GLENDALE, Ariz. — The Jets were embarrassed 31-6 by the Cardinals on Sunday and are actually 3-7. Listed below are some thoughts and observations from the sport:
1. I even have covered many coaches and young players who arrive with the Jets talking about turning things around and about ending the talk of Same Old Jets. Then, in some unspecified time in the future, you see their look change. They give the impression of being beaten, perplexed and miserable after getting beaten down by the Jets’ losing ways.
Aaron Rodgers had that look Sunday.
On the sphere, he was screaming and waving his arms in frustration. Within the postgame press conference, his answers were short and quiet. The swagger was gone.
While I chuckled at a number of the coaches or rookies who got here in talking about championships, I actually thought Rodgers, certainly one of the best quarterbacks ever, might give you the option to defeat the bad vibes of the Jets. While a Super Bowl could be a tall order, I believed he could cause them to the playoffs.
But now Rodgers has been swallowed and eaten alive by the Same Old Jets. He looks nothing just like the old Aaron Rodgers, just an old Aaron Rodgers. On Sunday, he looked afraid to carry onto the ball and look downfield despite decent pass protection. His longest pass was a 15-yard checkdown to Breece Hall.
The Jets traded for his BFF Davante Adams with the concept that would spark this offense, but in the primary half Sunday, the 2 didn’t connect once. On the goal line early within the third quarter, with a probability to get back in the sport, he missed Adams twice.
Throughout the Jets’ five-game losing streak last month, Rodgers was banged up and you can explain away his struggles with that. But he’s healthy now. He practiced fully last week for the primary time since early within the season.
This isn’t a few barking knee or a hamstring grabbing. It looks like Rodgers has fallen off the cliff. Rodgers had just 151 yards passing on Sunday despite 35 attempts. He has never had that few yards with that many attempts in his profession.
The Jets took of venture with the Rodgers trade. They knew he was about to show 40 and was coming off a down yr in 2022. The chance was comprehensible, but it surely was a risk. It got here with the chance that every one the decision-makers could be fired if it didn’t work. Robert Saleh is already watching Jets games from his couch. Joe Douglas is unlikely to return in 2025. The Jets could have a painful rebuild coming and Rodgers will cost them $49 million in dead money.
As for Rodgers, people will ignore this Jets stint because that’s what it has been – utterly forgettable. It should be a footnote in his great profession just like the Chargers are for Johnny Unitas and the Rams are for Joe Namath.
The Rodgers experiment failed. Same Old Jets wins again.
2. One other trend with the Jets through the years has been young, good players getting beaten down by the losing. You possibly can sense that now happening with Garrett Wilson, Sauce Gardner and Breece Hall. I’m unsure there may be anything the Jets can do. You are feeling bad for these players. They’re talented and possibly have won for many of their careers growing up. But now they’re watching a 3rd straight losing season. This yr was alleged to be different with a healthy Rodgers.
You might feel Wilson’s frustration within the postgame locker room. He has had dynamic moments this season, most notably his catch against the Texans. But Wilson desires to win. He doesn’t have the diva tendencies of many receivers. But here he was explaining away one other loss, one other game where the Jets didn’t reach the top zone. It felt just like the game might have been ripped from 2022 or ’23.
The one difference from those years, though, is the defense often played well in 2022 and ’23. It didn’t on Sunday. Gardner was partially responsible for his big missed tackle on third down. Gardner seems stunned by this season and you possibly can feel his frustration growing.
Jets fans must hope that these young stars don’t tire of the Jets and ask for a trade this offseason. It should be tempting for a latest general manager to deal certainly one of them and acquire enough picks to hurry up a rebuild. The Jets have been down this road so again and again before after they have dealt away players who looked like they might be career-long stars for the team – Keyshawn Johnson, John Abraham, Darrelle Revis, Leonard Williams and Jamal Adams come to mind.
It will be sad to see the Jets move on from Gardner, Wilson or Hall for Jets fans. Nevertheless it could be a relief in any case this losing for the player.
3. What has happened to the once mighty Jets defense? It just isn’t an easy answer. Here is my list of what I believe went improper:
A) They were sure for some regression this season. The defense has played so well over the past two years. It is tough to keep up that level. Even with a slight regression, the Jets were still going to have an excellent defense.
