C-Mac says Aaron Rodgers and Robert Saleh are 'on par' with each other
It was all smiles for Aaron Rodgers and the Jets on Thursday, as they thoroughly manhandled the rival Patriots in their home opener.
But there was one moment that made its rounds on social media, where Rodgers appeared to reject a celebratory hug from head coach Robert Saleh, and gave him a look afterward.
Rodgers quickly extinguished any potential concerns after the game, telling reporters that he was simply poking at Saleh by telling him that he and the Jets offense gave Saleh the two-score lead he covets, and it’s time for him and the defense to do the rest.
For C-Mac, even if Rodgers was going after Saleh about something that bothered him, it would be fine, because he sees the two as equals.
“He is the leader of the team. He is on par with the head coach,” C-Mac said. “I know, for whatever reason, that makes people uncomfortable, like there needs to be this hierarchy. There doesn’t. There typically is, and under most circumstances, yeah, the head coach needs to be the guy.
“Aaron Rodgers is a four-time MVP coming over to the Jets, bringing over the players he wants and the coach he worked with. He is on par with everyone else. There is nobody in the organization who is ahead of him. I know that makes people uncomfortable, but it’s just the truth.”
That had been a main criticism of the Jets dating back to last season, as some felt Rodgers was given too much power in terms of roster construction and having a say in decisions that are typically left to the coaching staff and front office, but C-Mac says Thursday showed why Rodgers has that level of influence, and why that’s just fine.
“Him and the coach have a working relationship. They are partners,” C-Mac said. “It is not employer/employee. It is not coach and subordinate. It is coworkers. His job is head coach, and his job is head coach of the offense. They are on par and on the same footing.”
