Rodgers addressed several pieces of the explosive Bleacher Report article directly.
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“It’s not a mystery,” Rodgers said. "This was a smear attack by a writer looking to advance his career, talking to mostly irrelevant, bitter players who all have an agenda, whether they’re advancing their own careers or just trying to stir old stuff up. What happens is the same, tired media folks picking it up and talking about it, which just emphasizes their opinion about me already.
Bleacher Report, quoting an anonymous source, reported Packers president/CEO Mark Murphy told Rodgers “don’t be the problem” on a phone call informing him Matt LaFleur was being hired as the new head coach. Here’s what Rodgers said: “Yeah, it irritated me, until we won a Super Bowl. And I won a couple MVPs. I mean, those chips are gone. You have to find new ways to motivate yourself. I’ve talked about on this show, in the locker room there many times, that as you get older, you have to find different ways to motivate yourself and different ways to inspire you. The whole, ‘Who we playing this week? Well, they passed on me in ’05.’ I don’t think like that. I’m good friends with Alex . I rejoice in his success.
Rodgers said he did not like the frequent use of anonymous sources. He addressed recurrent criticisms from former teammate Jermichael Finley and Greg Jennings:
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