New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers was frank about his team's goals for this season. It's Super Bowl or bust - and he believes they are among "eight to 12 teams" with the potential to get there. "The goal is New Orleans," told reporters following Wednesday's team practice.
"It has to be the goal." New Orleans is the site of Super Bowl LIX. "The beauty is, every single year there's eight to 12 teams, maybe probably less, but 8-12 teams that can actually do it.
We're one of those eight to 12." Before the start of last season, Rodgers noted that was one of "six to 12 teams" who could win it all. This year, he is confident they are again in the mix.
Rodgers played just four snaps in 2023 before on the MetLife Stadium turf. Without him, the Jets ranked 31st in the NFL offensively with a paltry 268.6 yards per game.
New York finished 7-10, good for third in the AFC East behind the Buffalo Bills and the Miami Dolphins. has the Jets with the second-best odds to top the division at +170 and tied for the ninth-best odds to win the Super Bowl at +1800. It was yet another offseason in the headlines for Rodgers and the New York Jets.
He was fined " " for missing the team's mandatory two-day June minicamp due to a pre-planned trip to Egypt. “I originally scheduled it based on the previous year’s [practice] schedule," "[It] had us out, I believe, by the 9th or 10th. So once I saw the [new] schedule, I was trying to move some things around.
It just didn’t happen.” Fortunately fo.