In a conversation about the Jets and if they are a more or less attractive destination with Aaron Rodgers in the fold next year, one FS1 pundit thinks the signal-caller might be finished.
On Tuesday’s episode of “First Things First,” Chris Broussard was asked by Nick Wright why a new coach would want to come to New York if Rodgers is under center.
Broussard said he believes Rodgers shouldn’t even desire to come back for another go-around.
“Yeah, I think he’s done,” he said. “First of all, he shouldn’t want to come back. I get it, maybe his pride. But I think he’d be smart to be like, ‘I’ve had a great career, I’m freaking 41 years old — about to be — I’ll call it quits.’”
“If any team that does want him, it’s going to be a team that’s close. Right, like, maybe he can get us over the hump. But the Jets have talent and he didn’t get them over the hump, obviously. And Green Bay was 13-3 the year before they felt his last year there. And as soon as he leaves they become a good playoff team.
“And so he’s not going to make a team better at this point in his career because he’s never been a good leader, never had the intangibles. And now that he’s not a super human quarterback, he doesn’t override those negatives anymore.”
It’s been a rough year for Gang Green and Rodgers, who sit at 3-7 after a blowout loss to the Cardinals in Week 10.
NFL.com now has the Jets with just a 15 percent chance to make the playoffs with seven games left in the season.
While Rodgers ranks 10th in the league in passing yards (2,258 yards), he’s 29th in completion percentage (62.4), 21st in yards per completion (10.3) and 23rd in passer rating (86.8).
The quarterback admitted on “The Pat McAfee Show” on Tuesday that the team has been “inconsistent,” and it’s on them to get things turned around.
“You have to hold on to that beautiful thing in life called hope,” Rodgers said on the show. “We aren’t mathematically eliminated. There is a lot to play for. At the end of the day, the one thing that we can play for, whether we are 10-0 or 3-7, is pride. Pride in your performance and pride in the product you are putting on the field.”
