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Aaron Rodgers is headed to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
That is true even if the New York Jets can’t find a way out of their early season spiral that saw their record fall to 2-3 and their coach, Robert Saleh, get fired on Tuesday. Heck, that is true if he never completes another pass for the New York Jets or even if he had never become a New York Jet in the first place.
His 18 seasons in Green Bay, highlighted by four MVP trophies, a Super Bowl championship and 475 regular season touchdowns, assured that long ago. He’s a legend.
And yet, legends get compared to legends. The degrees of greatness matter, and Rodgers’ late-career franchise switch is open to judgment as well, especially when compared to peers Peyton Manning and Tom Brady.
In 2023, Rodgers, at age 39, left Green Bay for New York in search of a Super Bowl. He followed the path of Manning, who went from Indianapolis to Denver in 2012 nearing age 36, and Brady, who moved from New England to Tampa Bay in 2020 at age 42.
Both Manning and Brady won Super Bowls, made playoff runs in other seasons and generally changed the direction, if not the hard-to-define “culture,” of their new franchises.
They finished strong. They proved to be more than just their original franchises.
Rodgers, well, the jury remains out.
Aaron Rodgers isn’t having the same impact on the Jets that Tom Brady and Peyton Manning did on their late-career franchises. (Photo by Mario Hommes/DeFodi Images via Getty Images)
An opening night, season-ending injury last year delayed things. Now five weeks into the season, the Jets look like the old Jets. Their two victories are against bad New England and Tennessee teams. They looked listless in a loss to Minnesota — and old QB San Darnold — in London.
That left Saleh without a job.
“This is one of the most talented teams that has ever been assembled by the New York Jets,” team owner Woody Johnson said. “I wanted to give the team the best opportunity to win this season.”
How much is…
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Publish date : 2024-10-09 18:15:14
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