 --> 00:05:12,146 Speaker 1: I feel like that wasn't the quote that I was like, uh, 89 00:05:12,146 --> 00:05:16,466 Speaker 1: and then we keep going. It doesn't happen often where 90 00:05:16,466 --> 00:05:20,826 Speaker 1: an NFL team or organization gets embarrassed, and that happened here. 91 00:05:21,266 --> 00:05:23,986 Speaker 1: Part of it was their own fault relative to spending 92 00:05:24,106 --> 00:05:27,186 Speaker 1: so much expletive time trying to win the off season, 93 00:05:27,706 --> 00:05:32,346 Speaker 1: the pr the pomp and circumstance, marching people around and 94 00:05:32,586 --> 00:05:37,826 Speaker 1: all this stuff. Okay, that's a shot at the old regime, 95 00:05:37,906 --> 00:05:40,306 Speaker 1: but also some guys who still work there in Denver. 96 00:05:40,586 --> 00:05:43,306 Speaker 2: Yeah, getting a little muddy there, little muddy. 97 00:05:43,746 --> 00:05:47,506 Speaker 1: Next line, there's so much dirt around what happened to 98 00:05:47,546 --> 00:05:51,866 Speaker 1: Russell Wilson last year. There's twenty dirty hands for what 99 00:05:52,026 --> 00:05:55,346 Speaker 1: was allowed tolerated in the freaking training rooms, the meeting rooms, 100 00:05:55,386 --> 00:05:59,586 Speaker 1: the offense. I don't know Hackett. A lot of people 101 00:05:59,626 --> 00:06:02,826 Speaker 1: had dirt on their hands. It wasn't just Russell. He 102 00:06:02,866 --> 00:06:06,266 Speaker 1: didn't just flip. He still has it this bs that 103 00:06:06,306 --> 00:06:07,106 Speaker 1: he he hit a wall. 104 00:06:07,666 --> 00:06:08,146 Speaker 2: Shoot. 105 00:06:08,506 --> 00:06:10,986 Speaker 1: They couldn't get a play in. There were twenty ninth 106 00:06:10,986 --> 00:06:13,546 Speaker 1: in the league in pre snap penalties on both sides 107 00:06:13,546 --> 00:06:16,346 Speaker 1: of the ball. That was the parents who allowed it. 108 00:06:16,666 --> 00:06:20,266 Speaker 1: That's not an incrimination on him, but an incrimination on 109 00:06:20,346 --> 00:06:24,586 Speaker 1: the head coach, the GM by the way, Aaron George Peyton, 110 00:06:24,666 --> 00:06:29,306 Speaker 1: who's still there, the president, Demani Leach, former NFL league employee, 111 00:06:29,746 --> 00:06:35,346 Speaker 1: still there, and everybody else who watched it all happen. Oh, 112 00:06:35,386 --> 00:06:39,466 Speaker 1: all right, there's more now. A quarterback having an office 113 00:06:39,706 --> 00:06:42,786 Speaker 1: and a place to watch film is normal. But all 114 00:06:42,786 --> 00:06:46,466 Speaker 1: those things get magnified when you're losing and all that 115 00:06:46,586 --> 00:06:49,706 Speaker 1: other stuff. I've never heard of it. We're not doing that. 116 00:06:50,346 --> 00:06:52,986 Speaker 1: And and that was in regard to him having a 117 00:06:53,026 --> 00:06:56,386 Speaker 1: personal quarterbacks coach with him last year in Denver, who 118 00:06:56,426 --> 00:06:58,906 Speaker 1: would in addition to the coaching staff which was like 119 00:06:58,946 --> 00:07:03,186 Speaker 1: twenty five deep, they also had his personal guy on site. 120 00:07:03,026 --> 00:07:05,906 Speaker 2: Which is not totally unheard of, right, I mean, yes, it's. 121 00:07:05,786 --> 00:07:08,746 Speaker 1: Totally unheard that you wouldn't have your own personal quarterbacks 122 00:07:08,746 --> 00:07:11,146 Speaker 1: coach in the building all day. Yes, unheard of, Aaron. 123 00:07:11,266 --> 00:07:14,906 Speaker 1: You'd have your quarterbacks coach, you'd have your offensive coordinator, 124 00:07:14,946 --> 00:07:17,226 Speaker 1: your head coach. You wouldn't have this guy also there 125 00:07:17,266 --> 00:07:19,506 Speaker 1: in addition to the staff. You would have them in 126 00:07:19,546 --> 00:07:21,426 Speaker 1: the off season, or you can work with them on 127 00:07:21,466 --> 00:07:24,386 Speaker 1: your own time. That was a first for me, dude. 128 00:07:24,906 --> 00:07:30,146 Speaker 1: And then the last couple. Everything I heard about last season, 129 00:07:30,586 --> 00:07:36,106 Speaker 1: we are doing the opposite. And the last one. They 130 00:07:36,106 --> 00:07:38,466 Speaker 1: can only beat the blank out of you so much. 131 00:07:38,666 --> 00:07:41,426 Speaker 1: But everybody's got a little stink on their hands. It's 132 00:07:41,466 --> 00:07:44,586 Speaker 1: not just Russell. It was a poor offensive line. It 133 00:07:44,666 --> 00:07:46,866 Speaker 1: might have been one of the worst coaching jobs in 134 00:07:46,906 --> 00:07:52,226 Speaker 1: the history of the NFL. That's how bad it was. 135 00:07:53,586 --> 00:07:56,426 Speaker 1: H Okay, So let me unpack this a little bit 136 00:07:57,346 --> 00:07:59,746 Speaker 1: that happens on Thursday. My phone's blown up because A 137 00:08:00,226 --> 00:08:03,986 Speaker 1: it's just an unbelievably candid interview with a head coach. B. 138 00:08:04,786 --> 00:08:11,266 Speaker 1: You never never on the record here a coach talk 139 00:08:11,346 --> 00:08:15,186 Speaker 1: about the previous coach like this. It's almost like what 140 00:08:15,226 --> 00:08:17,266 Speaker 1: do they say, there's a code amongst thieves, and this 141 00:08:17,306 --> 00:08:19,706 Speaker 1: one there's just like there's a there's a code, you know, 142 00:08:20,826 --> 00:08:24,226 Speaker 1: Omerta almost like we're all in this together, We're all 143 00:08:24,226 --> 00:08:27,506 Speaker 1: gonna cross paths, We're all gonna know someone who knows 144 00:08:27,506 --> 00:08:31,706 Speaker 1: someone you don't do that. He did it, and he 145 00:08:31,746 --> 00:08:37,186 Speaker 1: did it at Nathaniel Hackett, who universally is beloved by 146 00:08:37,506 --> 00:08:40,106 Speaker 1: people who know him as a guy, like we've had 147 00:08:40,146 --> 00:08:42,666 Speaker 1: him on our podcast. I think, Aaron, you got a 148 00:08:42,706 --> 00:08:44,066 Speaker 1: feel for Hackett, right, like. 149 00:08:44,906 --> 00:08:48,666 Speaker 2: Just yeah, very nice guy and like sweetheart. 150 00:08:48,226 --> 00:08:53,826 Speaker 1: Like a good man with two kids, a wife. Hackett's 151 00:08:54,026 --> 00:08:56,866 Speaker 1: you know, uprooting his entire life. He's embarrassed as is 152 00:08:56,866 --> 00:08:59,186 Speaker 1: how this thing went down. And then I think a 153 00:08:59,186 --> 00:09:02,066 Speaker 1: lot of people were turned off by Peyton's comments on 154 00:09:02,106 --> 00:09:04,066 Speaker 1: the surface, and then you look at who he said 155 00:09:04,106 --> 00:09:05,946 Speaker 1: it about, Hackett, who's a good guy and as well 156 00:09:06,026 --> 00:09:08,866 Speaker 1: liked and around a lot of places, and people know 157 00:09:08,906 --> 00:09:10,986 Speaker 1: that he's already been through the crap of it, right 158 00:09:11,066 --> 00:09:13,466 Speaker 1: like he already was fired fifteen weeks into his season. 