NFL Hypocrisy Increases For Aaron Rodgers, Jets

No one with an objective understanding of the game of football would question that Aaron Rodgers is an all-time great quarterback and one of the most talented at his position ever.

That isn't stopping people from trying to get their jokes in at his and the New York Jets' expense.

The latest conversations surrounding Rodgers and New York have unveiled an ugly truth about the NFL community: most former players, executives, and current fans are raging hypocrites.

NFL Hypocrisy Increases For Aaron Rodgers, Jets

Take their latest issue regarding Rodgers as a clear example. By sitting out of mandatory minicamp, the Jets called the four-time NFL's MVP absence "unexcused" and that he'd be subject to a fine.

Now, while head coach Robert Saleh failed to handle the situation correctly, NFL media members, and now former players have tried to pretend that an offseason workout is suddenly the most important thing in the world.

They are even trying to compare Rodgers to all-time greats to show how much the Jets' starting quarterback has failed.  Former Super Bowl MVP Julian Edelman was the latest to try and get his jokes in by saying a legend like Tom Brady would never skip mandatory minicamp, but certainly missed OTAs late in his career.

Rodgers, to Edelman, was setting a bad example.

Of course, what Edelman failed to acknowledge was that Brady himself missed close to two weeks of training camp in his final season with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. That fact gets ignored because Brady is seen as a "good guy" in NFL circles and Rodgers is seen as a conspiracy theorist, and anti-vaxxer, who is only focused on saying the next weird thing over playing football.

It's that level of hypocrisy the Jets are dealing with, though.

However one feels about Rodgers off the field, he's a 40-year-old quarterback who simply does not need to be around the team as much during offseason workouts. The fact he was there as much as he was this year should be a good thing - not something that gets overly criticized for the two days he misses.

That doesn't matter to some people both as former players or executives. It's far easier to get views and engagement by dunking on the Jets over being honest about what the NFL season is like.

That's why hypocrisy runs as deep as ever in NFL circles. Especially when it comes to Rodgers and the Jets.