When Peyton Manning signed with the Broncos in 2012, the teaching workers adopted the Colts playbook that Manning appreciated, added a number of wrinkles and had their new offense. They signed tight finish Jacob Tamme and broad receiver Brandon Stokley, who have been Manning favorites, and flirted with signing heart Jeff Saturday earlier than he went to the Packers.
In 2020, Tom Brady went to the Buccaneers. Tampa Bay quickly signed tight finish Rob Gronkowski and broad receiver Antonio Brown, each Brady favorites who scored touchdowns in Tampa’s Tremendous Bowl win. One of many main storylines earlier than that Tremendous Bowl was how the turning level of Tampa’s season got here in the course of the bye week when Bruce Arians altered his offense to offer Brady extra management.
“I believe Coach [Bruce] Arians gave him a bit bit extra management over the offense,” LeSean McCoy, a working again on that group, stated. “After the bye week, it modified up a bit bit. [Brady] obtained a few of his performs, obtained his tight finish a bit extra concerned, play-actions, taking photographs down area but in addition managing the sport and that every one modified after the bye week.”
That brings us to Aaron Rodgers and the Jets.
Sure, Rodgers has an amazing quantity of affect on the Jets. And he ought to.
This has turn out to be a subject of debate once more this week within the wake of an article from The Athletic that has a joke from an opposing normal supervisor about Rodgers being the GM and Joe Douglas being his assistant.
The second acts of Manning and Brady are the one actual comparisons for what the Jets are doing with Rodgers. Brett Favre was traded to the Jets in August 2008, so they didn’t have time to essentially adapt their system to him. However while you add an all-time nice quarterback to your group late in his profession, you’d be dumb to not pay attention.
The issue for the Jets is Rodgers has but to finish a cross for them. He performed 4 snaps, threw one incompletion after which spent the remainder of the season as a weekly reminder of what may have been on “The Pat McAfee Present.”
Rodgers can also be a straightforward goal. Loads of folks don’t like him and he typically comes throughout as considering he’s the neatest man within the room. I get it.
The Jets are additionally a straightforward goal proper now after one other disappointing season.
However they didn’t do something incorrect by taking Rodgers’ recommendation final season. Allen Lazard and Randall Cobb have been unhealthy signings. But when Rodgers had been the quarterback, they seemingly would have been higher. Any receiver would have regarded higher with Rodgers throwing to him as a substitute of Zach Wilson, Tim Boyle and Trevor Siemian. Rodgers is among the biggest quarterbacks who has ever lived.
Rodgers additionally was not making each name. You suppose he advised the Jets to draft a defensive finish within the first spherical? Douglas nonetheless has loads of energy and he was again on the path this week in Cell, Ala., for the Senior Bowl.
I don’t suppose Rodgers may have as a lot affect over personnel this offseason. The Jets have been wooing him final 12 months. Now, they’re married. There can be much less romancing this 12 months.
When it comes to scheme, the Jets ought to completely cater to Rodgers. They’d be idiotic to not. That’s the reason firing Nathaniel Hackett was not on the desk after the season. If that is who Rodgers feels snug with, then that’s who he ought to be paired with.
Hackett had an inauspicious debut season with the Jets. However perhaps he’s Artwork Garfunkel and he actually wants Paul Simon to carry out his expertise.
So far as Rodgers’ affect over whether or not Robert Saleh stayed as coach, I believe that has been misrepresented, as effectively. It’s not like Rodgers stomped his toes and advised Woody Johnson he needed to maintain Saleh. It simply is smart to offer Saleh an opportunity to get a season with Rodgers and see if the plan that Saleh and Douglas got here up with final season will work.
It’s straightforward to grasp why Jets followers are annoyed. They’ve been ready too lengthy for a winner. However Rodgers’ having a loud voice contained in the group is a part of the answer, not the issue.