Greg Gianotti believes Woody Johnson needs to shut up about Aaron Rodgers.
Jimmy Kimmel has threatened legal action after Rogers claimed the ABC late-night show host may be on Jeffrey Epstein's client list. The WFAN host said the Jets' owner needs to remove the free-talking quarterback from his weekly pay-per-view show, “The Pats.” McAfee Show. ”
“If I were Woody Johnson, I'd find a way to take all the paychecks you're getting from McAfee. I'd find a way. Robert Kraft found all sorts of ways to get Tom Brady paid. . I'll find a way to get you that million dollars.” Gianotti said on Wednesday's “Boomer and Gio.”. “I'll put you in charge. You can be the CEO of his Q-tips at Johnson & Johnson. I'll give you his million dollars, whatever it is.
“We can't do the show anymore. You can't. You're killing us. You killed us for a year. Everybody has to respond to that. The team responds to that. Must.”
But Gianotti questioned whether Johnson and the Jets actually have the fortitude to stand up to Rodgers.
“He needs to get off that program and the Jets need to do something about it,” Gianotti continued. “But they don't have the courage to stand up to him and say that. He'll say, 'This is my job.' They pay me, I enjoy it, and I screw you guys. 'And it's going to be a fight. ”
Rodgers and McAfee's weekly Tuesday segment has been making headlines despite missing all but four games this season, but this week's comments alleging Kimmel is on the Epstein list may have gone too far.
Kimmel hinted at possible legal action in tweets, and McAfee on Wednesday after Kimmel spent years pursuing the future Hall of Famer for his views on the coronavirus, vaccinations and conspiracies. , Mr. Rogers tried to diffuse the situation by saying he was just making “disrespectful stories.” theory.
“A lot of people, including Jimmy Kimmel, really hope it never gets published,” Rogers said of the Epstein list during an appearance Tuesday.
Gianotti, who previously worked as a host in Pittsburgh, noted that the Steelers had similar issues with former quarterback Ben Roethlisberger until the team intervened.
“Every week, he was making the news. Ben Roethlisberger would go on a local radio station in Pittsburgh and say things about the team that he would never say in front of the media in the locker room. ,” Gianotti said. “Each week there was something new that we had to respond to, whether it was (Steelers head coach) Mike Tomlin asking questions of his teammates or coaching or other crazy things, leading up to the cancellation. That was it.
“I don't care how much you get paid. You don't do this. It's detrimental to the team and he stopped doing it.”
