'Sensitive' Aaron Rodgers isn't cut out for New York, former Giants star says

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It's no secret that New York media is a different animal, and there are some athletes who simply have failed to handle it.

Former New York Giant Tiki Barber dealt with it – and surely saw himself in the negative light plenty.

Ironically enough, the former All-Pro running back is now a member of said media, and he believes Aaron Rodgers, who the New York Jets are interested in acquiring, isn't made for the different beast.

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Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers passes against the Dolphins, Dec. 25, 2022, in Miami Gardens, Florida. (AP Photo/Jim Rassol)

Barber cited Rodgers calling reports "fake news" about when his isolation retreat in total darkness would begin – a rather minor subject to be angry about, he believes.

"It just made me start to realize that if he is that sensitive that he gets upset that people, reporters, opinion-makers, influencers – whatever – want to talk about him, he is going to struggle in New York," Barber said on his radio show on WFAN. "I don’t know if I want him in New York if this is going to be his reaction to things that don’t matter."

The Packers quarterback took jabs at two reporters about his retreat.

"Let me just reiterate one more time. There’s an inner circle, right? And in my inner circle, nobody talks to [NFL Network’s] Ian Rapoport, to [ESPN’s] Adam Schefter, or to any of those people," Rodgers said earlier this week. "So if you’re one of those people who’s talking to those people, it’s a great reminder for you, you’re not in the inner circle."

Barber defended the reporters, and said Rodgers should "stop talking."

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