When the New York Jets take the field on Thursday night, it will be exactly six weeks since they won a football game. In other words, the Aaron Rodgers era hasn't been loaded with success. Rodgers and the Jets will try to snap a five-game losing streak when they battle the charging Houston Texans at East Rutherford, N.
J. New York (2-6) is averaging just 16.6 points during its slide, which has seen it score 17 points or fewer three times.
The Jets' season high for points is 24, accomplished in each of their victories. New York has often settled for field-goal attempts -- Greg Zuerlein is 9-for-15 -- or failed to make a key play on the offensive end. The Jets are ranked 25th in scoring offense (18.
8 points per game) and 24th in total offense (310.6 yards per game), with Rodgers throwing 12 touchdown passes against seven interceptions. The misery might have reached a zenith on Sunday when the host New England Patriots drove 70 yards in 12 plays to score the winning points with 22 seconds left in their 25-22 victory.
"We've got to score touchdowns," Rodgers told reporters. "Can't leave it up to Greg or try and pin it on Greg. We had a lot of opportunities to score 30, to make it a two-score game at times and didn't do it.
" The Jets fired Robert Saleh as coach after their record dropped to 2-3. They are 0-3 under interim coach Jeff Ulbrich, who doubles as defensive coordinator. "We've just got to be better collectively," Ulbrich said.
"Every single human being out there has got to.
