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Aaron Rodgers did not wind up becoming Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s running mate - but the quarterback has hinted it was his own choice and not the other way around.
After Rodgers played just four snaps for the Jets before tearing his Achilles, it looked possible that he would never return to the team after the New York Times reported he was on RFK Jr.'s VP shortlist.
And while the presidential candidate eventually chose tech entrepreneur Nicole Shanahan as his running mate, Rodgers has suggested that it was his job to turn down.
'I love Bobby. We had a couple really nice conversations,' Rodgers told reporters from the Jets facility on Tuesday.
'But there were really two options. It was retire and be his VP or keep playing. And I wanted to keep playing.'
Aaron Rodgers has hinted that it was his choice not to be RFK Jr's VP candidate
Rodgers and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. - a fellow vaccine skeptic - are fairly close friends
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Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers 'will NOT be Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s running mate after vaccine skeptic picks tech entrepreneur Nicole Shanahan'
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