If the Jets had someone else worth starting, then sure. But they don't, and Rodgers is such a dick that I want him to have to play out the string and get embarrassed each week.
"Rodgers (22-for-35) passed for a season-low 151 yards and completed only one pass that traveled more than 10 yards in the air. At times, he seemed hesitant to pull the trigger on downfield throws. He attempted only two passes over 20 yards, both incomplete."
Replace the National Anthem with a recording of the late Don Meredith singing Turn out the lights the party's over.
Can’t fault JD for trying. Nobody expected such a huge decrease in play from AR…… he is literally a sitting duck back there, afraid to throw the ball, holding it too long and does not have the athleticism to escape the rush. He is clearly not mobile and slow. And I’m sure 90% of these throws that he is blaming on the WR running the wrong route is actually his old ass forgetting the play. His type of QB is not viable in todays NFL unless you have a HOF OL that gives him all day to stand in the pocket without any pressure.
I didn't watch much of the second half, to quote Bill Burr "My wife said I brought too much tension to the house" ... but in the first half I saw a QB unable to move in the pocket and slow with the trigger. That will make any offensive line look bad
No doubt... but a 40 year old coming off a missed season due to a torn achilles, unrealistic to expect much else
Nobody *wanted* to expect it. Because doing that wasn't good for the hype train narratives that people wanted to spin. But you are right that no fan who cheered for it should be complaining now about this FO's decision to give them what they wanted, no doubt. Anybody who actually watched the 2022 tape in full, and who was willing to acknowledge that what Brady did at age 40+ was a complete outlier which might never get replicated? They saw it coming. Especially within a plan to surround him with league worst coaching support on the offensive side of the ball. On that note the streak continues: Most consecutive starts for QB without throwing for 300+ yards in last 20 seasons (playoffs included): David Garrard 39, 2005-08 Alex Smith 35, 2005-09 Aaron Rodgers 33, 2021-present Matt Hasselbeck 33, 2005-07 Trent Edwards, 33, 2007-10 seasons
The Rodgers' quotes here don't sound like the words of someone looking forward to next year, or even the next seven outings this year... SportsColumnistsTom Rock Aaron Rodgers, Jets face a reality check after humbling loss to Cardinals Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers leaves the field after an NFL game against the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday in Glendale, Ariz. Credit: AP/Brynn Anderson GLENDALE, Ariz. When Aaron Rodgers came to the Jets last year, the team was ecstatic. It kept saying it had a quarterback who had seen everything there was to see in this league over the course of his long Hall of Fame-bound career. This is new for him, though. Rodgers has never struggled like this. He’s never played as inconsistently as this. He’s never had so much riding on him and failed to deliver in such a spectacular way. And he’s never been 3-7 before. All of which — especially that last part — clearly is taking as much of a chunk out of his colossal arrogance and manifesting mentality as any of the hits he has been absorbing on his soon-to-be 41-year-old body. The quarterback who is supposed to have all the answers, who can decipher any on-the-field scenario, suddenly is unable to process the reality of what is happening around him. “It’s been a lot of emotions this year, for sure,” he said after Sunday’s latest deflating loss, 31-6, to the Cardinals. Asked to elaborate on those emotions, Rodgers declined. “I’m not going to,” he said. “There are a lot of different emotions. That’s a loaded answer, but it’s not the time or place to get into that.” He’s right about that. No one wants him to spend his time after such an awful performance sitting on a shrink’s couch exploring his many woes. While a journey into Rodgers’ deep inner feelings probably would be a trek that would make Freud recoil in horror, there are other avenues in which to explore those sentiments besides a postgame news conference. But keeping tabs on Rodgers’ suddenly fragile psyche is something the Jets now need to be mindful about. Those closest to him are doing just that. “I try to work with him and make sure to keep his mind right as much as possible,” said receiver Davante Adams, who has some experience in this realm of despair from his time in Las Vegas. “It’s tough. If Michael Jordan was on this team, he wouldn’t be happy. You are not supposed to be happy when things aren’t going great. But you do have to find a way to dig deep and fix it, and that’s what we’re trying to do.” Running