Jihad Ward and Aaron Rodgers.Photo:Vincent Mignott/DeFodi Images via Getty, Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire via Getty
Vincent Mignott/DeFodi Images via Getty, Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire via Getty
New York Giants linebackerJihad Wardis elaborating on how his “whole team was pissed off” during a preseason game when the Jets’Aaron Rodgersreacted to a play that left one of his teammates injured.
The footage showed Cobb, 33, and Rodgers, 39, laughing in a huddle where Rodgers also called out Cobb for the block. Ward, 29, eventually gave Rodgers a light push at the end of a later play when the two exchanged words on the field.
After Rodgers later threw a touchdown, he approached Ward again and told him, “Don’t poke the bear."
Aaron Rodgers warms up before game against the Giants.Dave Shopland/Shutterstock
Dave Shopland/Shutterstock
“See, the thing is, they’re going to entertain,” Ward said,per ESPN. “They’re going to show his part — HBO, whatever stuff is going on,Hard Knocks. They’re going to show his part. They weren’t even in the whole scenario of what really went down. They’re going to show his side of the story."
He continued: “It’s all about Aaron Rodgers at the [end] of the day. They sign him; it is what it is. They’re going to show his part and make me look like a sucker. But I ain’t going for that.”
Ward added that he was going to “ride” for his teammates and wasn’t “going to let none of my teammates be backed down like that.”
“Everybody going to get pissed off at that,” Ward added of the reaction to the Jets huddle. “The whole team was pissed off, you know what I’m saying? It’s preseason and all that stuff and you’re going to do some reaction like that… It’s cool, though. That’s how they roll. I think we play them soon. It is what it is.”
Aaron Rodgers.Dave Shopland/Shutterstock
Rodgers could be seen onHard Knocksaddressing the illegal block with Cobb. He said after the game that he “couldn’t believe it,” perESPN, and clarified why he was laughing.
The Jets earned a 15-yard penalty over the play.
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“I said, ‘Bro, you’ve got a third kid on the way. You just took money out of your pocket,'” Rodgers added. “‘You’re going to have to buy [your wife] Aiyda something nice for that.'”
source: people.com