B) Losing Bryce Huff and John Franklin-Myers was huge. Those two were productive players and popular ones within the locker room. I had one player tell me that he all the time knew Franklin-Myers would make the tackle if the opponent ran to his side. They never apprehensive about backs attending to the second level when JFM was on the market. I do know Huff has not had an excellent yr in Philadelphia, but he was built for this defense. Huff was just emerging as a very good player and the Jets let him walk. Haason Reddick was invisible Sunday.
C) Firing Robert Saleh has clearly had an effect on this defense. I’m unsure whether it is from a schematic standpoint and so they miss his defensive mind, or if Jeff Ulbrich is just overwhelmed by doing each the pinnacle coach job and defensive coordinator. Whatever it’s, the defense has been much worse since Saleh has been gone.
4. Lost on this mess of a game Sunday was that left tackle Tyron Smith exited the sport with a neck injury and didn’t play the second half. This could lead on to a big change with 2024 first-round pick Olu Fashanu now playing left tackle. Smith has not had an excellent season, so it will not be an enormous loss. You knew Smith would get hurt in some unspecified time in the future. That was a part of the logic of drafting Fashanu No. 11 overall. Now, the Jets could get an prolonged have a look at Fashanu. If the Jets consider Fashanu can protect Rodgers, they need to just let him play the remainder of the season and let him develop. We’ve reached that a part of the season with the record where it’s.
Revealing stat
Rodgers averaged 4.3 yards per attempt on Sunday, looking afraid to throw it deep. He’s averaging 6.4 yards per attempt this season. That’s the lowest in his profession since becoming a starter in 2008.
Surprising snap count
Braelon Allen only had 14 snaps in Sunday’s game. Breece Hall played 47. I don’t understand why that gap is so wide. Allen is capable of move the ball through the center. He’s productive when he plays. The Jets need to provide him a much bigger role.
Game ball
The Jets missed tons of tackles but Jamien Sherwood made 17 of them. Sherwood continues to have a breakout season, playing instead of C.J. Mosley and was certainly one of the one positives from Sunday.
GLENDALE, Ariz. — The Jets were embarrassed 31-6 by the Cardinals on Sunday and are actually 3-7. Listed below are some thoughts and observations from the sport:
1. I even have covered many coaches and young players who arrive with the Jets talking about turning things around and about ending the talk of Same Old Jets. Then, in some unspecified time in the future, you see their look change. They give the impression of being beaten, perplexed and miserable after getting beaten down by the Jets’ losing ways.
Aaron Rodgers had that look Sunday.
On the sphere, he was screaming and waving his arms in frustration. Within the postgame press conference, his answers were short and quiet. The swagger was gone.
While I chuckled at a number of the coaches or rookies who got here in talking about championships, I actually thought Rodgers, certainly one of the best quarterbacks ever, might give you the option to defeat the bad vibes of the Jets. While a Super Bowl could be a tall order, I believed he could cause them to the playoffs.
But now Rodgers has been swallowed and eaten alive by the Same Old Jets. He looks nothing just like the old Aaron Rodgers, just an old Aaron Rodgers. On Sunday, he looked afraid to carry onto the ball and look downfield despite decent pass protection. His longest pass was a 15-yard checkdown to Breece Hall.
The Jets traded for his BFF Davante Adams with the concept that would spark this offense, but in the primary half Sunday, the 2 didn’t connect once. On the goal line early within the third quarter, with a probability to get back in the sport, he missed Adams twice.
Throughout the Jets’ five-game losing streak last month, Rodgers was banged up and you can explain away his struggles with that. But he’s healthy now. He practiced fully last week for the primary time since early within the season.
This isn’t a few barking knee or a hamstring grabbing. It looks like Rodgers has fallen off the cliff. Rodgers had just 151 yards passing on Sunday despite 35 attempts. He has never had that few yards with that many attempts in his profession.
The Jets took of venture with the Rodgers trade. They knew he was about to show 40 and was coming off a down yr in 2022. The chance was comprehensible, but it surely was a risk. It got here with the chance that every one the decision-makers could be fired if it didn’t work. Robert Saleh is already watching Jets games from his couch. Joe Douglas is unlikely to return in 2025. The Jets could have a painful rebuild coming and Rodgers will cost them $49 million in dead money.