159 00:09:13,506 --> 00:09:16,506 Speaker 1: He already was the laughing stock last year. He still 160 00:09:16,546 --> 00:09:19,186 Speaker 1: got a career he wants to have, and here he 161 00:09:19,266 --> 00:09:21,906 Speaker 1: is starting a new season, and gosh, for it to 162 00:09:21,946 --> 00:09:24,466 Speaker 1: start off with these quotes coming out. I think that 163 00:09:24,586 --> 00:09:26,826 Speaker 1: rubbed a lot of people wrong. Then there was a 164 00:09:26,826 --> 00:09:30,026 Speaker 1: shot at the Jets. Here's Peyton in the article on 165 00:09:30,866 --> 00:09:34,506 Speaker 1: hard knocks. We're not doing any of that. The Jets 166 00:09:34,546 --> 00:09:37,506 Speaker 1: did that this year. You watch hard Knocks, all of it. 167 00:09:37,586 --> 00:09:40,106 Speaker 1: I can see it coming. Remember when former Washington owner 168 00:09:40,146 --> 00:09:42,666 Speaker 1: Dan Snyder put that dream team together. I was at 169 00:09:42,706 --> 00:09:44,786 Speaker 1: the Giants in two thousand. I was a young coach. 170 00:09:44,826 --> 00:09:46,906 Speaker 1: I thought, how are we going to compete with them? 171 00:09:47,186 --> 00:09:50,506 Speaker 1: Dion's there now? Well that team won eight games or whatever, 172 00:09:50,626 --> 00:09:54,026 Speaker 1: So listen, just put the work in on that like 173 00:09:54,106 --> 00:09:57,466 Speaker 1: the Jets. The Jets didn't. They didn't ask for hard knocks. 174 00:09:57,546 --> 00:09:59,186 Speaker 1: Like the league asked the Jets to do hard on. 175 00:09:59,426 --> 00:10:03,386 Speaker 1: That's resisted. The League pushed harder, the Jets resisted. I 176 00:10:03,466 --> 00:10:05,426 Speaker 1: don't think the ownership group of the Jets were looking 177 00:10:05,466 --> 00:10:07,986 Speaker 1: for a Hall of Game and hard knock. So like 178 00:10:08,426 --> 00:10:11,146 Speaker 1: Sean suggesting that that was the case is whatever. And 179 00:10:11,186 --> 00:10:14,626 Speaker 1: then Sala obviously had his comments if they're not hating, 180 00:10:14,746 --> 00:10:17,986 Speaker 1: you ain't popping, which I'd never heard that line before. 181 00:10:17,986 --> 00:10:21,506 Speaker 1: I also liked it so now you've got Hackett, you've 182 00:10:21,506 --> 00:10:24,506 Speaker 1: got the Jets. Jets being compared to the two thousand 183 00:10:24,586 --> 00:10:27,226 Speaker 1: Washington Redskins, which was a team in infamy that was 184 00:10:27,266 --> 00:10:30,546 Speaker 1: like a dream team that went bust, and for twenty 185 00:10:30,546 --> 00:10:34,826 Speaker 1: four hours, everybody is a buzz. So then Sean gets 186 00:10:34,866 --> 00:10:36,666 Speaker 1: to the podio. I mean, I think everyone's expecting this 187 00:10:36,746 --> 00:10:39,266 Speaker 1: grand apology or him doubling down, and he kind of 188 00:10:39,266 --> 00:10:41,906 Speaker 1: goes in between. This is what Sean Payton says. Listen, 189 00:10:42,386 --> 00:10:44,306 Speaker 1: I had one of those moments where I still had 190 00:10:44,306 --> 00:10:46,306 Speaker 1: my Fox hat on and not my coaching hat on. 191 00:10:47,026 --> 00:10:48,946 Speaker 1: I said this to the team. We've had a great 192 00:10:49,546 --> 00:10:52,386 Speaker 1: offseason relative to that. I've been preaching that message and 193 00:10:52,466 --> 00:10:55,386 Speaker 1: here I am the veteran stepping in it. It was 194 00:10:55,426 --> 00:10:58,306 Speaker 1: a learning experience for me, a mistake. Obviously. I needed 195 00:10:58,306 --> 00:11:00,706 Speaker 1: a little bit more filter. I needed a bit more restraint. 196 00:11:01,146 --> 00:11:04,946 Speaker 1: I regret that end quote. So he's apologizing, but he's 197 00:11:04,946 --> 00:11:09,226 Speaker 1: not apologizing to Nathaniel Hackett. He's not apologizing to Robert 198 00:11:09,426 --> 00:11:12,986 Speaker 1: Salah so much as to saying I'm annoyed that I 199 00:11:13,026 --> 00:11:14,746 Speaker 1: said too much. I went over the line when I 200 00:11:14,826 --> 00:11:17,546 Speaker 1: was talking on the record, and I should have kept 201 00:11:17,546 --> 00:11:20,186 Speaker 1: that in house or I shouldn't have said any of 202 00:11:20,186 --> 00:11:23,266 Speaker 1: that stuff publicly because it started this whole thing. It's 203 00:11:23,266 --> 00:11:27,306 Speaker 1: a distraction. Fine, But as of now, I don't I've 204 00:11:27,306 --> 00:11:31,786 Speaker 1: got no indication that he's apologized to Hackett. I don't 205 00:11:31,546 --> 00:11:34,146 Speaker 1: like I said, I don't think Sean Mines is being 206 00:11:34,186 --> 00:11:36,466 Speaker 1: out there. I don't think that Seawan minds. Hey cause 207 00:11:36,506 --> 00:11:39,786 Speaker 1: a little chaos here, cause a little something. Take take 208 00:11:39,826 --> 00:11:42,666 Speaker 1: a bat to that pinata and just whack it or 209 00:11:42,666 --> 00:11:45,426 Speaker 1: the beehive, whatever you want, and wake this team up. 210 00:11:45,466 --> 00:11:47,826 Speaker 1: We're going to be a relevant team, like this is 211 00:11:47,866 --> 00:11:52,826 Speaker 1: Peyton Okay, but there's a human element to this that 212 00:11:52,826 --> 00:11:55,546 Speaker 1: that this impacted a lot of people. So lead up 213 00:11:55,586 --> 00:11:59,706 Speaker 1: to Sunday. Aaron Rodgers might be the most difficult interview 214 00:11:59,706 --> 00:12:03,186 Speaker 1: to secure in that I think he sort of operates 215 00:12:03,386 --> 00:12:05,506 Speaker 1: on his own as far as who he talks to, 216 00:12:05,826 --> 00:12:08,226 Speaker 1: when he talked to them, what he wants to get 217 00:12:08,226 --> 00:12:11,666 Speaker 1: out there, and in what forum. So if you see 218 00:12:11,746 --> 00:12:15,306 Speaker 1: historically he's done Pat McAfee every week, he'll do the 219 00:12:15,346 --> 00:12:19,706 Speaker 1: podium for the team, He'll do Aeron Andrews. He's great 220 00:12:19,706 --> 00:12:22,746 Speaker 1: with Aaron. He did a Kyle Brandt interview one time 221 00:12:22,826 --> 00:12:26,426 Speaker 1: on a podcast he does. He did PMT with Big 222 00:12:26,506 --> 00:12:30,386 Speaker 1: Cat and PFT commenter and they were hilarious last summer. 223 00:12:31,066 --> 00:12:34,786 Speaker 1: And he's done Good Morning Football with US super Bowl 224 00:12:34,826 --> 00:12:39,026 Speaker 1: in Minnesota, and then when he was doing Jeopardy tryouts 225 00:12:39,066 --> 00:12:41,106 Speaker 1: for the host for Trebek, he did our show and 226 00:12:41,266 --> 00:12:45,226 Speaker 1: was awesome. But I'll be honest, completely candid, I personally 227 00:12:45,226 --> 00:12:48,666 Speaker 1: haven't had any interactions with Aaron Rodgers and probably since then, 228 00:12:49,466 --> 00:12:52,226 Speaker 1: so I don't, you know, I do my show and 229 00:12:52,386 --> 00:12:55,466 Speaker 1: you know, since since the Jeopardy stuff, like we've had 230 00:12:55,546 --> 00:12:57,626 Speaker 1: a ton of things happen with Rogers, whether it be 231 00:12:58,346 --> 00:13:00,786 Speaker 1: off the field, on the field, whatever, But like, I 232 00:13:00,826 --> 00:13:03,586 Speaker 1: don't have this relationship with Rogers that I do with 233 00:13:03,946 --> 00:13:06,986 Speaker 1: others around the league. So I'm just wondering we're coming 234 00:13:07,026 --> 00:13:10,386 Speaker 1: to Jets camp. I'm on behalf of NFL plus, it's 235 00:13:10,386 --> 00:13:12,466 Speaker 1: a big thing for us. It's NFL Network. I got 236 00:13:12,466 --> 00:13:15,946 Speaker 1: the NFL Network logo on me. They're sending me out there. 