Aaron Rodgers says he wasn't trying to send a message last week when he called the effort of the Green Bay Packers' young wide receivers "piss poor" after a practice.

"I hope we're not that soft," Rodgers said. "I hope we can hear comments or read comments and not get offended by things. It's a professional environment; it's not a personal environment. The things I'm saying, I don't have some vendetta against any player. I care about winning, No. 1, and I'm going to say and do the things that I feel like can advance us. It's going to be tough at some points. It's not a popularity contest all the time. Obviously, as a human, you like being liked and appreciated, but I'm trying to win games because that's my job."

Rodgers worked with the young pass catchers on the scout team last week since he wasn’t going to play in the first preseason game.