A fresh start for Rodgers and the Jets was still the right move. It’s the same way I felt after 2020. I wanted to keep Sam, but a fresh start was right for both sides. The 2020 Jets were brutal, as were the 2024 Jets. Clean slate.
Kingsbury pretty publicly told teams to fuck off. He’s still being paid as the Cardinals HC and said something to the effect of how he’s going to be very picky about what he does.
Tomlin wants Rodgers because he knows he can win with him. I don't disagree Tomlin is at some sort of crossroads here but if Tomlin viewed Rodgers the same way Jets fan do then he would absolutely want no part of him. So either Tomlin is wrong or the Jets fans who wanted Rodgers gone are wrong. Ill trust Tomlin.
The 2020 Jets had no players on their team. The 2024 Jets had players that were completely miscoached. Which Glenn seems to agree with considering he stated this team is "win-now". I agree with Glenn. I think this team can win next year 9-10 games. A large reason why the Jets were in so many games was because of the talent. The coaching was just flat out horrendous. If Glenn can coach then they having a winning season next year.
Definitely agree on all of that. Especially that the coaching was horrendous. Before Saleh was fired it was bad, and then after it was even worse. All-time terrible.
Did Saleh's coaching "regress"? How so? Did he not coach as hard? Was he coaching guys less? Did he just start skipping practices? By and large those claims imo basically just amount to people writing in their own surface narratives after-the-fact that better justifies the outrage over it's failure imo. Saleh's problem wasn't his coaching. His problem was he needed his team's offense to perform at consistently better clip then it did if he wanted it to win more football games. A problem he didn't end up having any answers on how to fix, and neither did the guy he was ultimately tasked to bring in to supplement that possibility in the event that ended up being the case as a defensive minded HC. That's the cut through the bs core truth of the matter. What are you actually basing this assumption on that Aaron Glenn and Tanner Engstrand would fair any better with Aaron Rodgers then Saleh and Hackett did? What is actually the driving difference there suggesting they would have had the fix answer this time?
If you trust Tomlin, he actually won with Fields 67%, replaced him and won with lower %, and then wanted him back. I am a fan of Rodgers too, but at some point you have to face the facts: he has declined and multiple teams including Tomlin prefer Fields at this point in their careers. And we got him. This is a good thing.
Russini (and others) had an article saying Rodgers could retire if his only options are the Steelers or Giants. I didnt read it cause I dont care anymore but that was the sub-heading
If Tomlin wanted Fields he wouldn't have let him leave the building under any circumstances. He clearly did not view him as the long term option because if he did he would have done everything to keep him. You dont let a franchise QB walk.
He didn't have a choice, it takes two to tango, and Fields had something to say about it too. Again, I provided the reports by Shefty and Raparport. They are as reputable as they come. Why it is it so hard to accept?
I believe he'd retire if it was only the Giants. I can't see him ultimately passing over Pittsburgh. Like i said earlier this all probably boils down to an ongoing negotiation with Minny. Who I'm guessing want him, but who are also unwilling to give him the handshake promise Rodgers would insist on that he wouldn't have to look over his shoulder as the team's starter for at least 2025.
And Fowler is reporting on this too now, just like Rap, just like Shefty, and many others: https://www.steelernation.com/2025/03/17/steelers-fowler-all-in-justin-fields . Pretty much every report by very reputable people says the same thing: Stealers wanted Fields and he picked the Jets, more then likely because Pitts fucked him last year. "They <Pitt> put together an offer for Justin Fields that I was told was very competitive with what the Jets offered him, [Fowler then continued], something went off where he chose the Jets..." Tomlin, the guy you talked about, won with Fields, benched him, won less with Russ, then wanted him back, and Fields told him to fuck off. Again, the evidence is overwhelming. We got the guy both Tomlin and Glenn preferred. I understand that you want to believe otherwise because it does not fit the narrative that they preferred AR, and some people believe what they want to believe no matter what, but it is simply a fantasy at this point.
Crazy if he goes to the Giants and sticks it to us Aaron Rodgers has 'standing offer' from Giants ESPN's Jeremy Fowler reports that Rodgers has a "standing offer" from both the Giants and Pittsburgh Steelers while the Minnesota Vikings continue to lurk on the outside.
Sounds like he's hoping the Vikings will take him. Hilarious. I'm sure he'll do well there, as most QBs tend to do in that system. If so, what the hell is Pittsburgh going to do at QB??
There you using logic and common sense again. That is foreign to a few Jet fans and previous GMs and HCs, most often oblivious to it.
