Don’t expect Trey Wingo to apologize to anyone for tweeting that he heard Aaron Rodgers was headed to the New York Jets 48 hours before the Packers quarterback showed up on The Pat McAfee Show. Wingo says he knew he had good information.
Wingo now hosts the Half Forgotten History podcast and serves as a brand ambassador for Caesars. He told CBS Sports Radio’s Zach Gelb that he never let jokes or criticisms about why no announcement had been made bother him.
“Look, I’m sort of in a way where I don’t really care, you know? Say whatever you want. I knew the information was solid,” Wingo said on Thursday night. “The same sources that told me that if Randall Cobb doesn’t sign in 2021 he’s not going back there, it was the same person that told me all the other stuff that happened around the 2021 draft – same people, rather. So, I knew the information was good. It was just a matter of letting it play out.”
Rodgers has made a point of telling Pat McAfee over and over again that he keeps a tight circle and those people know not to betray his trust. No NFL insider on any network has the correct information.
Either Trey Wingo is part of the circle or there is someone in the circle that doesn’t mind betraying Aaron’s trust.
Wingo added that he expects the deal between the Packers and Jets to get done by next week.
“I think it’s gonna be faster than you think,” he said. “The same sources that were telling me what was gonna happen, were saying they were hearing Rodgers was gonna be in New York by next week.”
The Jets and Packers still have to work out the terms of compensation. Rodgers told McAfee this week that the Packers are digging in their heels on getting fair value in return. Time will tell if Wingo’s timetable is correct.
