Aaron Rodgers Rumors: 'Nobody Gave a F--king S--t' QB Wasn't at Jets Mandatory Camp

Veteran quarterback Aaron Rodgers faced criticisms for some of his missteps with the New York Jets, including skipping out on mandatory minicamp last offseason.

However, a team source told Bovada's Josina Anderson that Rodgers was the model teammate and many of his criticisms were overblown.

"He was an outstanding teammate. I’ve seen him support the guys in many ways. He might’ve been moody sometimes, but I saw him taking notes every meeting. We’re talking about a Hall of Fame quarterback who knows everything about every offense taking down notes," the source said. "I know he hand-wrote people Christmas cards and I heard he paid for some food trucks for guys during lunch. So things like that. I’m telling you nobody gave a f--king s--t that he wasn’t there for mandatory camp. That’s something you media people harp on. We just rolled with Tyrod Taylor."

Things got off to a rocky start last offseason when former Jets head coach Robert Saleh declared that Rodgers' absence from the team's two-day minicamp was "unexcused." Rodgers spoke out about the situation and downplayed the controversy.

"They can arbitrarily put a tag on whatever week of OTAs they want and say, 'This is the minicamp week,' which makes it somehow more mandatory than the other weeks," Rodgers said on an episode of the Pardon My Take podcast. "But it was an OTA schedule. That's how words can be a little deceiving from time to time. They can make a story out of the fact that I missed minicamp, but it was really two OTA days, but [I] came to the first 10."

The Jets announced earlier this month that they will be parting ways with Rodgers this offseason, just two years after acquiring him from the Green Bay Packers. The 41-year-old contemplated retirement but is believed to be returning for a 21st season in the NFL.

It's not yet clear which teams will be interested in landing Rodgers in free agency, but it bears watching if he ends up taking a different approach with his next franchise and participates in the entirety of its offseason program.