That may be - but one would assume that Rodney wouldn't have thrown his friend under the bus without saying that "his friend was doing it". Rodney's pretty straightforward, not to mention a pretty loyal guy, and I'm pretty sure would have told it the way it was without caring about what other people thought.
Needless to say I have to believe that account wasn't real - especially after listening to the guy after Schefter caught him. Something must have happened that we don't know about that sparked that whole thing. Although I still don't get why this came out a week later - definitely bizarre.