Former Minnesota Vikings receiver Greg Jennings is catching some backlash online from his comments on Aaron Rodgers. Jennings didn’t shy away from calling out his former teammate, Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, during an appearance on FOX Sports’ First Things First on Friday.
ESPN’s Dianna Russini turned heads when reporting Rodgers wanted to be the highest paid player in the NFL. Per Russini, the back-to-back league MVP is seeking around $50 million per season.
“Aaron Rodgers has been a very selfish guy,” said Jennings, when talking about the contract report. “I get it, he’s at the end of his career, and so it’s like, ‘Okay, I’m going to take whatever I can take.’ But you can’t do that and want to win. How are you going to try to win? I get it, guys got to look out for themselves. But in looking out for yourself, you cut out the legs of others. And understanding at this position, at the quarterback position, you cut out more than just a pair of legs. You cut out a few pairs of legs. For me, this is contradicted to what he’s saying he wants to do.”
Former All-Pro fullback John Kuhn took to Twitter to react to these statements from his former teammate.
“But @GregJennings, you were that guy,” he wrote.
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Packers reserve QB Kurt Benkert also chimed in.
“L take, Lots of salt. Get a new narrative to spread. 12 is the most generous and thoughtful person I’ve met in the league. Not to mention the back to back best player. This sounds like it comes from a person that wanted to be that guy, but wasn’t,” he wrote.
Jennings saw that tweet and clapped right back.
“So generous people can’t display acts of selfishness. News to me. As far as wanting to be that guy. Not sure I understand you there. Are you implying a guy who that plays?” the former WR said.
Former Packer Tom Crabtree:
He continued to fire back:
Jennings played with the rival Packers for seven seasons before joining the Vikings in 2013.
Rodgers turns 39 years old this coming season, and although he hasn’t shown any considerable drop-off as an elite quarterback, the Packers have constantly failed to get over the Super Bowl hump.
Rodgers is expected to make a decision on his NFL future sometime in the next couple weeks.
