Will a melted cheesehead hat lure Aaron Rodgers to Jets?
It represented one of many defining moments of Sauce Gardner’s rookie season.
And now it’s nothing however … effectively, sauce.
Cheese sauce, to be actual.
Last October, the New York Jets cornerback donned a Green Bay Packers cheesehead hat as he celebrated his group’s upset win over quarterback Aaron Rodgers and Co. at Lambeau Field.
This week, Gardner and two of his Jets teammates — operating again Breece Hall and receiver Garrett Wilson — burned that hat. It was a part of an effort to persuade Rodgers “to come here so we can win the Super Bowl,” the reigning defensive rookie of the 12 months mentioned in a video that captured the ritual and was posted on his YouTube channel.
“After the fire goes out, I’m gonna collect the cheese sauce,” Gardner mentioned, referring to the plastic hat that had melted in his hearth pit, “and we gonna eat some chips and we gonna dip it in the cheese sauce, that’s how we gonna do it.”
Rodgers isn’t a free agent. But the four-time league MVP and one-time Super Bowl champion appears to have the higher hand relating to deciding his rapid NFL future — which may contain retirement, remaining with the Packers or being traded to a group of his liking.
He reportedly met with members of the Jets group this week in Los Angeles, inflicting fairly a stir amongst Jets followers and gamers.
“Let’s make this happen, man,” Gardner mentioned into the digital camera, addressing Rodgers.
“I ain’t playing no games no more. I was playing at first. I’m not playing no more. You see it in my face. I need you to lock in. I need you to come here so we can win the Super Bowl. Don’t even play no more. I mean, you’ve been playing a little too much.”
Gardner indicated he had spoken with Rodgers.
“We settled our differences, you know, about the cheesehead and everything like that,” Gardner mentioned. “He had some energy, I had some energy. Our conversation definitely gave me hope that he could be in that green and white next season.”
Gardner requested Wilson what it could be wish to catch passes from the long run Hall of Famer.
“Man, I just know it’s gonna be precise,” Wilson mentioned. “That’s the main thing I think about when I think about A-Rod.”
Just in case setting hearth to a bit of plastic wasn’t convincing sufficient, Gardner confirmed off extra of his yard as extra incentive for the indecisive quarterback.
“It’s cold outside right now. When this pool cover come off, man, we can take a swim,” Gardner mentioned, once more addressing a not-present Rodgers. “Like, we can have a little pool party at my crib, man, hosted by you!”
As the video wrapped up, Hall summed up the sentiments of Jets devoted all over the place.
“We need you!” he shouted.