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Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers still harbors some ill will for a few former Green Bay Packers teammates.
Rodgers gave an interview on the podcast of his Steelers teammate Cam Heyward and blasted two ex-Packers players.
'I had two teammates who spoke out about me years ago, out of everyone I ever played with who said they didn't have a good experience with me,' Rodgers said on the Not Just Football podcast.
'One was bitter because he went to another team and never became a player again. The other just wasn't a smart person. And that one hurt more, because I spent so much time with him.
'The night before games, I'd be in his room for an hour going over the plan, the checks, everything I was going to do. I went above and beyond for that guy.
'Both of them, no one cares about what they have to say, which is for most people at this point in my life. No one cares what they have to say until they use my name.'
Aaron Rodgers called out a pair of his former teammates on the Green Bay Packers
Rodgers didn't name names but likely referred to Jermichael Finley (L) and Greg Jennings (R)
The quarterback slammed them: 'No one cares what they have to say until they use my name'
Rodgers did not name names, but it's likely that the two players he was referring to are Greg Jennings and Jermichael Finley.
Jennings left Green Bay for Minnesota in 2013 and has long been a critic of the 42-year-old, claiming he's 'a guy who creates the spotlight for himself.' Recently, Jennings criticized Rodgers for calling out Steelers receiver Roman Wilson for a mistake in practice.
'I've never liked this. He's not doing this to DK [Metcalf]. He's not doing this to Davante Adams,' Jennings said last week on Fox Sports' First Things First.
'You don't take something that we can resolve, and I get it, he talked glowingly about Roman… But Roman is listening to that, and immediately, when you hear "that's the second time," it's like a reprimand of like, we didn't even need to know about the first time.
'This has been the issue that I've always had. When we look at Rodgers, it's like, do you ever do anything wrong?'
As for Finley, the retired tight end previously criticized Rodgers after his first game of the 2021 season. Despite winning MVP the year before, Rodgers and the Packers lost 38-3 to the New Orleans Saints.
'Each offseason you've got to work like it's your last season,' the former tight end said on ESPN. 'And, I just don't see a work ethic in Aaron Rodgers that I have in previous years.'
Rodgers shook off the loss and went on to win MVP that season as well.
Rodgers also revealed issues he had with exes Danica Patrick (L) and Shailene Woodley (R)
'If you're only relevant by mentioning my name, you should check yourself,' Rodgers told Heyward.
Ex-teammates weren't the only ones that were subject of Rodgers' ire. He also revealed personal details about ex-partners Danica Patrick and Shailene Woodley.
Rodgers claimed there was 'zero intimacy' in his relationship with Patrick and says things unraveled when he didn't want to buy another home with her in 2020 after previously purchasing a house in Malibu in 2019.
As for Woodley, Rodgers says their relationship soured shortly after he proposed when he claimed the actress expressed interest in sleeping with another man before their marriage.
'No one cares what they have to say until they say my name,' he said. 'I dated two women who nobody gives a f*** about unless they drop my name — and they like to say their version of the history of what actually happened.
'So I'm this monster of a partner and it's just f***ing horses***. Number one: Why are you still talking about me? It's been years.'