237 00:13:16,946 --> 00:13:22,026 Speaker 1: I can probably get Sauce Gardner, Quinnin Williams or Sala 238 00:13:22,906 --> 00:13:24,386 Speaker 1: to come speak with me, and those will all be 239 00:13:24,386 --> 00:13:27,066 Speaker 1: great and I would love those guys and they're awesome, 240 00:13:27,186 --> 00:13:29,666 Speaker 1: and Alan Lazard and Randall Cobb would be great guests 241 00:13:29,746 --> 00:13:32,186 Speaker 1: to have. I was like, but I'm here for the 242 00:13:32,226 --> 00:13:36,026 Speaker 1: big fish. I want Rogers. So I start playing the 243 00:13:36,066 --> 00:13:38,786 Speaker 1: seed with not only the PR staff, but with some 244 00:13:38,826 --> 00:13:41,546 Speaker 1: coaches on that staff, saying like, hey, I'm coming Sunday. 245 00:13:41,866 --> 00:13:43,466 Speaker 1: If you can speak to Rogers, I would love to 246 00:13:43,506 --> 00:13:45,466 Speaker 1: do it with you. Whatever. I don't hear anything back 247 00:13:45,946 --> 00:13:48,586 Speaker 1: about Saturday night. I check in with the Jets PR 248 00:13:48,666 --> 00:13:51,066 Speaker 1: staff and I say, I know it's a hail Mary, 249 00:13:51,106 --> 00:13:54,026 Speaker 1: but is Rogers willing to sit with me for ten 250 00:13:54,106 --> 00:13:57,986 Speaker 1: fifteen minutes on NFL Network? And the response I got 251 00:13:58,146 --> 00:14:01,546 Speaker 1: was we'll see tomorrow. But he certainly didn't say no. 252 00:14:01,666 --> 00:14:03,426 Speaker 1: So I'm like, all right, we're in the game, you know, 253 00:14:03,546 --> 00:14:06,426 Speaker 1: like we're in the game. I'm not looking to curry 254 00:14:06,626 --> 00:14:08,146 Speaker 1: favorite of Rogers at all. I just want to get 255 00:14:08,146 --> 00:14:12,706 Speaker 1: the interview and all along, I'm thinking, all right, Hackett's 256 00:14:12,706 --> 00:14:16,346 Speaker 1: biggest supporter is Aaron Rodgers, like biggest supporter, and those 257 00:14:16,386 --> 00:14:19,906 Speaker 1: guys are best best friends. And Rogers is also candid. 258 00:14:20,306 --> 00:14:23,986 Speaker 1: So if you get Rogers to talk about Hackett, you're 259 00:14:23,986 --> 00:14:26,946 Speaker 1: gonna get a great defensive Hackett. And that's gonna not 260 00:14:27,066 --> 00:14:31,026 Speaker 1: only rally his teammates in New York, but also send 261 00:14:31,066 --> 00:14:33,546 Speaker 1: a message around the league and I'm sure we'll, you know, 262 00:14:33,706 --> 00:14:37,826 Speaker 1: make news. But I also didn't want to position it 263 00:14:37,866 --> 00:14:40,866 Speaker 1: as hey talk about Sean Payton because that could just 264 00:14:40,866 --> 00:14:42,946 Speaker 1: shut it down right away. That is the journalism in 265 00:14:42,986 --> 00:14:46,466 Speaker 1: this thing. I wanted to let him take it wherever 266 00:14:46,466 --> 00:14:48,706 Speaker 1: he wanted, and if he doesn't address it, that's cool, 267 00:14:48,706 --> 00:14:50,546 Speaker 1: but I want to give him the opportunity to write. 268 00:14:51,826 --> 00:14:55,306 Speaker 1: So practice is going on and it's awesome, Aaron, like, 269 00:14:55,426 --> 00:14:58,066 Speaker 1: the Jets are clicking and the fans are vibing and 270 00:14:58,106 --> 00:15:01,986 Speaker 1: it's really cool scene and the hard Knocks cameras are there, 271 00:15:02,546 --> 00:15:04,746 Speaker 1: and Rogers hits Lazard in the back of the end 272 00:15:04,826 --> 00:15:08,706 Speaker 1: zone and it's it's fantastic. It's a touchdown and everyone's 273 00:15:08,786 --> 00:15:12,666 Speaker 1: rather than whistle blows. Practice over and then I see 274 00:15:12,786 --> 00:15:14,746 Speaker 1: Rogers and we make eye contact and it gives me 275 00:15:14,786 --> 00:15:16,186 Speaker 1: the nod, and I'm like, all right, I think I'm in. 276 00:15:16,666 --> 00:15:20,466 Speaker 1: And I have an amazing producer at NFL Network that 277 00:15:20,506 --> 00:15:22,786 Speaker 1: does these things on remote with me. Christine Martin is 278 00:15:22,786 --> 00:15:24,986 Speaker 1: her name. I think Christine's the best at what she 279 00:15:25,026 --> 00:15:27,746 Speaker 1: does as far as field producing goes. And she's never 280 00:15:27,786 --> 00:15:30,666 Speaker 1: in my way. She's never the story, She's never she 281 00:15:30,786 --> 00:15:33,226 Speaker 1: just it's already for me. Whenever I get to wherever 282 00:15:33,266 --> 00:15:35,746 Speaker 1: I'm working with Christine, she handles all the logistics and 283 00:15:35,786 --> 00:15:37,906 Speaker 1: she like lets me do my thing. I'm not like 284 00:15:37,946 --> 00:15:40,706 Speaker 1: every reporter when I get to these things, I'm looking 285 00:15:40,746 --> 00:15:43,346 Speaker 1: to be alone. I like to mingle with a coach 286 00:15:43,386 --> 00:15:45,826 Speaker 1: and have an off conversation. I like to talk to 287 00:15:45,906 --> 00:15:48,386 Speaker 1: an owner. I like to talk to Jonn manager. I 288 00:15:48,426 --> 00:15:50,906 Speaker 1: don't like being in a gaggle of reporters. I don't 289 00:15:50,906 --> 00:15:53,466 Speaker 1: need to be with other media guys. I am solo mission. 290 00:15:53,546 --> 00:15:54,906 Speaker 1: Let me get what I need to get and get 291 00:15:54,986 --> 00:15:58,186 Speaker 1: conversations done. Christine lets me do that. She knows that. 292 00:15:58,386 --> 00:15:59,906 Speaker 1: And when I have to be on air in one minute, 293 00:15:59,946 --> 00:16:01,386 Speaker 1: She's like, Peter, you got one minute. I come in 294 00:16:01,386 --> 00:16:03,586 Speaker 1: the chair and we go. Not a lot of downtime. 295 00:16:04,546 --> 00:16:06,746 Speaker 1: So Christine's like looking at me, and she's like, I 296 00:16:07,186 --> 00:16:09,226 Speaker 1: think we got it. We got the two chairs set up, 297 00:16:10,586 --> 00:16:13,826 Speaker 1: and from what might have been Mars, I swear mors 298 00:16:14,826 --> 00:16:17,106 Speaker 1: as Rogers is coming over right in front of me. 299 00:16:17,706 --> 00:16:20,306 Speaker 1: Jason Garrett stops Rogers. I didn't know Jason Garrett was there. 