When the New York Jets traded for future Corridor of Fame quarterback Aaron Rodgers within the 2023 offseason, they dreamed of profitable the Tremendous Bowl for the primary time for the reason that days of Joe Namath, and loads of folks believed that dream had an actual likelihood of coming true.
However final season shortly was a catastrophe when Rodgers tore his Achilles on their first offensive sequence of Week 1, and this season has been even worse in some methods.
Rodgers has been wholesome, however they’ve a 3-7 file by Week 10, in comparison with the 4-6 file that they had final 12 months after 10 video games.
Within the minds of many, he’s a big cause the Jets are struggling, and Nick Wright stated on “What’s Wright? with Nick Wright” that the time has come for them to chop Rodgers, who has one 12 months left on his contract, and that the 40-year-old is squarely guilty for his or her issues.
“Aaron Rodgers retiring has nothing to do with the very fact they’ve gotta reduce him. He’s a nasty, ageing, injured, distracted participant who has sucked all the life out of that constructing.”
Wright additionally stated that when the Jets bear a seek for their subsequent non-interim head coach, having Rodgers round for one more 12 months would doubtless forestall the very best candidates from wanting to use for the job.
Whereas he stays among the finest quarterbacks the NFL has seen during the last 15 years or so, it’s past clear that he’s over the hill at this level.
Up to now this season, he has accomplished simply 62.4 p.c of his cross makes an attempt, and his passing numbers (2,258 passing yards and 15 passing touchdowns) are deceptive.
As well as, many really feel he performed a task within the firing of Robert Saleh as head coach, and since that firing, New York’s protection, which was presupposed to be elite, has faltered.
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