Former New York Jets quarterback and present NFL analyst Boomer Esiason nonetheless has ties to the group and instructed earlier than the Jets fired Robert Saleh when the workforce was 2-3 that there was “a significant subject” between Saleh and Aaron Rodgers.
After New York fell to 3-7 on the season through Sunday’s 31-6 blowout loss on the Arizona Cardinals, Esiason touched upon why the Jets have been “an unmitigated catastrophe” all through Rodgers’ time with the group.
“It’s like Aaron Rodgers has fully sucked the air out of the constructing,” Esiason mentioned throughout Monday’s version of the WFAN morning present, as shared by Ryan Chichester of Audacy. “…He’s a first-ballot Corridor of Famer and one of many biggest QBs we’ve ever seen in his prime…however since he has come right here, each participant on this workforce has deferred every thing to him.”
Rodgers basically missed all of final season, his first with the Jets, because of the torn Achilles he suffered in Week 1. Earlier than he largely appeared like a shell of his former nice self in the course of the ongoing marketing campaign, one nameless NFL agent ripped the Jets this previous summer season for giving Rodgers an excessive amount of energy and for not having the ability “to transform him right into a workforce participant.”
“The vibe contained in the constructing is horrible,” the agent added at the moment.
Extra lately, quite a few outsiders blamed Rodgers for Saleh’s dismissal and for the very fact that the Jets buying star receiver Davante Adams from the Las Vegas Raiders resulted within the membership transport veteran receiver Mike Williams to the Pittsburgh Steelers forward of final week’s commerce deadline. Williams was a hero for the Steelers of their 28-27 win over the Washington Commanders on Sunday.
“Russell Wilson mentioned one thing about Mike Williams…that when he received to Pittsburgh, he confirmed up with such an enormous smile on his face, and he was so completely happy,” Esiason continued on Monday morning. “Like he was so unencumbered from enjoying with the Jets and Aaron Rodgers. Mike Williams principally offers you an actual perspective on what’s going on in that locker room with the Jets.”
Rodgers turns 41 years previous in December, and it is unclear if he’ll wish to play both for the Jets or a unique workforce subsequent season. Esiason hinted that Rodgers’ resolution may trigger some top-tier head teaching candidates to cross on the Jets this coming January, as they could not wish to be married to a past-his-prime quarterback who’s seemingly working the present in Florham Park.