300 00:16:20,306 --> 00:16:23,226 Speaker 1: I didn't see Jason Garrett. Jason Garrett, the old Cowboys 301 00:16:23,226 --> 00:16:27,986 Speaker 1: and Giants coach, and Jason Garrett now on NBC, and 302 00:16:28,106 --> 00:16:30,866 Speaker 1: Rogers starts dapping him up and they're talking, and it's 303 00:16:30,906 --> 00:16:35,946 Speaker 1: ten minutes, it's twenty minutes, thirty minutes, and I'm like, 304 00:16:36,106 --> 00:16:39,466 Speaker 1: oh my god, oh my god, Jason Garrett, Jason Garrett 305 00:16:39,466 --> 00:16:41,866 Speaker 1: better have six hours worth of air time on Thursday 306 00:16:41,946 --> 00:16:44,226 Speaker 1: Night's same game, because he just talked to Aaron Rodgers 307 00:16:44,266 --> 00:16:45,746 Speaker 1: longer than anyone has in the history of time. 308 00:16:46,066 --> 00:16:46,266 Speaker 3: You know. 309 00:16:46,266 --> 00:16:48,226 Speaker 1: I remember this another time. I was at a Bears 310 00:16:48,226 --> 00:16:51,906 Speaker 1: Packers game one time and Rogers spent most of the 311 00:16:52,026 --> 00:16:54,306 Speaker 1: pregame not working. Oh he was hurt, and it was 312 00:16:54,346 --> 00:16:56,186 Speaker 1: Brett Hunley playing quarterack and he's just talking to Kenny 313 00:16:56,186 --> 00:16:58,346 Speaker 1: Maine the whole time. So I'm like, Rogers will do this, 314 00:16:58,426 --> 00:17:00,226 Speaker 1: like if he respects you, he will talk to you 315 00:17:00,346 --> 00:17:02,146 Speaker 1: off camera, off mike, he will get to know you. 316 00:17:02,186 --> 00:17:06,266 Speaker 1: So there he is talking with Jason Garrett, and I'm like, 317 00:17:06,506 --> 00:17:09,546 Speaker 1: this might be done. Rogers finishes up, and then who 318 00:17:09,786 --> 00:17:13,226 Speaker 1: as he's coming over. Tim Boyle's Family's there. Who's Tim Boyle? 319 00:17:13,226 --> 00:17:14,706 Speaker 1: He's one of the backup quarterbacks of the Jets. He 320 00:17:14,746 --> 00:17:17,426 Speaker 1: was with the Packers. Rogers loves that family. I want 321 00:17:17,426 --> 00:17:22,026 Speaker 1: to say, Boyle's grandma or his wife's grandma was sitting there, 322 00:17:22,306 --> 00:17:25,026 Speaker 1: so he's talking to her. At another ten minutes. Finally 323 00:17:25,186 --> 00:17:28,786 Speaker 1: Rogers comes over and he's like, we doing this. I'm like, hell, yeah, 324 00:17:28,866 --> 00:17:32,986 Speaker 1: we're doing this. We dap each other up and he's like, 325 00:17:33,106 --> 00:17:34,746 Speaker 1: let's do it. And he apologized like I'm sorry for 326 00:17:34,746 --> 00:17:37,386 Speaker 1: all that. I'm like, dude, it's all good. In the 327 00:17:37,466 --> 00:17:40,626 Speaker 1: minutes leading up to it, I was talking with Eric Gelfand, 328 00:17:40,626 --> 00:17:43,826 Speaker 1: who's the pr guy of the Jets, and a Gail 329 00:17:43,906 --> 00:17:46,906 Speaker 1: fan had told me he had just seen Oppenheimer and 330 00:17:47,066 --> 00:17:48,506 Speaker 1: I was talking to him about it and I'm like, 331 00:17:48,546 --> 00:17:49,826 Speaker 1: I want to see it, and I'm like, you think 332 00:17:49,906 --> 00:17:52,106 Speaker 1: Rogers has seen it. He's like, I don't know if 333 00:17:52,146 --> 00:17:55,226 Speaker 1: he's seen it, but I wouldn't be surprised if he did. 334 00:17:55,706 --> 00:17:58,666 Speaker 1: And I know that Rogers is a sinophile. This guy 335 00:17:58,906 --> 00:18:02,946 Speaker 1: loves movies. He has thoughts and takes on movies. And 336 00:18:02,986 --> 00:18:05,266 Speaker 1: I also thought that would be a great way to 337 00:18:05,346 --> 00:18:08,666 Speaker 1: start the conversation. So, with no further ado, here is 338 00:18:08,706 --> 00:18:12,586 Speaker 1: the Aaron Rodgers interview from Sunday afternoon at Jets Camp. 339 00:18:16,226 --> 00:18:19,586 Speaker 1: Thrilled to have Aaron Rodgers here with me after Jets practice. 340 00:18:19,706 --> 00:18:23,506 Speaker 1: Aaron I said it on the air, the vibes are immaculate, 341 00:18:23,506 --> 00:18:24,786 Speaker 1: Like I don't know what the kids say these days, 342 00:18:24,786 --> 00:18:25,586 Speaker 1: but that's what I felt like. 343 00:18:25,666 --> 00:18:27,586 Speaker 3: It just feels great. 344 00:18:27,666 --> 00:18:30,026 Speaker 1: Do you feel that energy when you're out there at 345 00:18:30,066 --> 00:18:30,946 Speaker 1: this practice field? 346 00:18:31,266 --> 00:18:31,586 Speaker 3: I do. 347 00:18:31,666 --> 00:18:33,666 Speaker 4: I mean the first day that we walked out with fans, 348 00:18:34,346 --> 00:18:38,186 Speaker 4: I heard a nice ovation over there, and it's been 349 00:18:38,226 --> 00:18:39,106 Speaker 4: the same every day. 350 00:18:40,106 --> 00:18:40,706 Speaker 3: It's exciting. 351 00:18:40,746 --> 00:18:42,346 Speaker 4: There's a lot of energy around here, a lot of 352 00:18:42,346 --> 00:18:45,826 Speaker 4: people proud to wear their Jets apparel, which is awesome. 353 00:18:46,706 --> 00:18:48,306 Speaker 4: But we got a good thing going. I think we're 354 00:18:48,346 --> 00:18:50,826 Speaker 4: progressing on offense. Our defense has definitely been ahead of 355 00:18:50,906 --> 00:18:54,186 Speaker 4: us to start camp. But it's fun. I love the 356 00:18:54,186 --> 00:18:56,706 Speaker 4: whole process. You gotta love the journey if you've been 357 00:18:56,706 --> 00:18:58,586 Speaker 4: doing as long as I have, and I definitely do. 358 00:18:58,866 --> 00:18:59,106 Speaker 3: Yeah. 359 00:18:59,146 --> 00:19:01,986 Speaker 1: And you look at the last few weeks, it's been football. 360 00:19:02,026 --> 00:19:03,306 Speaker 1: Of course before that, though, you got a chance to 361 00:19:03,386 --> 00:19:05,546 Speaker 1: kind of do New York a little bit. And I 362 00:19:05,586 --> 00:19:08,426 Speaker 1: love that everyone's talking about the Nixon raided. I love 363 00:19:08,426 --> 00:19:10,546 Speaker 1: that you're at the Tony's. You go to the Tony. 364 00:19:10,586 --> 00:19:12,746 Speaker 1: They're like, what's your feeling of just New York City 365 00:19:12,786 --> 00:19:14,666 Speaker 1: and you've always just been there a million times. But 366 00:19:15,026 --> 00:19:16,986 Speaker 1: to be living so close to the market and enjoying 367 00:19:17,426 --> 00:19:18,386 Speaker 1: the fruits of that as. 368 00:19:18,266 --> 00:19:20,186 Speaker 3: Well, I love it. I'm having a blast. 369 00:19:20,386 --> 00:19:22,826 Speaker 4: I grew up in a small town, A lot of 370 00:19:22,866 --> 00:19:25,906 Speaker 4: small towns in northern California. I've dreamt since I was 371 00:19:25,946 --> 00:19:28,146 Speaker 4: a kid of being in a big city. I moved 372 00:19:28,186 --> 00:19:30,306 Speaker 4: to La and San Diego, and so I've been to 373 00:19:30,386 --> 00:19:32,906 Speaker 4: some of those on the West Coast, but I'm loving 374 00:19:32,946 --> 00:19:35,546 Speaker 4: the East Coast. I'm really loving the city. I'm loving Jersey. 375 00:19:35,586 --> 00:19:37,666 Speaker 4: Where I'm at. I met a lot of great people 376 00:19:37,706 --> 00:19:39,866 Speaker 4: being out and about done a lot of incredible things 377 00:19:39,866 --> 00:19:43,146 Speaker 4: from uh, you know, hockey game at MSG, a couple 378 00:19:43,186 --> 00:19:44,866 Speaker 4: of Knicks games, Taylor Swift. 