As for Rodgers, people will ignore this Jets stint because that’s what it has been – utterly forgettable. It should be a footnote in his great profession just like the Chargers are for Johnny Unitas and the Rams are for Joe Namath.
The Rodgers experiment failed. Same Old Jets wins again.
2. One other trend with the Jets through the years has been young, good players getting beaten down by the losing. You possibly can sense that now happening with Garrett Wilson, Sauce Gardner and Breece Hall. I’m unsure there may be anything the Jets can do. You are feeling bad for these players. They’re talented and possibly have won for many of their careers growing up. But now they’re watching a 3rd straight losing season. This yr was alleged to be different with a healthy Rodgers.
You might feel Wilson’s frustration within the postgame locker room. He has had dynamic moments this season, most notably his catch against the Texans. But Wilson desires to win. He doesn’t have the diva tendencies of many receivers. But here he was explaining away one other loss, one other game where the Jets didn’t reach the top zone. It felt just like the game might have been ripped from 2022 or ’23.
The one difference from those years, though, is the defense often played well in 2022 and ’23. It didn’t on Sunday. Gardner was partially responsible for his big missed tackle on third down. Gardner seems stunned by this season and you possibly can feel his frustration growing.
Jets fans must hope that these young stars don’t tire of the Jets and ask for a trade this offseason. It should be tempting for a latest general manager to deal certainly one of them and acquire enough picks to hurry up a rebuild. The Jets have been down this road so again and again before after they have dealt away players who looked like they might be career-long stars for the team – Keyshawn Johnson, John Abraham, Darrelle Revis, Leonard Williams and Jamal Adams come to mind.
It will be sad to see the Jets move on from Gardner, Wilson or Hall for Jets fans. Nevertheless it could be a relief in any case this losing for the player.
3. What has happened to the once mighty Jets defense? It just isn’t an easy answer. Here is my list of what I believe went improper:
A) They were sure for some regression this season. The defense has played so well over the past two years. It is tough to keep up that level. Even with a slight regression, the Jets were still going to have an excellent defense.
B) Losing Bryce Huff and John Franklin-Myers was huge. Those two were productive players and popular ones within the locker room. I had one player tell me that he all the time knew Franklin-Myers would make the tackle if the opponent ran to his side. They never apprehensive about backs attending to the second level when JFM was on the market. I do know Huff has not had an excellent yr in Philadelphia, but he was built for this defense. Huff was just emerging as a very good player and the Jets let him walk. Haason Reddick was invisible Sunday.
C) Firing Robert Saleh has clearly had an effect on this defense. I’m unsure whether it is from a schematic standpoint and so they miss his defensive mind, or if Jeff Ulbrich is just overwhelmed by doing each the pinnacle coach job and defensive coordinator. Whatever it’s, the defense has been much worse since Saleh has been gone.
4. Lost on this mess of a game Sunday was that left tackle Tyron Smith exited the sport with a neck injury and didn’t play the second half. This could lead on to a big change with 2024 first-round pick Olu Fashanu now playing left tackle. Smith has not had an excellent season, so it will not be an enormous loss. You knew Smith would get hurt in some unspecified time in the future. That was a part of the logic of drafting Fashanu No. 11 overall. Now, the Jets could get an prolonged have a look at Fashanu. If the Jets consider Fashanu can protect Rodgers, they need to just let him play the remainder of the season and let him develop. We’ve reached that a part of the season with the record where it’s.
Revealing stat
Rodgers averaged 4.3 yards per attempt on Sunday, looking afraid to throw it deep. He’s averaging 6.4 yards per attempt this season. That’s the lowest in his profession since becoming a starter in 2008.
Surprising snap count
Braelon Allen only had 14 snaps in Sunday’s game. Breece Hall played 47. I don’t understand why that gap is so wide. Allen is capable of move the ball through the center. He’s productive when he plays. The Jets need to provide him a much bigger role.
Game ball
The Jets missed tons of tackles but Jamien Sherwood made 17 of them. Sherwood continues to have a breakout season, playing instead of C.J. Mosley and was certainly one of the one positives from Sunday.
