The New York Jets disappointing play reached a caller debased this past weekend.
The Jets suffered a 25-22 nonaccomplishment to nan New England Patriots successful Week 8. Aaron Rodgers vanished nan crippled pinch 233 passing yards and 2 touchdowns, but he has mostly fallen short of expectations since he joined nan Jets.
The four-time NFL MVP suffered a season-ending wounded successful nan first crippled of past season. But, nan Jets entered nan 2024 play pinch a roster galore believed was beardown capable to contend for nan playoffs. During Monday's version of ESPN's "First Take," Pro Football Hall of Famer Shannon Sharpe took purpose astatine Rodgers, describing nan backmost arsenic a "smug" and "condescending guy."
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Shannon Sharpe speaks onstage during nan 2024 RenderATL Tech Conference astatine AmericasMart Atlanta connected June 14, 2024 successful Atlanta, Georgia. (Paras Griffin/Getty Images)
"Let’s make it nan trifecta because it couldn’t hap to a much smug, cavalier, condescending guy," Sharpe said.
Sharpe past placed nan blasted for nan Jets issues squarely connected nan shoulders of Rodgers.
"… Now, who other are you going to blasted it on? You moving retired of group to occurrence and demote. You fired [now-ex-coach] Robert Saleh, you going to occurrence [Jeff] Ulrbich now, nan interim caput coach? You’ve demoted [offensive coordinator Nathaniel] Hackett, what are you going to do? Demote nan caller violative coordinator? Who other you gonna waste and acquisition for? Who other you gonna bring in?"
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The Jets did precocious onshore four-time Pro Bowler Davante Adams via a waste and acquisition pinch nan Las Vegas Raiders. The move reunited Rodgers pinch his friend and erstwhile Green Bay Packers teammate.
But, Sharpe went connected to revisit immoderate caller remarks Patriots protect lineman Davon Godchauxk made successful reference to Rodgers, saying nan 40-year-old awesome caller wholly lacked mobility.
New York Jets backmost Aaron Rodgers (8) throws walk against nan Pittsburgh Steelers during nan first 4th astatine Acrisure Stadium. (Barry Reeger-Imagn Images)
"You conscionable don’t cognize if he could move backmost there," Godchaux said via the Boston Herald aft nan Patriots triumph complete nan Jets. "I tin tally him down and drawback him. He don’t look mobile astatine all.
"So it was bully for us. We cognize we tin get aft him and onslaught him successful nan passing crippled too. So, you know, gladsome to travel retired present pinch nan win."
"You heard what Godchalk said yesterday, this guy, I tin pursuit him down," Sharpe said.
New York Jets backmost Aaron Rodgers (8) drops backmost to walk successful nan first half of an NFL shot crippled against nan Pittsburgh Steelers successful Pittsburgh, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Freed)
During ESPN's weekday greeting programme "Get Up," big and self-proclaimed Jets instrumentality Mike Greenberg directed immoderate blunt disapproval astatine nan franchise.
"The New York Jets of 2024 are 1 of nan colossal failures successful sports history," Greenberg said. "The New York Jets turned complete their full franchise to him [Aaron Rodgers] and it sewage much, overmuch worse."
After nan nonaccomplishment to nan Patriots, Rodgers admitted that putting much points connected nan scoreboard needs to beryllium a privilege going forward.
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"We’ve sewage to people touchdowns," Rodgers said. "Can’t time off it up to Greg [Zuerlein] aliases effort and pin it connected Greg. We had a batch of opportunities to people 30, to make it a two-score crippled astatine times and didn't do it."
The Jets person a speedy turnaround successful Week 9 arsenic nan squad hosts nan Houston Texans connected Thursday night.
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Chantz Martin is simply a sports writer for Fox News Digital.