379 00:19:44,586 --> 00:19:46,106 Speaker 3: Concert at Sharing concert. 380 00:19:46,586 --> 00:19:48,946 Speaker 4: We've been to Wicked and now Back to the Future 381 00:19:49,186 --> 00:19:51,346 Speaker 4: is the Future because that is a must watch. 382 00:19:51,666 --> 00:19:53,706 Speaker 3: Yeah, if you're a fan, oh come on, and I'm 383 00:19:53,706 --> 00:19:53,986 Speaker 3: a fan. 384 00:19:54,026 --> 00:19:55,266 Speaker 1: I got the Loria and you can go deep. 385 00:19:55,386 --> 00:19:57,906 Speaker 3: I'm a one three too, though it's my order. I'm 386 00:19:57,906 --> 00:19:59,386 Speaker 3: a big fan of three. A lot of people are. 387 00:19:59,546 --> 00:20:01,906 Speaker 3: I love three. The Western it's the second best one. 388 00:20:01,946 --> 00:20:02,866 Speaker 3: Three too. That's for me. 389 00:20:02,946 --> 00:20:04,626 Speaker 1: See two was my one with the hoverboards. 390 00:20:04,626 --> 00:20:05,026 Speaker 3: I was a kid. 391 00:20:05,106 --> 00:20:05,626 Speaker 1: I was like, oh, the. 392 00:20:05,626 --> 00:20:07,946 Speaker 3: Cups been a timeline though is I don't know. 393 00:20:08,666 --> 00:20:12,706 Speaker 1: Have you seen it Barbie or Oppenheimer in a dual 394 00:20:12,986 --> 00:20:14,386 Speaker 1: Barbenheimer yet. 395 00:20:14,266 --> 00:20:14,666 Speaker 3: I have not. 396 00:20:14,786 --> 00:20:17,226 Speaker 4: I heard about you know this some stuff going on, 397 00:20:17,346 --> 00:20:20,386 Speaker 4: the Adam bomb going off. Yes, d're in some parts 398 00:20:20,426 --> 00:20:22,186 Speaker 4: in the movie. I haven't seen it, but I've seen 399 00:20:22,586 --> 00:20:23,466 Speaker 4: I've seen Appenheimer. 400 00:20:23,786 --> 00:20:24,346 Speaker 1: You've seen it. 401 00:20:24,506 --> 00:20:26,346 Speaker 3: Yeah, I loved it. I thought it was great. 402 00:20:26,346 --> 00:20:28,906 Speaker 4: If I would have watched it at maybe six o'clock, yeah, 403 00:20:29,066 --> 00:20:31,266 Speaker 4: an the evening, I would probably would have loved it 404 00:20:31,266 --> 00:20:32,306 Speaker 4: because it was nine o'clock. 405 00:20:32,546 --> 00:20:36,546 Speaker 3: Yeah, I really really liked it. Christopher Nolan ted I'm 406 00:20:36,546 --> 00:20:38,546 Speaker 3: a huge Yeah. I'll tell you what. My favorite Christopher 407 00:20:38,586 --> 00:20:43,386 Speaker 3: Nolan movie though, is The Prestige. The Magicians in incredible. 408 00:20:43,906 --> 00:20:45,546 Speaker 1: I thought you were gonna go like Momento. 409 00:20:45,226 --> 00:20:47,586 Speaker 4: No no, no, no, no, tenant which I'm Christian Bale and 410 00:20:47,666 --> 00:20:49,466 Speaker 4: Hugh Jackman, Scarlett Johansson. 411 00:20:49,586 --> 00:20:50,586 Speaker 3: I love it. 412 00:20:50,746 --> 00:20:54,786 Speaker 4: Michael Caine, fantastic movie. I've seen it like fifty times. 413 00:20:54,826 --> 00:20:56,986 Speaker 4: I love that movie. I love it all right. 414 00:20:57,026 --> 00:20:59,106 Speaker 1: So then you get here with the Jets, got young guys, 415 00:20:59,146 --> 00:21:02,226 Speaker 1: got old guys. I see you talking to the defensive backs. 416 00:21:02,346 --> 00:21:04,746 Speaker 1: I see you talking to the running backs, and I 417 00:21:04,786 --> 00:21:06,786 Speaker 1: was talking to some folks here. I'm like, that's not 418 00:21:06,826 --> 00:21:10,026 Speaker 1: every quarterback. Do you feel that responsibility of all right? 419 00:21:10,066 --> 00:21:12,306 Speaker 1: I know I'm the quarterback, but I'm also held in 420 00:21:12,346 --> 00:21:14,586 Speaker 1: a certain regard, and I'm also the veteran guy in 421 00:21:14,626 --> 00:21:15,146 Speaker 1: this building. 422 00:21:16,106 --> 00:21:17,866 Speaker 4: That's just how I go about business. I mean, I 423 00:21:17,946 --> 00:21:21,306 Speaker 4: enjoy the conversations across the line. There's been a lot 424 00:21:21,346 --> 00:21:23,546 Speaker 4: of great communication between the offense and defense. I want 425 00:21:23,546 --> 00:21:25,546 Speaker 4: to keep encouraging that. Part of that's me leaning by 426 00:21:25,586 --> 00:21:27,906 Speaker 4: example and going to talk to those guys. We ran 427 00:21:27,946 --> 00:21:30,426 Speaker 4: an adjustment play down at the goal line. They passed 428 00:21:30,466 --> 00:21:31,866 Speaker 4: it off really nice, and I just want to know, hey, 429 00:21:31,866 --> 00:21:34,026 Speaker 4: what do you see there? Yeah, so complimenting them on 430 00:21:34,066 --> 00:21:36,506 Speaker 4: what they're doing, starting a conversation, and then that leads 431 00:21:36,506 --> 00:21:38,466 Speaker 4: into another conversation about a different play from the drive. 432 00:21:39,026 --> 00:21:40,026 Speaker 3: So that's how you get better. 433 00:21:40,186 --> 00:21:41,586 Speaker 4: You know, we want to beat each other up on 434 00:21:41,586 --> 00:21:42,746 Speaker 4: the field and practice field, but we. 435 00:21:42,786 --> 00:21:43,746 Speaker 3: Also want to grow together. 436 00:21:44,066 --> 00:21:45,826 Speaker 4: How were we going to do is communicating, So let's 437 00:21:45,866 --> 00:21:48,226 Speaker 4: make it as hard as possible on each other. So 438 00:21:48,266 --> 00:21:50,266 Speaker 4: if we're giving some away, if we're tipping something off, 439 00:21:50,506 --> 00:21:52,466 Speaker 4: if something that we're doing give somebody else a problem, 440 00:21:52,506 --> 00:21:55,106 Speaker 4: let's communicate that maybe after practice if you don't want 441 00:21:55,106 --> 00:21:57,506 Speaker 4: to get the end game competitive advantage. But that's how 442 00:21:57,506 --> 00:22:00,106 Speaker 4: we're going to grow as a team. And I just 443 00:22:00,146 --> 00:22:01,866 Speaker 4: got to be a part of that, leading by example. 444 00:22:01,866 --> 00:22:03,786 Speaker 4: And that's just honestly how I practice. You know, I 445 00:22:03,786 --> 00:22:06,426 Speaker 4: love talking to defense, I love hanging around the D line. 446 00:22:06,826 --> 00:22:08,826 Speaker 4: I got a great spot in the locker room right 447 00:22:08,826 --> 00:22:10,626 Speaker 4: next some of the funniest guys on the team. I 448 00:22:10,626 --> 00:22:13,306 Speaker 4: got our Woods over here. I got the kind of offensive 449 00:22:13,266 --> 00:22:15,586 Speaker 4: guys over here. We had our woods over here. Quentin 450 00:22:15,626 --> 00:22:17,426 Speaker 4: Jefferson comes over every single day and sits down and 451 00:22:17,466 --> 00:22:18,466 Speaker 4: talks Dwayne Brown. 