Former New York Jets quarterback and present NFL analyst Boomer Esiason raised eyebrows when he mentioned final week that present New York signal-caller Aaron Rodgers had seemingly “fully sucked the air out of” the crew’s constructing.
Days after the Jets fell to 3-8 on the season, Esiason made it clear he believes Jets proprietor Woody Johnson cannot run it again with Rodgers for yet one more marketing campaign.
“That locker room is totally fractured,” Esiason mentioned concerning the Jets throughout Tuesday’s version of the WFAN morning present, as shared by Ryan Chichester of Audacy. “It makes me suppose that I don’t know the way the Jets can come again with [Rodgers] subsequent 12 months. I actually don’t. I simply don’t see it.”
Esiason was reacting to a narrative about Rodgers’ relationships together with his Jets teammates produced by ESPN’s Tim Keown that was revealed earlier than New York suffered a brutal 28-27 loss to the Indianapolis Colts this previous Sunday.
Following that recreation, it was reported that “stability is believed to be the deciding issue on Rodgers returning for a 3rd 12 months with the Jets” and that the longer term Corridor of Famer wished interim head coach Jeff Ulbrich and basic supervisor Joe Douglas to stay with the group.
Per ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the Jets fired Douglas on Tuesday. Johnson beforehand dismissed head coach Robert Saleh when the membership was 2-3.
“I carry on saying that locker rooms are very fragile locations,” Esiason mentioned about Rodgers and the Jets. “If you’re shedding, swiftly, that’s when issues begin fraying across the edges, and gamers begin wanting round going, ‘He ain’t nearly as good as we thought he was.'”
Rodgers primarily missed all of final season as a result of Achilles tear he suffered in September 2023, and he is largely seemed like an outdated model of himself fairly than his former nice self this fall.
In response to Professional Soccer Reference, the four-time regular-season Most Precious Participant who turns 41 years outdated subsequent month started Tuesday ranked twenty seventh within the NFL amongst certified gamers with a 50.7 QBR, twenty second with an 88.9 passer score and seventeenth with 222.0 passing yards per recreation for the marketing campaign. He tossed 17 landing passes and 7 interceptions over New York’s first 11 video games.
A brand new Jets GM will probably be ready to chop Rodgers throughout the upcoming offseason if the veteran desires to proceed enjoying. It is doable Rodgers will determine following the season that his physique has had sufficient and that he desires to retire.
No matter did or did not occur behind the scenes inside the Jets over the previous two years, it definitely looks as if the franchise is headed towards a future that will not embody Rodgers past January 2025.
