Joe Flacco doesn’t turn 40 until January, so he’s a kid compared to Aaron Rodgers who turns 41 in December. Perhaps that explains why in his last 8 regular season games, his teams (Browns in 2023, Colts in 2024) have won 6 times and he’s thrown 20 TD passes. Flacco won a Super Bowl with the Baltimore Ravens and has been a very good QB, but no one would compare him to Rodgers.
Rodgers legitimately is one of the all-time greats, but he’s has not looked the part through the first 5 games of this season. As a matter of fact, he’s only looked above average in 5 of 20 quarters (Q4 in Tennessee and the entire game against the Patriots’ JV squad).
To Rodgers credit, publicly he has been accountable for the Jets failures, for the recent firing of Robert Saleh, and the demotion of his good buddy Nathaniel Hackett. Regardless of whether he is being sincere, like I believe he is, or if he is a pathological liar who forced Woody Johnson’s hands, as his legions of detractors believe, it doesn’t really matter. Now, it’s on him.
Zach Wilson is in Denver, Mekhi Becton is in Philadelphia, his Achillies is healed, his ankle sprain is low, not high and Joe Flacco has reinforced that age is not always undefeated.
Deep down Rodgers knows his Green Bay legacy is set, and he’ll get in to the Hall of Fame on the first ballot. But he wanted the 2nd act that Peyton got in Denver and Tom got in Tampa. He got what he wanted. The Jets are now his team, it’s his locker room, it’s his 2nd act.
No excuses left, it’s on him.