452 00:22:18,506 --> 00:22:18,786 Speaker 3: Here. 453 00:22:18,986 --> 00:22:21,306 Speaker 4: It starts this big conversation I like just listening to 454 00:22:21,666 --> 00:22:23,786 Speaker 4: because those guys some of the funniest guys on the team. 455 00:22:23,826 --> 00:22:28,826 Speaker 4: And and JFM to John Franklin Myers, he's hilarious. So 456 00:22:28,826 --> 00:22:30,386 Speaker 4: I got a good group of guys to just kind 457 00:22:30,386 --> 00:22:32,866 Speaker 4: of just eavesdrop on those conversations every day. 458 00:22:32,946 --> 00:22:35,386 Speaker 1: Yeah no, and it's you guys, now have a stretch 459 00:22:35,386 --> 00:22:37,466 Speaker 1: coming up where it's not only the Hall of Fame game, 460 00:22:37,786 --> 00:22:40,146 Speaker 1: it's also going to Spartanburg. Did you joint practice with 461 00:22:40,146 --> 00:22:41,986 Speaker 1: the Panthers. You're gonna get on the road a little 462 00:22:41,986 --> 00:22:43,906 Speaker 1: bit here. This is where a team kind of gels 463 00:22:44,306 --> 00:22:47,026 Speaker 1: August time. Have you prepped these guys at all? What 464 00:22:47,066 --> 00:22:48,906 Speaker 1: this is all about? Or is it just let's just 465 00:22:48,906 --> 00:22:50,426 Speaker 1: go and see how it goes, or is it, Hey, 466 00:22:50,546 --> 00:22:52,186 Speaker 1: this is the start of the season. Now we're stepping 467 00:22:52,186 --> 00:22:53,746 Speaker 1: it up a notch because we're getting on the road together. 468 00:22:53,866 --> 00:22:56,226 Speaker 4: Well, I think naturally the energy kind of picks up 469 00:22:56,226 --> 00:22:59,266 Speaker 4: a little bit once it's real. Now a lot of 470 00:22:59,266 --> 00:23:01,746 Speaker 4: the starters probably won't play a whole lot in the preseasons, 471 00:23:01,746 --> 00:23:04,866 Speaker 4: so our preseason is gonna be those joint practices, which 472 00:23:05,186 --> 00:23:10,506 Speaker 4: are always interesting as there can be some fights and some. 473 00:23:09,146 --> 00:23:10,866 Speaker 3: Some intensity going up. 474 00:23:10,866 --> 00:23:12,106 Speaker 4: But I think that's the good part about it is 475 00:23:12,106 --> 00:23:14,386 Speaker 4: because everything every step is in a ramp up throughout 476 00:23:14,426 --> 00:23:18,466 Speaker 4: the season, from OTA's to training camp, to preseason to 477 00:23:18,546 --> 00:23:22,626 Speaker 4: the regular season to playoff time, playoff prep to being 478 00:23:22,626 --> 00:23:24,666 Speaker 4: into the playoffs. Just there's always just a little bit 479 00:23:24,666 --> 00:23:26,346 Speaker 4: of a notch that goes up. It's not like, hey, 480 00:23:26,586 --> 00:23:28,706 Speaker 4: now we got to play a little more. It's just 481 00:23:28,786 --> 00:23:32,186 Speaker 4: like the focus kind of Titans a little bit, the uh, 482 00:23:32,346 --> 00:23:36,546 Speaker 4: the intensity is is is heightened slightly, and the awareness 483 00:23:36,546 --> 00:23:38,626 Speaker 4: about how important each step and the journey is kind 484 00:23:38,666 --> 00:23:40,026 Speaker 4: of goes up a little bit more as we get 485 00:23:40,066 --> 00:23:41,586 Speaker 4: onto this this part. 486 00:23:41,386 --> 00:23:42,026 Speaker 3: Of the journey. 487 00:23:42,266 --> 00:23:44,586 Speaker 1: I'm not going to ask you about Sean Payton's comments directly, 488 00:23:44,626 --> 00:23:47,586 Speaker 1: but I will ask you to maybe address Nathaniel Hackett 489 00:23:47,586 --> 00:23:49,426 Speaker 1: as a coach and what he means to you and 490 00:23:50,666 --> 00:23:53,066 Speaker 1: what he can bring to this Jets team. That story 491 00:23:53,106 --> 00:23:54,706 Speaker 1: goes out there. I had about a million texts from 492 00:23:54,746 --> 00:23:57,226 Speaker 1: people in the coaching community saying that was out of line? 493 00:23:57,306 --> 00:23:57,546 Speaker 3: Was there? 494 00:23:57,946 --> 00:23:58,946 Speaker 1: Yet you see Hocket out here. 495 00:23:58,986 --> 00:23:59,666 Speaker 3: He's still pumped out. 496 00:23:59,666 --> 00:24:01,626 Speaker 1: I don't think it affects him as much as maybe 497 00:24:01,666 --> 00:24:03,786 Speaker 1: it affects everyone on the outside. And yet you and 498 00:24:03,906 --> 00:24:06,186 Speaker 1: him have this great bond in Union together. We've always 499 00:24:06,226 --> 00:24:07,746 Speaker 1: had his back, he's always had yours. 500 00:24:08,306 --> 00:24:08,506 Speaker 3: Yeah. 501 00:24:08,506 --> 00:24:12,986 Speaker 4: I love Nathaniel Hackett and those comments were very surprising 502 00:24:14,226 --> 00:24:17,346 Speaker 4: for a coach to do that to another coach. My 503 00:24:17,466 --> 00:24:20,506 Speaker 4: left rat goes deep. You know, we had some great 504 00:24:20,546 --> 00:24:24,666 Speaker 4: years together in Green Bay. Captain touch love him and 505 00:24:24,706 --> 00:24:27,306 Speaker 4: his family. He's an incredible family man, incredible dad, and 506 00:24:27,346 --> 00:24:30,906 Speaker 4: on the field, you know, he's arguably my favorite coach 507 00:24:30,906 --> 00:24:33,386 Speaker 4: I've ever had in the NFL. Just his approach to it, 508 00:24:33,426 --> 00:24:36,106 Speaker 4: how he makes it fun, how he cares about the guys, 509 00:24:37,026 --> 00:24:41,306 Speaker 4: just how he goes about his business with respect, with leadership, 510 00:24:41,546 --> 00:24:43,066 Speaker 4: with honesty, with integrity. 511 00:24:43,866 --> 00:24:45,506 Speaker 3: And it made. 512 00:24:45,386 --> 00:24:48,026 Speaker 4: Me feel bad that someone who's accomplished a lot in 513 00:24:48,026 --> 00:24:51,346 Speaker 4: the league is that insecure that they have to take 514 00:24:51,386 --> 00:24:54,466 Speaker 4: another man down to set themselves up for some sort 515 00:24:54,466 --> 00:24:57,186 Speaker 4: of easy fall if it doesn't go well for that 516 00:24:57,266 --> 00:25:00,106 Speaker 4: team this year. Thought it was way out of line, inappropriate, 517 00:25:00,146 --> 00:25:02,746 Speaker 4: and I think he needs to keep my coaches names 518 00:25:02,746 --> 00:25:03,426 Speaker 4: out of his mouth. 519 00:25:04,146 --> 00:25:08,066 Speaker 1: Respect that respect, that that's fair. In closing, you've got 520 00:25:08,066 --> 00:25:10,106 Speaker 1: all these guys from the Green Bayers with Hackett, but 521 00:25:10,106 --> 00:25:12,786 Speaker 1: obviously Mazard and I see Cobb and Billy turned all 522 00:25:12,826 --> 00:25:15,866 Speaker 1: these guys. Does it feel like, Hey, we're getting the 523 00:25:15,906 --> 00:25:17,746 Speaker 1: band back together a little bit and let's go do 524 00:25:17,826 --> 00:25:18,906 Speaker 1: something special right now. 525 00:25:19,826 --> 00:25:21,026 Speaker 3: I'm excited about all those guys. 526 00:25:21,226 --> 00:25:23,386 Speaker 4: I'm excited about the new guys that we got as well, 527 00:25:23,986 --> 00:25:26,346 Speaker 4: and just everybody's new to me. Really, it's just getting 528 00:25:26,346 --> 00:25:28,466 Speaker 4: all these personalities. It's nice you know, being able to 529 00:25:28,466 --> 00:25:31,106 Speaker 4: sit sit down, and you know my locker and there's Alan, 530 00:25:31,266 --> 00:25:32,866 Speaker 4: you know, who I've known for a long time now, 531 00:25:33,146 --> 00:25:35,306 Speaker 4: and Billy's just down the way, and Billy and I 532 00:25:35,386 --> 00:25:37,666 Speaker 4: have a really close relationship going back to his first 533 00:25:37,706 --> 00:25:39,786 Speaker 4: couple of years in Lee, and just so much respect 534 00:25:39,786 --> 00:25:42,346 Speaker 4: for the man that he is. And he stood up 535 00:25:42,386 --> 00:25:45,226 Speaker 4: for Nathaniel because he played for him last year and 536 00:25:45,266 --> 00:25:49,586 Speaker 4: he's a warrior. It's played through some injuries and never complains. 