Jets’ Aaron Rodgers and Garrett Wilson say their ‘heated’ discussions on sideline are much ado about nothing

Aaron Rodgers and Garrett Wilson talk to each other a lot.

Sometimes they can get a little animated while making a point.

But when a video shot by a fan and posted on social media last week showed the New York Jets quarterback and wide receiver having what some termed “a heated disagreement” on the sideline, it sent the internet and sports talk radio into a frenzy.

A few other recent training camp videos showing similar conversations only added to the worries by fans that maybe Rodgers and Wilson are having some issues with their on-field chemistry.

“What did he say?” Rodgers said of Wilson when a reporter asked Wednesday about the chats.

“He blamed you,” another reporter joked.

“He blamed me? I blame him!” Rodgers shot back with a big smile before being told Wilson had explained a few minutes earlier that they were simply conversations between two passionate players.

“I think there’s often appearance vs. reality in life and on the football field,” Rodgers said. “And what it appears to be might not always be what the reality actually is. As far as whether or not we’re upset with each other, we’re just passionately talking about the details of a situation that might not have to do with either of us. G and I got a great relationship. We spend time together off the field. On the field, there’s a way of doing things that we both agree on.

“And when it doesn’t look exactly how we want it to, sometimes there’s some side conversations that happen.”

And they have amateur body language experts trying to analyze the situation.

“I love those conversations,” Rodgers said. “It’s about the details, it’s about winning, it’s about seeing what he sees. He’s got to get on my page, but I’ve got to get on his page, too, because he’s got a whole book that I need to understand fully of skill set and ability and feel and rhythm and all the different things that he does out there. So, those are good conversations.

“They might appear to be much more heated than they are, but there’s usually a…

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