back Breece Hall chuckled at the idea that after all of the lessons Rodgers has imparted to him and the rest of the young Jets’ infrastructure, this is a time when he and the others who have been through the doldrums of playing out a lost season with almost two months left in it might be able to share some of their hard-earned wisdom with him. “I don’t think Aaron Rodgers can be taught anything at this point in his career,” Hall said. “He’s the same person every day. Great person, great leader. Great brother, great friend. We just have to do a better job of servicing him and making the game as easy for him as possible.” Right now, it’s anything but. The Jets continue to show up small in the biggest spots. Sunday was the latest example. The energy was low. Their spirit was nonexistent. The urgency they needed to display was left back in the Florham Park meeting rooms. They couldn’t tackle. They couldn’t score. They can’t win. Even on the field, they are incapable of fixing things. Adams said they couldn’t keep up with the “Rolodex” of coverages the Cardinals were throwing at them. After just a month here, Adams already has run out of answers to what he is experiencing. “I don’t really know what to say,” he said. Garrett Wilson, who called the team’s showing “trash,” was similarly befuddled when asked why it has been so hard for this seemingly talented core of playmakers to make plays. “I dunno,” he said. “I wish I knew. I don’t know if I would tell you, but I would feel better about it if I knew. It’s frustrating.” That is the word most players went to: frustrating. “Unacceptable” was another favorite. Others called it “embarrassing” and said they were “angry,” although Hall noted: “We put ourselves here, so we can’t be mad at anybody but ourselves.” These Jets aren’t bad enough to completely tarnish all that Rodgers has accomplished in his Canton-bound career. But they certainly are creating an untidy ending for his story as a quarterback. “We just have to focus on what is in front of us,” Rodgers said glumly. “Beat the Colts [on Sunday], get to the bye and sort some things out . . . There’s a lot still in front of us.” He’s still talking as if the season can be saved, as if he can alter the course of this team. That’s because it’s all he’s ever known. Eventually, though, he’ll have to allow himself to fully grasp what the rest of us have come to accept about these Jets: With seven games left, their season is over. All that is left is to see how they handle that reality and who comes back for next year’s attempt to change that fate. By Tom Rock tom.rock@newsday.com@TomRock_Newsday Tom Rock began covering sports for Newsday in 1996 and became its NFL columnist in 2022. He previously was N
Rogers has looked defeated for weeks.... He maybe struggling with the fact that he CANNOT do it anymore... Not that I care, he is playing poorly and the rest of the team is mimicking his play and no amount of coaching is going to change that (even one that is a cheerleader). Firing RS was right. he bulit a culture of no accountability, losing and acceptanceand this team is exactly that.
JD wasn’t “trying,” this was his last gasp at saving his job after butchering the building of an offensive line and the drafting of Zach Wilson. Maybe Rogers greatness could compensate for JD’s failures but the idea that a QB his age was ever going to survive or succeed behind JD’s line was delusional. But JD had no choice.
he did some shit like this in a PS scrimmage and i pointed out that it sucked and some nerd jumped all over me... never wanted!! GTFO my team, ye Twat!
This is one of the people he surrounds himself with. “I try to work with him and make sure to keep his mind right as much as possible,” said receiver Davante Adams, who has some experience in this realm of despair from his time in Las Vegas. “It’s tough. If Michael Jordan was on this team, he wouldn’t be happy. You are not supposed to be happy when things aren’t going great. But you do have to find a way to dig deep and fix it, and that’s what we’re trying to do.” Rodgers has proven that he does not belong in the conversation with Brady and Manning and definitely not Jordan. Equating him with Jordan is not "keeping his mind right" it's just further inflating his bloated ego.
The problem with that is all those questions being asked and referenced there are always focusing in on the here and now. Unless I've just missed it I can't even recall a single post-game exchange since this season started where somebody actually pressed him on his current thoughts for next year. Or where he might stand on the potential retirement consideration front being 41yo and staring down a failure playoff run here. Those are the direct questions that need to start being asked more and which we want to see the answers to.
