At the height of his powers, Aaron Rodgers led a lethal offense that won playoff games and even a Super Bowl title in 2010. It has been 14 years since that victory in Super Bowl XLV, though, and the offense that Rodgers has mastered for decades has never looked as bad as it does now. And the New York Jets are the ones having to live with that.
David Butler II-Imagn Images While there are many issues for the Jets 2-6 start, a big part of their concerns have been the operational struggles that have plagued the team from the first week of the season. Burning timeouts with the play clock running down, taking multiple pre-snap penalties, and simply getting out of the huddle too late is something the Jets have struggled with during their five-game losing streak. On Tuesday, Rodgers tried to explain exactly what was the root cause of those issues.
"In this offense, there are some long calls sometimes, so we got to get the personnel in, I got to spit the call out, and we got to get up the line, make the call, and make the right check or not make a check and just go, so there's going to be long calls, that's the way we do it," Rodgers explained. "There's run-pass options, run-run options, pass-to-run options, I just got to spit it out, we got to get to the line and get that thing going." Now, more than ever, it appears Rodgers' way of doing things offensively looks archaic.
New York ranked among the bottom of the barrel in the use of motion under Nathaniel Hackett as a playcaller. Tha.
