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Aaron Rodgers’ infamous trip to Egypt — which he skipped out on the Jets minicamp to take — was amazing. So amazing, the quarterback said, that it reminded him of going to Augusta.
As the Jets gear up for their second preseason game of the offseason, Aaron Rodgers sat down for an interview with New York City radio station WFAN, in which he discussed a handful of topics including the upcoming unauthorized biography about him and his trip to Egypt.
According to Rodgers, his trip to Egypt “exceeded his expectations,” which is a sensation he only previously felt when he went to the Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia.
“It was one of the few places in life where it kind of exceeded the expectations, to be honest,” Rodgers told WFAN. “The only other place that was kind of like that was when I went to Augusta.”
The 40-year-old four-time NFL MVP also explained why the trip overlapped with Jets mandatory minicamp, making him the only member of the team to skip the practices other than recently-acquired pass rusher Haason Reddick, who is holding out for a new contract and recently requested a trade.
“I originally scheduled it based on the previous year’s [practice] schedule,” Rodgers explained. “[It] had us out, I believe, by the 9th or 10th. So once I saw the [new] schedule, I was trying to move some things around. It just didn’t happen.
Aaron Rodgers on Egypt:
“It was one of the few places in life where it kind of exceeded the expectations, to be honest. The only other place that was kind of like that was when I went to Augusta.”
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With Rodgers confirmed not to be playing in any of the Jets’ preseason games, the controversial QB will make his return to an NFL field for the first time since tearing his Achilles on Monday, September 9 against the San Francisco 49ers. Rodgers, who has yet to complete an official pass for the New York Jets, is looking to lead the team to the playoffs (and hopefully beyond) for the first time since 2010, which would break a 13-year-long playoff drought that’s currently the longest in American professional sports.