Mike Greenberg ‘dripping’ with Aaron Rodgers pleasure after Sean Payton drama

ESPN’s Mike Greenberg can’t get sufficient of Aaron Rodgers. 

On Monday’s segment of “Get Up,” Greenberg mentioned Rodgers’ protection of Jets offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett after Sean Payton’s disparaging remarks last week, and he loves the star quarterback’s chunk. 

“Are you able to think about every other quarterback the Jets have had since Joe Namath saying that?” Greenberg exclaimed.

“Aaron freaking Rodgers can rise up there and say something he needs and he’s proper, Sean Payton shouldn’t have mentioned that.” 

Payton, the brand new Broncos head coach, took just a few digs at Hackett in an interview with USA Today.

“It may need been one of many worst teaching jobs within the historical past of the NFL,” Payton mentioned about Hackett’s tenure with the Broncos, which lasted 15 video games. 

Rodgers took that personally — Hackett was his offensive coordinator for 3 years in Inexperienced Bay — and provided a powerful stance whereas talking with NFL+ after Sunday’s follow. 

“It made me really feel unhealthy that somebody who has achieved lots within the league is that insecure that they need to take one other man right down to set themselves up for some form of simple fall if it doesn’t go effectively for that group this yr,” Rodgers mentioned of Hackett.

“I believe it was means out of line, inappropriate, and I believe he must maintain my coaches’ names out of his mouth.”

Rodgers’ outspokenness completely made Greenberg’s Monday as he was dabbing his face with a sweat fabric and shifting round in his chair.

“I can’t converse for the locker room, I can converse for me. We like it,” Greenberg mentioned. “I can’t sit, I’m too excited.”

Whereas Payton apologized for his comments throughout a press convention on Friday, his jabs at Hackett and the Jets as an entire will little question add one other layer of competitors to the 2 groups’ Oct. 8 matchup. 

“I had a kind of moments the place I nonetheless had my Fox hat on and never my teaching hat on,” Payton mentioned. 

“It was a studying expertise for me. It was a mistake, clearly. I wanted slightly bit extra filter … I mentioned what I mentioned, and, clearly, I wanted slightly bit extra restraint, and I remorse that.”

Greenberg, an unabashed Jets fan, was living and dying with the Rodgers drama this offseason till the Jets lastly accomplished a commerce for the long run Corridor of Famer.

“I’m drenched in sweat,” Greenberg mentioned. “I’m dripping.”