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Aaron Rodgers: Views Jon Gruden Expressed in Emails 'Don't Have a Place' in the NFL

Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers discussed Jon Gruden's decision to resign from the Raiders on Tuesday, saying Gruden's offensive comments "don't have a place in the game."

Gruden resigned as Las Vegas's coach on Tuesday night after the release of numerous emails featuring racist, sexist and anti-LGBTQ comments. Rodgers said he believes Gruden's offensive views are shared by some in the NFL, though "they're few and far between."

"I know that there's opinions similar to that, but I feel they're few and far between," Rodgers said on the Pat McAfee Show. "The player and the coach of today is a more empathetic, advanced, progressive, loving, connected type of person.