Quarterback Aaron Rodgers raised eyebrows when he seemed to suggest following the New York Jets’ 26-21 loss to the Seattle Seahawks that dropped Gang Inexperienced to 3-9 that he is not the one individual responsible for New York’s offensive struggles.
“There’s 11 guys on the sphere,” Rodgers stated in his postgame media availability. “Generally it’s my fault. Undoubtedly a number of instances at present. After which generally the main points aren’t there in another spots too.”
Throughout SNY’s postgame present, former Jets offensive lineman and present NFL analyst Willie Colon ripped Rodgers over what may change into some controversial feedback.
“That’s who Aaron Rodgers is,” Colon stated, as shared by Reice Shipley of Terrible Saying. “That’s who he has all the time been. He’s simply coated that up due to the way in which he has performed. You will be smug and cocky when you find yourself successful MVPs and you’re balling. You can also make each play on the sphere, you will be smug. The issue is his smugness and his play aren’t matching up.”
Rodgers primarily missed all of final season as a result of torn Achilles he suffered in September 2023, and he misplaced 9 of his first 12 begins of the continued marketing campaign. Based on Pro Football Reference, Rodgers started Monday ranked twenty seventh within the NFL with a 48.5 adjusted QBR, twenty fourth with an 87.5 passer ranking and twenty ninth with a 62.5% completion share for the season. Per ESPN stats, the Jets are twenty sixth within the league with a median of 18.8 factors scored per recreation.
Jets proprietor Woody Johnson firing head coach Robert Saleh when the membership was 2-3 did not end in Rodgers turning the clock again to his finest days with the Inexperienced Bay Packers. Johnson has since additionally parted methods with common supervisor Joe Douglas, and it was reported on Sunday that the Jets need “a contemporary begin at common supervisor, head coach and quarterback” subsequent yr.
“If you’re a Jets fan,” Colon added, “burn the entire d— factor up. Burn the entire increase. Nothing is smart. …All the things is worse than it was earlier than.”
Rodgers accomplished 21-of-39 passes for 185 yards with two touchdowns and an interception that was returned for a rating in opposition to Seattle. A number of reporters talked about after that recreation that it might be Rodgers’ final as New York’s full-time QB1 if backup Tyrod Taylor stays wholesome sufficient to play via Week 18.