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?
