Jets coach Robert Saleh brushes off Aaron Rodgers vice president rumors

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Jets head coach Robert Saleh doesn’t buy that Aaron Rodgers will be running for Vice President of the United States. While speaking to reporters on Monday, Saleh was asked about Rodgers possibly being the running mate for independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy.

“No. I don’t think outside the football world. . . . I think it was viewed a little bit differently in the political world than it was, at least in our world,” Saleh said Monday, per Pro Football Talk.

Saleh also said that Rodgers didn’t talk to him about him possibly being the next Vice President. However, it looks like Kennedy will go in a different direction as he’s expected to name California-based attorney Nicole Shanahan as his vice presidential nominee.

Earlier this month, Kennedy praised Rodgers for standing up for what he believes in. “And we want somebody young who’s going to look out for that generation. Aaron Rodgers is battle-tested. He’s stood up. He’s been hammered by the press, stood up for things we believe in. I like that part of his character. He’s a critical thinker, and I think we need that at the time as you know the rise of [artificial intelligence],” Kennedy said on Fox News, per The Hill.

Aaron Rodgers set to return to Jets practice

While Rodgers won’t likely be getting into politics anytime soon, he seems to be ready to make an impact with the Jets this fall. Saleh told reporters on Monday that the four-time NFL MVP will be back at practice next month.

“As you guys know, OTAs has become a 7-on-7 camp,” Saleh said, per the Jets’ official website. “And that should mean he will be able to do all that stuff. But, as we get closer, and we are the next couple of weeks, we will communicate more with him.”

Rodgers joined the Jets last year after spending 18 seasons with the Green Bay Packers. He tore his Achilles in the season opener against the Buffalo Bills and missed the entire season.

“I think it was bittersweet,” Rodgers said at the end of the season. “It was fun to be able to go out there and practice. I think anybody that watched practice, there was excitement, while also the ‘what if’ kind of hits you in the face pretty hard because obviously, if you saw what we were able to do and are going to be able to, you’d be excited too.”