537 00:25:49,826 --> 00:25:49,986 Speaker 1: Uh. 538 00:25:50,226 --> 00:25:53,666 Speaker 4: Incredible locker room guy. And I think that's what you know, 539 00:25:54,426 --> 00:25:56,826 Speaker 4: what Joe and his staff and Robert have really put 540 00:25:56,826 --> 00:25:59,066 Speaker 4: together is a lot of really high character guys. And 541 00:25:59,106 --> 00:26:02,346 Speaker 4: I think that's important when the going gets tough and 542 00:26:02,426 --> 00:26:06,066 Speaker 4: also when the going is really really good. So we 543 00:26:06,106 --> 00:26:08,226 Speaker 4: got to stand how to handle the success when everybody's 544 00:26:08,226 --> 00:26:12,066 Speaker 4: praising us, and the low points when things aren't going 545 00:26:12,066 --> 00:26:13,426 Speaker 4: as well as we wanted to. And it's those in 546 00:26:13,466 --> 00:26:15,466 Speaker 4: those moments where the character can come through. And I 547 00:26:15,546 --> 00:26:17,986 Speaker 4: like the makeup of the squad. I think we're really 548 00:26:18,026 --> 00:26:20,906 Speaker 4: a high character group and we'll be tested throughout the season, 549 00:26:20,906 --> 00:26:23,626 Speaker 4: but I trust it we'll stick together. 550 00:26:23,706 --> 00:26:25,666 Speaker 1: I'm going to close with this, what you did last week. 551 00:26:25,706 --> 00:26:28,746 Speaker 1: Financially with your contract, it's a testament and not only you, 552 00:26:28,826 --> 00:26:32,146 Speaker 1: but also your belief in this team. It was rare, 553 00:26:32,506 --> 00:26:36,266 Speaker 1: It was a surprise to many, and yet if you 554 00:26:36,266 --> 00:26:38,546 Speaker 1: know Aaron Rodgers, this has been your. 555 00:26:38,426 --> 00:26:39,026 Speaker 3: Story all along. 556 00:26:39,066 --> 00:26:41,426 Speaker 1: I want to win and I want to get a chip. 557 00:26:42,586 --> 00:26:45,346 Speaker 1: The reaction amongst your teammates when that news came out, 558 00:26:45,386 --> 00:26:47,706 Speaker 1: and hey, I'm in this not just for one thing, 559 00:26:47,826 --> 00:26:50,066 Speaker 1: but maybe for two and who knows from their point on. 560 00:26:51,186 --> 00:26:53,706 Speaker 4: Well, I mean, I appreciate the support for sure, and 561 00:26:53,826 --> 00:26:57,146 Speaker 4: I understand what the contract was and now what it is. 562 00:26:57,466 --> 00:27:01,266 Speaker 4: I'm paid extremely well and I feel great about the contract. 563 00:27:01,786 --> 00:27:02,386 Speaker 3: I felt like. 564 00:27:04,226 --> 00:27:08,026 Speaker 4: I could alleviate some app stuff also free up some 565 00:27:08,146 --> 00:27:11,466 Speaker 4: cash in order to keep getting some players. Joe and 566 00:27:11,506 --> 00:27:14,426 Speaker 4: I have been in constant dialogue about the roster and 567 00:27:14,546 --> 00:27:17,946 Speaker 4: any ideas I have and what he's thinking about, what 568 00:27:18,106 --> 00:27:20,226 Speaker 4: the moves he wants to make. And it's been a 569 00:27:20,226 --> 00:27:23,826 Speaker 4: great relationship with with Joe, and I felt great about it. 570 00:27:24,226 --> 00:27:27,266 Speaker 4: You know, there's been times over the years where I've 571 00:27:27,946 --> 00:27:29,986 Speaker 4: you know, helped to lower my cap number. There's some 572 00:27:30,066 --> 00:27:31,986 Speaker 4: times I've signed at the top of the market and 573 00:27:32,026 --> 00:27:33,466 Speaker 4: known in three or four years it's going to be 574 00:27:33,506 --> 00:27:36,266 Speaker 4: more in the middle of the market. Green Bay was 575 00:27:36,306 --> 00:27:41,706 Speaker 4: extremely financially supportive for me and generous, and I appreciate that. 576 00:27:43,146 --> 00:27:45,786 Speaker 4: And I feel really fortunate to be making the money 577 00:27:45,786 --> 00:27:49,546 Speaker 4: I'm making. And I think everybody's happy from a cap standpoint, 578 00:27:49,586 --> 00:27:52,506 Speaker 4: from a cash flow standpoint, and I'm really happy to. 579 00:27:52,546 --> 00:27:54,386 Speaker 1: Okay, hard knocks not so bad. 580 00:27:54,426 --> 00:27:57,146 Speaker 3: Huh No, No, they've been great. They've been they've been great. 581 00:27:57,426 --> 00:27:57,906 Speaker 1: I like that. 582 00:27:58,266 --> 00:27:59,466 Speaker 3: Aaron Rodgers awesome. 583 00:27:59,506 --> 00:28:01,826 Speaker 1: I know this was longer than probably expected, but I 584 00:28:01,826 --> 00:28:02,906 Speaker 1: always love catching up with you. 585 00:28:03,026 --> 00:28:05,346 Speaker 3: I like you, so I give you not a latitude. 586 00:28:05,386 --> 00:28:06,306 Speaker 3: I'll take it. 587 00:28:07,106 --> 00:28:09,306 Speaker 1: On behalf of the NFL plus NFL Network everybody, Good 588 00:28:09,346 --> 00:28:10,946 Speaker 1: morning football. We just love having you on. Man. Good 589 00:28:11,026 --> 00:28:11,866 Speaker 1: luck with everything this season. 590 00:28:11,986 --> 00:28:12,306 Speaker 3: Thank you. 591 00:28:17,306 --> 00:28:20,626 Speaker 1: And from that point on, when you heard getting my 592 00:28:20,706 --> 00:28:25,106 Speaker 1: coach's name out of your mouth, it was headlines everywhere, 593 00:28:25,386 --> 00:28:28,986 Speaker 1: and I'll tell you what it was. It's one of 594 00:28:28,986 --> 00:28:31,946 Speaker 1: those things when you're on the clip and your face 595 00:28:32,026 --> 00:28:34,346 Speaker 1: is on ESPN and it's your name and all things. 596 00:28:34,666 --> 00:28:37,746 Speaker 1: You get a thrill, but you also start thinking about, Okay, 597 00:28:37,946 --> 00:28:41,546 Speaker 1: do I have to reach back out to Peyton, Do 598 00:28:41,666 --> 00:28:43,786 Speaker 1: I have to talk to anyone else, and I'm just like, 599 00:28:43,826 --> 00:28:46,826 Speaker 1: you know what, I served it up. Rogers took it 600 00:28:46,826 --> 00:28:50,026 Speaker 1: from there. All is fair in love and war. I 601 00:28:50,066 --> 00:28:53,426 Speaker 1: haven't heard from Sean Payton since the interview. I'm sure 602 00:28:53,466 --> 00:28:56,186 Speaker 1: he's fine. I haven't heard from Rogers since the interview. 