Aaron Rodgers is furious about a media report that portrays him as a difficult quarterback to get along with. The explosive part: some teammates also get a word in edgewise.

Aaron Rodgers is in a bad mood.

This is not due to the sporting situation of the Green Bay Packers, who still have a small chance of making the playoffs after three wins from the last five games and are looking forward to the game against the Miami Dolphins.

Rather, he was infuriated by a report from TheAthletic.com about the difficult working relationship between Rodgers and his young wide receivers. “That’s by far the dumbest article I’ve read all season,” Rodgers said on “The Pat McAfee Show. “

He didn’t mince words in his manoeuvre review. “Ninety-five percent of this article is absolute, complete horse shit. And the other five percent is exaggerated nothingness.”

They wrote A LOT about your hand signals Aaron.

“That was by far the dumbest article of the season” @AaronRodgers12

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– Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) December 20, 2022

But what exactly is in the article titled “Signal meetings and Aaron Rodgers’ “little death stare”: this is what life is like as a Packers rookie receiver” anyway?

In the article, several companions have their say and explain the difficulty of working with Rodgers.

Sammy Watkins talks about Rodgers getting fired

For example, veteran receiver Sammy Watkins, who was released by the Packers on Monday, explained that the Packers had “two offenses in one.” One would consist of the official playbook, the other would contain specific details that Rodgers himself determines – in terms of tempo or routes, for example.”

“If you’re not 100 percent up to speed, you can’t really go out and play your game,” Watkins says. “You can’t just play it fast. And if you’re just struggling to do the right thing, you can’t fully concentrate on running free.”

Whether his release from the Packers is related to this critical statement? It’s striking that there are only three days between the appearance of this story and the release.

Romeo Doubs, who was only drafted by the Packers this year, speaks highly of Rodgers but also lets the difficulties show through: “I know this is my first year here. And it’s been the biggest learning curve for me, playing for a Hall of Fame quarterback. And it wasn’t just for me, it was for Christian Watson or for Samori Toure. It was a really tough transition. “

Rodgers backup Jordan Love explains the difficulty for receivers

Jordan Love, the Packers’ backup quarterback, also knows about the problems young pass receivers face. According to Love, there are a lot of meetings throughout the season in which Rodgers’ announcements or signals are gone over. And yet, it can happen that the receivers get overwhelmed with certain announcements.

“Aaron brings back signals from five or six years ago that he used to have in an older offense,” Love said. “He just announces that out there and you kind of have to know that. And if you don’t know it, you just have to figure it out. It’s hard for the young players.”

Adding to the difficulty would be the fact that the signals are not stored anywhere so that you can look at them again. “It’s only in our brains,” says Love.

Aaron Rodgers has no understanding

Rodgers has no sympathy for such aspects even being mentioned in an article. Sneering, he says, “Oh, we have signals for our offense that we expect you guys to know? And then on top of that, that’s not written down or stored somewhere? I don’t know what that’s about. “

It is curious, however, that Rodgers claims on the show that most of the statements in the article came from anonymous sources. In fact, the teammates were all named.

It’s possible that this is exactly what’s making the Packers’ teamwork worse.