Super Bowl champion calls Aaron Rodgers 'a cancer' with Jets mired in 4-game losing streak

The New York Jets’ person had Super Bowl aliases bust expectations since they acquired Aaron Rodgers past offseason. 

Though he wasn’t capable to spot that done successful his first twelvemonth owed to a torn Achilles, those expectations are not being met successful 2024.

The Jets participate Week 8 pinch a 2-5 grounds contempt having 1 of nan league’s champion defenses and a number of violative weapons, nan newest being Davante Adams. 

For a squad pinch specified talent, it’s been a tumultuous commencement to nan year. The Jets fired caput coach Robert Saleh, can’t nutrient consistently connected discourtesy and are successful nan midst of a four-game losing streak. 

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New York Jets backmost Aaron Rodgers reacts during nan 2nd half of a crippled against nan Buffalo Bills successful East Rutherford, N.J., Oct. 14, 2024.  (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)

While fingers person been pointed each around, ESPN Radio big and Super Bowl champion Chris Canty believes Rodgers is astatine nan halfway of each nan Jets’ problems, calling him "a cancer" wrong nan organization.

"Here’s nan thing. The past mates of years successful Green Bay, we suspected that Aaron Rodgers could beryllium a small spot toxic, particularly pinch a young team. I had nary thought that it would beryllium this bad," Canty, who won a Super Bowl pinch nan New York Giants during his 11-year career, told ESPN Radio’s "Unsportsmanlike."

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"This feline is simply a crab that has metastasized wrong nan New York Jets organization, and I don’t cognize really they hole it."

Through 7 games, Rodgers has thrown for 1,663 yards pinch a 61.7% completion rate, 10 touchdowns and 7 interceptions. Six of nan 7 interceptions and 5 of nan 10 touchdowns person travel during nan losing skid.

New York Jets backmost Aaron Rodgers (8) throws a walk against nan Pittsburgh Steelers during nan first 4th astatine Acrisure Stadium. (Barry Reeger/Imagn Images)

Jets fans are starting to get restless, and immoderate judge Rodgers making his play appearances connected "The Pat McAfee Show" isn’t helping. 

Rodgers is still a four-time MVP who tin intelligibly still lead an offense. Inconsistency is what’s hurting nan Jets. They look for illustration a well-oiled instrumentality 1 thrust but stall respective much aft that. 

Perhaps nan vintage Packers relationship betwixt Adams and Rodgers needs immoderate grease to get nan rust out. They intelligibly weren’t connected nan aforesaid page successful Pittsburgh Sunday. 

Adams and Garrett Wilson person a chance to beryllium nan league’s champion receiver duo if they tin gel good pinch Rodgers, and nan Jets look to person deed good pinch rookie moving backmost Braelon Allen’s powerfulness and Breece Hall’s skills successful nan crushed crippled and walk game. 

New York Jets backmost Aaron Rodgers walks connected nan section during nan 2nd half of a crippled against nan Buffalo Bills successful East Rutherford, N.J., Oct. 14, 2024.  (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)

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But immoderate observers for illustration Canty deliberation everyone other has been blamed isolated from nan quarterback. This speech will proceed until Rodgers and nan Jets show they are a win-now team.

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