Aaron Rodgers is formally again on U.S. soil.
Rodgers, the 40-year-old quarterback of the Jets, missed the staff’s obligatory minicamp earlier this month with what head coach Robert Saleh deemed an “unexcused absence,” and rumors had been that the quarterback was abroad someplace.
Marquez Valdes-Scantling, who was Rodgers’ former teammate on the Packers, joined “The Herd” on FS1 on Thursday and informed host Jason McIntyre that he was figuring out with the quarterback within the Los Angeles space on Wednesday.
“Me and Aaron have been nice buddies since I had been in Inexperienced Bay. I hit him up, informed him I used to be popping out to LA, and mentioned, ‘Let’s run some routes,’” Valdes-Scantling mentioned.
“So we obtained it in. Went out to some highschool and ran some routes collectively. We’re good. It was good.”
McIntyre, a longtime Jets fan, responded, “All of the New York media can stand down. Aaron Rodgers is again from Egypt! It’s not a secret anymore!”
Valdes-Scantling performed with the Packers from 2018-21, then spent two years on the Chiefs, successful Tremendous Bowl championships with Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce and Andy Reid each seasons.
This offseason, Valdes-Scantling signed a one-year take care of the Payments price as much as $4.5 million.
![Marquez Valdes-Scantling #83 and Aaron Rodgers #12 of the Green Bay Packers celebrate Valdes-Scantling's receiving touchdown against the Baltimore Ravens in the fourth quarter at M&T Bank Stadium on December 19, 2021 in Baltimore, Maryland.](https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/83-aaron-rodgers-12-green-19077063.jpg?w=1024)
A day after Saleh mentioned that Rodgers’ absence from camp was unexcused, he tried to clean issues over.
“Aaron and I are on the very same web page,” Saleh mentioned. “There’s no difficulty between Aaron [and I] or his teammates for that matter. We addressed it [Tuesday]. It’s extra of a problem for everybody outdoors the constructing than it’s inside. That’s about it.”