Adam Schefter explains his aspect of Aaron Rodgers ‘lose my quantity’ beef
Adam Schefter has expanded on his aspect of the story after Aaron Rodgers advised him to “lose my number” in a text exchange.
Longtime NFL insider Peter King touched on the pseudo-controversy in his weekly “Football Morning In America” column, reaching out to Schefter to elaborate following Rodgers’ feedback on “The Pat McAfee Present” final week.
“I’ve had his quantity for some time,” Schefter advised King. “I by no means as soon as used it. Trey Wingo reported [last Monday] he was ‘listening to’ that Rodgers to the Jets was finished.
“The day he did it, ESPN was going stay from 3 to five on free company. Everybody was saying Aaron Rodgers to the Jets is completed. We’re on the air for 2 hours. I name the Jets, I name the Pack, I name Rodgers’ advisers. Nobody’s saying something.
“So, I’m sitting there on the set with Dianna Russini. ‘Ought to I textual content Rodgers?’ She mentioned, ‘Yeah, textual content him.’ At 3:35, I texted him. I say, principally: ‘Have you ever knowledgeable the Jets that you just’d prefer to play there? I needed to open it as much as you.’ He didn’t reply for perhaps 10 minutes. So then I known as the quantity, received despatched to voice mail. Then he texts me, ‘Lose my quantity. Good attempt tho.’ That’s all.
“He’s the one who says the media’s getting it flawed. I needed to go to the supply and get it proper. That’s all. I used to be simply making an attempt to do my job.”
Rodgers mentioned on “The Pat McAfee Present” final week that Schefter texted him pining for details about his impending transfer to the Jets.
Across the time Rodgers did his McAfee look, Schefter shared a screengrab of his dialog and confirmed that Rodgers did, the truth is, inform the insider to “lose” his quantity.
On a number of events, Rodgers has complained about NFL insiders, equivalent to Schefter and Ian Rapoport, making up “pretend information” and reporting on his profession utilizing sources exterior of his internal circle.
Schefter’s most notable Rodgers information drop got here in 2021, when, on the eve of the NFL Draft, the ESPN insider reported that the quarterback needed out of Inexperienced Bay after the workforce had drafted Jordan Love the season prior.
The truth that “lose my quantity” got here in response to the primary textual content the 2 ever exchanged appears to verify that Schefter has been getting his details about Rodgers from different sources.
The 2021 bombshell proved to be correct as Rodgers finally took his gripes with the Packers public and held out of coaching camp to pressure the franchise to commerce him.
The 2 sides finally reached a compromise on find out how to exist collectively — that lasted up till this offseason.