New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers, second from left, talks with C.J. Mosley (57), center, during warm-ups at the NFL football team’s training facility in Florham Park, N.J., Thursday, July 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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FLORHAM PARK — In his first training camp practice as a member of the New York Jets, Aaron Rodgers may not have had the type of on-field fireworks many had hoped, but that doesn’t mean it’s a bad thing.
New York’s offense struggled at times throughout their opening practice with pre-snap penalties, slow movement, and the occasional bad throw but their new franchise quarterback isn’t too concerned.
“Mistakes can happen, you actually want them to happen at this time. It’s the repeat ones that give you pause,” Rodgers explained. “That’s why today, we had quite a few little issues but now we can go back, watch, and talk about them, and as long as we fix them, we’re moving in the right direction.”
Rodgers’ comments Thursday after practice are signs of a different quarterback than he was when he was a younger player with the Green Bay Packers. Even his former teammates from Green Bay have begun to notice the stark differences.
“He was hard to play with at first in Green Bay. He was a little more ‘You guys have to pick it up.’ He’s a little slower here and realizes there are a lot of new players…He’s taking his time. I’m seeing how much he cares for these guys and how much he wants to put the icing on his cake in terms of his career,” Lazard explained.
New York’s new quarterback has always agreed with the adage of “you play how you practice” but the change in his leadership style is something that Rodgers has been very focused in showing throughout the last few months with his new team.
“I’ve grown a lot over the years…As you get older, you see things a little clearer. Hindsight is 20/20, you try to rectify some of the things you did a certain way that you could have…
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