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Aaron Rodgers has essentially built the team around him since joining the New York Jets organization in 2023, and the team has added pieces in the offseason and during the 2024 season that should have benefited the quarterback and the team overall come.
However, as Rodgers has achieved his first healthy season at the Jetsit didn’t go as planned. The 10-time Pro Bowler has 2,258 passing yards and 15 touchdown passes. New York is 3-7 this season and ranks 26th in scoring and yards gained.
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New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers, No. 8, walks off the field after an NFL football game against the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday, Nov. 10, 2024, in Glendale, Arizona. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
Boomer Esiason, a former Jets and Cincinnati Bengals quarterback, didn’t mince his words Monday after the team’s 31-6 loss to the Arizona Cardinals.
“I hate to say it, it’s like Aaron Rodgers completely sucked the air out of the building,” Esiason said on WFAN’s “Boomer & Gio.” “And I think so many guys in their minds are putting this off. In their minds, in my mind, he’s a first-ballot Hall-of-Fame player, one of the great quarterbacks we’ve ever had when he was in his best years.” seen.
“There are very few people who throw the ball like him. And I used to say that Dan Marino, Joe Namath and Aaron Rodgers all threw the ball very differently than everyone else, like we’ve never seen anything like it. And I’m going to my Grave still thought those three players were so special when they threw the ball. And the way they looked at throwing the ball was just so natural and amazing.
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Esiason pointed out the situation with Mike Williams.
The veteran wide receiver and Rodgers didn’t seem to connect on the field. It led to the Jets trading for Davante Adams and sending Williams to the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Sunday Williams set up the go-ahead touchdown grab for the Steelers in their win over the Washington Commanders.
Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Mike Williams, #18, celebrates his 32-yard touchdown reception with teammate Pat Freiermuth, #88, during the second half of an NFL football game against the Washington Commanders on Sunday, November 10, 2024 in Landover, Maryland. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
“Since he got here the last two years, every player on this team has deferred everything to him,” he said. Esiason added. “And the reason I say that is because Russell Wilson said something about Mike Williams yesterday. It was reported during the game that when Mike Williams came to Pittsburgh, he showed up with such a big smile – and he was so happy.” For example, he was so unaffected by playing for the Jets, with the Jets, for Aaron Rodgers, that he makes the game-winning touchdown catch over his left shoulder in an astonishing series of events.
“Because the reason he’s on the field is because the guy who would have been there on the field gets hurt in the last game – and that’s the only reason he’s there. And Russell Wilson has the confidence to give him the football, and it was a game-winning touchdown pass. And what Russell was talking about, Mike Williams, actually gives you a real perspective of what’s going on there in the locker room for the Jets.
New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers, No. 8, walks to the sideline during the second half of an NFL football game against the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday, Nov. 10, 2024, in Glendale, Arizona. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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The hype seemed to be the only thing Jets fans could cling to as the season dragged on. New York isn’t completely out of the playoffs yet, but a miracle has to happen.
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Ryan Gaydos is editor-in-chief for Fox News Digital.