Jets owner Woody Johnson pulled out all the stops to recruit Aaron Rodgers. When the two met at Rodgers’ home in Malibu last offseason, along with other members of the Jets’ brain trust…
When the two met at Rodgers’ home in Malibu last offseason, along with other members of the Jets’ brain trust, Johnson came bearing a unique gift.
According to The Royal Family, Queen Elizabeth II, who died in 2022, was very proud of the honey produced by Buckingham Palace beehives — so much so that she gave a jar of it to Pope Francis during their first meeting in 2014.Nine years later, Johnson, who was the US ambassador to the United Kingdom during the Trump administration, used that honey to break the ice with Rodgers, who at the time had become disgruntled after 18 years with the Packers.
Rodgers, 39 at the time, had decided against retiring after taking a four-day darkness retreat in the wilderness of southern Oregon. Consequently, one prominent NFL figure with ties to the Johnsons wondered if it was intentional that the friendlier brother made the first impression.“It’s genius if it was their grand plan,” Rodgers said, referring to the idea that the Jets sent Christopher for the first meeting as deliberate strategy, in the book.“We had twenty minutes, just him and I,” Rodgers said. “I love Chris, I really do. I feel like I’ll have a lifetime friendship with him regardless of what happens.
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