The outside perception is that Aaron Rodgers interfered too much with the New York Jets during a lost season.

Quincy Williams was on the inside and the All-Pro linebacker saw it a completely different way.

3Aaron Rodgers was widely criticized last season but a New York Jets teammate stuck up for the veteran QBCredit: Getty

Williams praised Rodgers on Friday during an exclusive interview with talkSPORT.

The former third-round draft pick, who is coming off a career year despite the Jets’ ‘roller coaster’ season, said that Rodgers made a huge impact on him in year one and he expects the four-time NFL MVP to be even more impactful in 2024.

“The biggest thing with Aaron is he’s a people person. He’s like a coach and a player,” Williams said at the talkSPORT studio, while in London to promote the expansion of the NFL’s Girls Flag league.

After being released by Jacksonville, Williams fought through injuries to find a new home with New York.

The last thing that Williams expected when Rodgers joined the Jets — following months of trade rumors and a controversial ending to his storied run in Green Bay — was for one of the best quarterbacks in NFL history to offer free career advice.

But Rodgers did just that, taking Williams aside and going out of his way to try and help the former Murray State standout raise his game in the pros.

“The craziest thing, when he first came in, he didn’t know me (personally) at all,” Williams said. “The first thing he did, he came to me and had a conversation with me and he was like, ‘Bro, you can put it all together.’

“And I was like, ‘Yeah, I’ve just got to do this and I’ve just got to do that.’ And he was, ‘Honestly, I didn’t say that.’ You’ve just got to keep going.”