It was reported after New York Jets proprietor Woody Johnson fired common supervisor Joe Douglas that the Jets had been prepared to maneuver on from quarterback Aaron Rodgers this offseason partially as a result of Johnson felt that Rodgers “isn’t good anymore.”
Following New York’s 26-21 loss to the Seattle Seahawks that dropped Gang Inexperienced to 3-9 on the season, NFL/Jets insider Connor Hughes of SNY defined why Rodgers “doesn’t issue into” the membership’s long-term plans past Week 18.
“They needed a recent begin at common supervisor, head coach and quarterback,” Hughes mentioned concerning the Jets. “Whereas Rodgers expressed his want to return (relying on who the brand new common supervisor and head coach had been), the Jets questioned whether or not or not Rodgers may take them the place they needed to go. Rodgers, for perhaps the primary time in a decade, wanted to persuade his group to maintain him as their quarterback. That was supposed to begin this Sunday, and he failed.”
As The Athletic’s Zack Rosenblatt famous, Rodgers produced what could go down as his worst efficiency with the Jets versus the Seahawks. The long run Corridor of Famer accomplished 21-of-39 passes for 185 yards with two touchdowns and an interception that was taken to the home for a rating. He as soon as once more missed open receivers on a number of events, and Seahawks defensive deal with Leonard Williams mentioned after the competition that he thinks Rodgers is now “an older man” who merely “doesn’t wish to take large hits” at this level of his life.
In accordance with ESPN stats, Rodgers started Monday ranked twenty fifth within the NFL with a 48.5 adjusted QBR for the season. In the meantime, the Jets are twenty sixth within the league with a mean of 18.8 factors scored per recreation.
Maybe Rodgers will persuade Johnson, a brand new common supervisor and a brand new head coach that the knee, ankle and hamstring points he is handled this fall are responsible for his play. Nevertheless, Hughes indicated that “it’s changing into clear [Rodgers] won’t end the 12 months” within the lineup and might be changed by backup Tyrod Taylor earlier than the Jets play on the 5-7 Miami Dolphins on Sunday.
The Jets can afford to launch Rodgers when the brand new league 12 months opens in March, and logic suggests he’d most likely wish to transfer on from the membership if he is benched earlier than the top of the season. Whereas extra questions than solutions relating to the Jets’ future hover over the franchise as of the beginning of December, it actually looks as if the group’s Rodgers experiment unofficially ended at MetLife Stadium on Sunday afternoon.
