SNY’s Gary Cohen threw out a Pat McAfee-influenced concept on the place Aaron Rodgers could also be quite than attending the Jets’ necessary minicamp.
The enduring play-by-play announcer mentioned the nationwide storyline with SNY Jets studio host Steve Gelbs whereas calling the ultimate outs of the Mets’ 10-4 win over the Marlins on Wednesday night time.
“So, the place do you suppose he’s?” Cohen requested Gelbs, who responded: “There’s lots of potentialities.”
“Is he like beneath Pat McAfee’s sofa or one thing?” Cohen then stated in a zinger.
“That is likely to be the perfect risk,” Gelbs stated whereas laughing.
That McAfee would catch a humorous stray on the scenario is sensible since he and Rodgers are fairly shut and McAfee affords the longer term Corridor of Famer an open discussion board every week to debate his ideas.
It doesn’t matter what Rodgers says, be it about Jimmy Kimmel or COVID, McAfee doesn’t problem Rodgers and can virtually all the time aspect with him.
Even on this present Jets drama, McAfee mocked Jets coach Robert Saleh for a way he tackled Rodgers’ absence. Saleh stated Rodgers skipped minicamp for one thing “essential to him.”
“Fascinating, in Aaron’s twentieth 12 months, he didn’t miss a single OTA,” McAfee stated Tuesday. “What’s the life occasion? As a result of clearly Saleh heard it and was like, ‘Nah I don’t suppose so.”’
Whereas McAfee might snort, the fact is Rodgers has made the Jets’ minicamp a significant speaking level by selecting that soccer got here second.
Saleh tried to diffuse the scenario Wednesday, saying he and his star quarterback are on the identical web page, however it seems their priorities don’t line up.
Loads of people have weighed in on the scenario, and the SNY crew — accurately, we’d add — had extra enjoyable with the subject than simply specializing in the ultimate outs of a sport between two struggling NL East groups.
Cohen had no issues being blunt about Rodgers’ Jets profession.
“Aaron Rodgers has taken 4 snaps in his Jets profession,” Cohen stated.
Gelbs responded, “Sure, that’s right,” earlier than Cohen continued: “Do you suppose he’ll take any extra?”
“I certain do,” Gelbs stated. “And, I’ll inform ya, I don’t care the place he’s proper now, simply go win video games within the common season.”
“My feeling proper now’s if you happen to take a look at their relative Jets careers, that Brett Favre has to this point had a greater Jets profession than Aaron Rodgers,” Cohen stated, earlier than calling a strikeout.
“Properly, I don’t even suppose that’s a query proper now,” Gelbs responded, whereas Cohen laughed. “Gary, there are only a few that had worse, at this level, however it’s nonetheless very early. And I’m optimistic as I bodily might be, which I don’t know the way optimistic that’s. However I’m optimistic.”
Cohen then took Gelbs, a famous Jets and Rangers fan, down reminiscence lane.
“You’ve suffered lots of disappointment within the final years between Rodgers happening and the Rangers not attending to the Finals…” he stated.
“It’s been a tough 12 months,” Gelbs stated in settlement.
Cohen responded: “I don’t know if you happen to can deal with much more, so I hope Aaron exhibits up someday.”
The Jets pregame and postgame host then gave the world the glass-half-full outlook on Rodgers’ absence.
“I’ll take a look at it from this attitude, OK,” Gelbs stated. “He confirmed as much as each attainable offseason apply, necessary, non-mandatory, final 12 months and what did it get him?”
It certainly obtained the Jets nowhere, they usually can solely hope there are higher issues forward.
Within the meantime, maybe they will test beneath McAfee’s sofa for his buddy.
