Aaron Rodgers doubles down on Packers communication fallout: 'It was retire or move on to a new team'

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The relationship between Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers front office has no doubt been a rocky one over the last two seasons.

Before eventually being traded to the New York Jets this week, both Rodgers and the Packers hinted at a breakdown in communication, but the veteran signal-caller doubled down on this side of things during his introductory press conference with the media on Wednesday.

New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers attends an introductory press conference at Atlantic Health Jets Training Center on April 26, 2023, in Florham Park, New Jersey. (Elsa/Getty Images)

Rodgers said during an appearance on "The Pat McAfee Show" last month that after emerging from his darkness retreat, he noticed a shift in the Packers about their plans for the future.

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"I was interested in where [the Packers] would be at mentally, and everything that I was told in the week that I was in Green Bay was, ‘Take as long as you want, and we want you to retire a Packer. You want to come back and play, obviously, the door is wide open.’ So, that was the information I was going on. Now, when I came out of the darkness, something changed. I’m not exactly sure what that was, but something changed," he said.

"It was clear to me at that point that, although the Packers were going to say the right thing publicly, they were ready to move on."

But general manager Brian Gutekunst seemed to suggest that they weren’t able to get a hold of Rodgers to have that conversation. 

Green Bay Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst (Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports)

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