The recently-hired New York Jets regime, that includes first-time head coach Aaron Glenn and basic supervisor Darren Mougey, knowledgeable Aaron Rodgers earlier this month that the membership will transfer on from the veteran quarterback in the course of the offseason.
Whereas serving as a visitor WFAN co-host on Monday, former Jets offensive lineman and present NFL analyst Willie Colon recommended the crew’s hiring of 42-year-old offensive coordinator Tanner Engstrand is one motive Rodgers will not stay with the membership for an additional marketing campaign.
“A pair issues you need to have a look at,” Colon defined in regards to the scenario, Audacy’s Lou DiPietro shared. “One, they introduced in a brand new OC, and if this factor doesn’t take off in the suitable approach, you already know that is gonna be powerful for a younger OC to sort of cope with Aaron Rodgers — he’s not the best man to work with. Two, you want a brand new begin total. I am okay with Aaron Glenn and Co. saying we’ve seen this, we all know what it’s and I need to run this ship my approach and never have to stick to something you bought happening. Aaron Rodgers is a Corridor of Fame quarterback, so he has a spot on the desk, however total, I feel it is most likely the perfect transfer shifting ahead.”
The notion that Rodgers is “not the best man to work with” is one motive reporters imagine the Pittsburgh Steelers, Cleveland Browns and Indianapolis Colts are among the many groups that will not pursue the 41-year-old each time he formally turns into out there. Particularly, some inside the Jets reportedly had been a minimum of a little bothered that Rodgers skipped the membership’s two-day necessary minicamp this previous spring due to a pre-planned journey and that he routinely generated headlines by way of feedback he made throughout interviews on applications akin to “The Pat McAfee Present.”
For a bit printed on Monday, NFL insider Albert Breer of Sports activities Illustrated wrote that “the timelines of the Jets and Rodgers” “not match up” after he seemed like a shell of his all-time nice self as he handled accidents to each his knees, a low ankle sprain and a severe hamstring difficulty in the course of the 2024 season.
“He had a hamstring,” Colon added about Rodgers. “He had a knee, he had an ankle and there have been experiences that his hip was beginning to nag him. You want a brand new begin.”
One won’t ever know what might’ve been for the Jets had Rodgers not suffered a torn Achilles 4 offensive snaps into the 2023 regular-season opener. In the end, his incapacity to reclaim his greatest type following that setback is the most important motive a Jets regime that did not recruit him two offseasons in the past is now moving into a unique path.
