Aaron Rodgers said he didn't answer Packers GM's calls this offseason because his house has poor cell service

• Aaron Rodgers was traded from the Packers to the Jets, as was his "intention."
• Packers GM Brian Gutekunst had previously told reporters that Rodgers hadn't returned multiple phone calls.
• Rodgers said at his Jets press conference on Wednesday that he has poor cell reception at his house and has to communicate via FaceTime.

If you want to reach Aaron Rodgers, you have to do it by FaceTime.

That's according to Rodgers himself, who blamed poor cell reception for not answering calls from the Green Bay Packers at his introductory press conference with the New York Jets on Wednesday.

In March, Packers GM Brian Gutekunst told reporters from an NFL league meeting that he had tried to contact Rodgers "many times." At that point, Rodgers had already said on "The Pat McAfee Show" that it was his "intention" to play for the Jets and that he wanted to leave because he believed the Packers were ready to move on from him.

"Our inability to reach him or for him to respond in any way," Gutekunst said from the meetings in response to a question from The Athletic's Matt Schneider. "I think at that point we just kind of had to — I had to do my job and reach out and understanding that a trade could be possible."

After months of negotiations between the Jets and Packers, they struck a deal on Monday, sending the 40-year-old, four-time MVP to the Jets in exchange for a bounty of draft picks.

Asked on Wednesday about Gutekunst's comments, Rodgers said he never received FaceTime calls from the Packers.

"I will say, people that know me — I'm fortunate to live in a beautiful house. The only downside is I have very limited cell service," Rodgers said. "So if you wanna get ahold of me, I have to see your face. You gotta FaceTime me."

FaceTime uses both wifi and cellular service, but will connect to wifi first.

"So, the only response to the communication thing is, there's records in your phone about who called you, when, FaceTime. And there wasn't any specific FaceTimes from any of those numbers that I was looking at."

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Despite the somewhat icy relationship with Gutekunst, Rodgers posted a lengthy Instagram on Tuesday, thanking multiple members of the Packers organization.