Jets’ Aaron Rodgers says ‘they forced it down our throats’ with ‘Hard Knocks’

It’s not a big surprise that the the Jets have been selected to serve as this year’s team on HBO’s “Hard Knocks.”

But it’s the first time in his 18-year career that Aaron Rodgers will appear on the show as it follows training camp with his new team.

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Rodgers shared his feelings about the show to Vern Glenn of KPIX while being interviewed at the American Century Championship in Lake Tahoe.

“Listen,” Rodgers said. “One of the only things I like about ‘Hard Knocks’ is the voice of God who narrates it, Liev (Schreiber), I hope I get to meet him. But look, I understand the appeal with us. There’s a lot of eyes on me, eyes on our team, a lot of expectations for our squad. They forced it down our throats and we’ve got to deal with it.”

The Jets don’t have veto power with this and ProFootballTalk has reported that the league “apparently will not be listening to the preferences” of any team. Head coach Robert Saleh still shared his stance in June.

“I know there are several teams that would love for ‘Hard Knocks’ to be in their building. We’re just not one of them,” Saleh said.

There were clues that the Jets would be selected all along. Just last week, Packers president Mark Murphy said he is “anxious to see the Jets and the many ex-Packers on ‘Hard Knocks’ this summer,” and that it “should be very entertaining.”

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The Jets will report to training camp on July 19th, followed by cameras.

The other three teams that were eligible to be selected this year were the Chicago Bears, New Orleans Saints and Washington Commanders.

Bridget Hyland may be reached at [email protected].