“For what it’s worth, the Jets do believe (Aaron) Rodgers still has bullets left in the gun. And, really, a lot of this, again, boils down to goals that don’t really match up,” wrote Albert Breer for Sports Illustrated.
How could the seasonal goals in the NFL not match up between the organization and the QB? There should be only one goal every year – to win a Super Bowl. That’s it.
“For the Jets, now, it means doubling down on the young core that Garrett Wilson, Breece Hall, Olu Fashanu, Alijah Vera-Tucker, Quinnen Williams, Quincy Williams, Jermaine Johnson and Sauce Gardner make up, and creating a sustained winner off it,” wrote Breer.
You can have all that talent at other positions, but if you don’t have a QB, where are you going?
“For Rodgers, conversely, it means being with a team that will lean into winning right now, the way the Jets have the last couple years, and the way the Broncos and Buccaneers did years ago behind Peyton Manning and Tom Brady. Whether or not that sort of team will be out there for Rodgers is an open question. But after the last two years, the Jets weren’t going to be that team again,” Breer wrote.
Why not? Breer mentioned all that great young talent, so why can’t they be that team?
Some of these narratives seem a little incongruous.
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