Aaron Rodgers blasts ‘smear attack’ and ‘bitter’ former teammates in fiery interview

Aaron Rodgers didn’t like the details that came out in last week’s deep dive by the Bleacher Report’s Tyler Dunne and on Monday the Green Bay Packers QB came out firing, giving his take on the article and more.

And he didn’t hold back.

If you haven’t read the article, the main takeaways were that Rodgers and former head coach Mike McCarthy didn’t get along and that Packers president Mark Murphy telling Rodgers “don’t be the problem” during a phone call in which he told the QB that the team was naming Matt LaFleur its new head coach.

He also went off on former teammates Greg Jennings and Jermichael Finley, saying those are the only names that keep popping up in stories that question Rodgers’ ability to be a good leader and teammate.

Rodgers went on Jason Wilde and Mark Tauscher’s ESPN Milwaukee radio show on Monday and unloaded:

Aaron Rodgers on the @BleacherReport story: "This was a smear attack by a writer looking to advanced his career talking with mostly irrelevant, bitter players who all have an agenda whether they’re advancing their own careers or just trying to stir old stuff up."

— Rob Demovsky (@RobDemovsky) April 8, 2019

He addressed the “problem” quote as well the support he’s received from other players since the report came out:

On Mark Murphy telling Rodgers "don't be a problem" while informing him the #Packers were hiring Matt LaFleur, Rodgers says: "It’s ridiculous. It’s 100 percent patently false." Says it's the same two unnamed teammates always saying things in these stories.

— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) April 8, 2019

He also got into his relationship with McCarthy and the names of two former teammates that tend to pop up in stories about Rodgers:

Rodgers after @jasonjwilde specifically mentions Greg Jennings and Jermichael Finley: "If it’s not an article about me, do you ever hear their names anywhere else? … You talk about me being sensitive and petty, at what point do you move on or stop telling the same stories?"

— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) April 8, 2019

Rodgers also said he regrets his comments he made about the offense after the team lost to the Bills late in the season, via Pro Football Talk:

“I wish I hadn’t said anything after the Bills game last year,” Rodger said, via Demovsky. “I wish I had just gotten with him in person. I wasn’t trying to be disrespectful to him but I know how it came off. That’s what I told him when I met with him face to face.”

Yeah, that’s not the Aaron Rodgers we’re used to hearing but we liked it a lot.