Tiki Barber: Aaron Rodgers may ‘struggle’ to handle New York media if he gets traded to Jets

Aaron Rodgers might not make it here, according to Tiki Barber.

Rodgers said last week during his regular appearance on “The Pat McAfee Show” that prominent NFL insiders Ian Rapoport and Adam Schefter have no knowledge of him or his inner circle. Schefter said that both the Packers and Rodgers are aware a trade of the quarterback is a very real possibility this offseason. Rapoport had published what turned out to be the erroneous date for the start of Rodgers’ nocturnal retreat.

Tiki Barber: Aaron Rodgers may ‘struggle’ to handle New York media if he gets traded to Jets

Responding to that segment on WFAN’s “Tiki and Tierney,” Barber believed this sensitivity on Rodgers’ part would not portend well to life in the Big Apple should the QB get traded to the Jets.

“Ian’s job is to source information about things that are going on in the NFL world,” Barber said. “Earlier this week, Aaron Rodgers took some real shots at Ian Rapoport, basically saying, ‘He doesn’t know anyone in my inner circle, he doesn’t have my number … basically shut the hell up Ian.’

“As I’m reading the full quotes from his Pat McAfee weekly appearance, talking about Schefter and Rapoport … It just made me start to realize that if he is that sensitive that he gets upset that people, reporters, opinion-makers, influencers — whatever — want to talk about him, he is going to struggle in New York. I don’t know if I want him in New York if this is going to be his reaction to things that don’t matter.”

This summer, there have been rumours linking the 38-year-old Rodgers to the Jets, who are in desperate need of a quarterback. Joe Namath was an early supporter of the concept and even offered to let Rodgers wear his long-retired number 12. According to reports, the Jets have contacted the Packers to determine their interest in a trade after hiring Nathaniel Hackett, a former offensive coordinator for the Packers, for the same position.

“If Aaron Rodgers doesn’t want people talking about him, his offseason, his personal life and all these things that are going on with him, he needs to stop talking,” the former Giants running back continued.

“When you go and you’re doing something that feels odd to normal society, which is going to sit in a cabin in the woods for four days in complete isolation, we’re gonna talk about it! We have to! It’s our job to!” Barber exclaimed. “For him to get offended by it, he’s not going to handle the intensity of the New York media-scape — traditional media, social, everything else — if he’s here. I don’t know if I want him here. Because it’s going to turn to a quick pain in the ass if Aaron Rodgers’ skin is that shallow that he’s taking shots at Ian Rapoport!”

Many other clubs are also interested in perhaps signing the four-time MVP, outside the New York Jets, although Rodgers hasn’t even committed to playing in 2023 yet.

But, he will owe him almost $60 million in 2023 and has a chance to add another Super Bowl victory to his resume.

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