603 00:28:56,266 --> 00:28:58,746 Speaker 1: I'm sure he's fine with how it went. But this 604 00:28:58,826 --> 00:29:00,826 Speaker 1: is two days later on recording this, it's still the 605 00:29:00,906 --> 00:29:03,786 Speaker 1: number one story in football news. Maybe Jonathan Taylor a 606 00:29:03,906 --> 00:29:07,226 Speaker 1: second or is up there with him Jimmers, But I 607 00:29:07,226 --> 00:29:10,626 Speaker 1: got to say it was a rush. Football's back and Aaron, 608 00:29:10,626 --> 00:29:13,746 Speaker 1: that's the anatomy of an interview. I'll tell you, it's 609 00:29:13,786 --> 00:29:16,306 Speaker 1: a thrill. And I immediately thought of the podcast, and 610 00:29:16,346 --> 00:29:17,826 Speaker 1: I'm like, I gotta tell the full story on the 611 00:29:17,866 --> 00:29:21,946 Speaker 1: podcast quickly. Your reactions to not only the story leading 612 00:29:22,026 --> 00:29:24,866 Speaker 1: up to it, but the interview itself. I loved it. 613 00:29:25,066 --> 00:29:28,346 Speaker 2: I'm a little shocked there was no other mention of 614 00:29:28,666 --> 00:29:33,506 Speaker 2: Rogers back to the future choices with his movies, But 615 00:29:33,586 --> 00:29:36,346 Speaker 2: I did love him talking movies with you. And you know, 616 00:29:36,586 --> 00:29:38,346 Speaker 2: as I watched it, I was texting you and I 617 00:29:38,386 --> 00:29:40,666 Speaker 2: was like, wow, you know you brought up the Tony's 618 00:29:40,706 --> 00:29:43,786 Speaker 2: and going to Broadway shows and it opened him right up. 619 00:29:43,826 --> 00:29:46,866 Speaker 2: That was so well done and I loved hearing him 620 00:29:46,866 --> 00:29:48,466 Speaker 2: talk about that for a bit too. And you know, 621 00:29:48,546 --> 00:29:54,186 Speaker 2: it's it is exciting to see a coach fight for 622 00:29:54,226 --> 00:29:57,986 Speaker 2: a player. It's kind of more exciting to watch a 623 00:29:58,026 --> 00:30:00,786 Speaker 2: player back for their coach too, right, like. 624 00:30:00,786 --> 00:30:06,426 Speaker 1: You have, dude. The response has been so overwhelmingly positive 625 00:30:06,506 --> 00:30:10,226 Speaker 1: towards Rogers for having his guys back. You know, to 626 00:30:10,306 --> 00:30:13,826 Speaker 1: have his guys back. You don't talk bleep about my guy, 627 00:30:14,426 --> 00:30:17,146 Speaker 1: I think, you know when everyone is so toxic, and 628 00:30:17,546 --> 00:30:20,506 Speaker 1: that's what Rogers has his guys back, and I respect it. 629 00:30:21,666 --> 00:30:26,866 Speaker 1: They play Week five, October eighth, Jets versus Broncos. I'm 630 00:30:26,866 --> 00:30:28,786 Speaker 1: sure this interview will get brought up. I'm sure Peyton's 631 00:30:28,786 --> 00:30:33,106 Speaker 1: comments will get brought up. It's an unlikely adversary like 632 00:30:33,186 --> 00:30:36,026 Speaker 1: Jets Broncos. You go back the an AFC Championship game 633 00:30:36,066 --> 00:30:39,826 Speaker 1: in ninety eight, I believe, or ninety nine. But this 634 00:30:39,826 --> 00:30:41,626 Speaker 1: this came out of nowhere. I think. I don't think 635 00:30:42,026 --> 00:30:44,666 Speaker 1: anyone thought two weeks ago that Jets Broncos would be 636 00:30:44,666 --> 00:30:47,026 Speaker 1: a game you circle on the schedule. But here we 637 00:30:47,066 --> 00:30:50,626 Speaker 1: are real quick on the journalism side of it, Like 638 00:30:50,786 --> 00:30:55,666 Speaker 1: because my question where I say, I'm not going to 639 00:30:55,706 --> 00:30:59,986 Speaker 1: bring up Sean Payton's comments. I'm not going to harp 640 00:31:00,026 --> 00:31:01,386 Speaker 1: on that, but I did want to give you the 641 00:31:01,386 --> 00:31:06,146 Speaker 1: opportunity to talk about Nathaniel Hackett is so much different 642 00:31:06,226 --> 00:31:09,946 Speaker 1: than and can you respond to Sean Payton's credence? Yeah, 643 00:31:10,186 --> 00:31:15,426 Speaker 1: or worse off, talk about Sean Payton's comments. It was 644 00:31:15,626 --> 00:31:17,906 Speaker 1: defend your guy. Let us know at home, you're on 645 00:31:17,986 --> 00:31:20,586 Speaker 1: a big platform right now, who this Hacket is. And 646 00:31:20,626 --> 00:31:22,946 Speaker 1: he did that. He mentioned his family, he mentioned that 647 00:31:22,946 --> 00:31:26,306 Speaker 1: he's argualy with and then you see as he's getting 648 00:31:26,306 --> 00:31:28,106 Speaker 1: momentum going, he's like, you know what, screw it, I'm 649 00:31:28,146 --> 00:31:32,626 Speaker 1: gonna I'm going, Yeah, I'm going in and he did. Gosh, 650 00:31:32,746 --> 00:31:34,266 Speaker 1: I come out of this thing. I respect the hell 651 00:31:34,266 --> 00:31:36,266 Speaker 1: out of Rogers, and I thank the Jets for giving 652 00:31:36,266 --> 00:31:40,106 Speaker 1: me that opportunity. And I think all you, the listeners 653 00:31:40,106 --> 00:31:41,746 Speaker 1: of the podcast and those who are at home and 654 00:31:41,746 --> 00:31:44,106 Speaker 1: who tweet and all that stuff, for being supportive of 655 00:31:44,106 --> 00:31:47,186 Speaker 1: the interview, because again, it's not every day that your 656 00:31:47,266 --> 00:31:49,746 Speaker 1: interview is the one that blows up. And it's been 657 00:31:49,746 --> 00:31:52,506 Speaker 1: pretty cool to watch. That's the episode, Aaron. We're just 658 00:31:52,546 --> 00:31:54,266 Speaker 1: gonna do that. I figured that was a cool different 659 00:31:54,306 --> 00:31:55,426 Speaker 1: way to do it. I don't think we're gonna get 660 00:31:55,426 --> 00:31:58,466 Speaker 1: bigger guest in Aaron Rodgers. So we'll take it till 661 00:31:58,506 --> 00:32:01,066 Speaker 1: next week where we all have another guest, and we'll 662 00:32:01,066 --> 00:32:02,546 Speaker 1: have more out of you, and we'll have more out 663 00:32:02,546 --> 00:32:04,386 Speaker 1: of me, and we'll have more football to talk about. 664 00:32:04,466 --> 00:32:07,106 Speaker 1: Because the preseason is starting. We have a Hall of 665 00:32:07,106 --> 00:32:10,266 Speaker 1: Fame game Thursday, and guess what, Aaron Rodgers will probably 666 00:32:10,266 --> 00:32:13,066 Speaker 1: be interviewed on the sideline, So players open for that. 667 00:32:13,226 --> 00:32:17,386 Speaker 1: But on behalf of you, Aaron, Wan Kaufman, Me, Peter Schreger, 668 00:32:18,506 --> 00:32:20,946 Speaker 1: the Great Jason English, and all the folks back at 669 00:32:20,986 --> 00:32:24,386 Speaker 1: the NFL studios out there in LA and iHeart in 670 00:32:24,466 --> 00:32:28,546 Speaker 1: New York. Thanks for listening to this Season with Peter Schreeger. 671 00:32:29,266 --> 00:32:47,866 Speaker 1: We got another one up ahead next week. The Season 672 00:32:47,946 --> 00:32:50,706 Speaker 1: with Peter Schrager is a production of the NFL in 673 00:32:50,746 --> 00:32:54,546 Speaker 1: partnership with iHeartRadio. For more podcasts from iHeartRadio, visit the 674 00:32:54,586 --> 00:32:59,066 Speaker 1: iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, wherever you get your podcasts.