Aaron Rodgers second offseason in New York has been notable for a several reasons.
But The Athletic have done two of their annual end-of-the-offseason anonymous surveys.
Talking to two completely different sets of NFL insiders.
Discussing two entirely different topics.
And the one common factor between them is that both groups took a chainsaw to him.
With Tier 1 consisting of Patrick Mahomes, Joe Burrow and Josh Allen.
Tier 4 being veterans who shouldn’t start all 17 games (I see you, Jacoby Brissett).
And at the moment, no one considered bad enough to be in Tier 5.
As for Rodgers, he was demoted this year to Tier 2 for the first time ever.
Im looking at what he is, not who he is.
The Achilles injury and Rodgers age (he turns 41 in December) created uncertainty.
The nextsurvey they did was of player agents.
Among the topics they were asked to rate all NFLteams in terms of how well they’re run.
Predictably, the perennially dysfunctional Jets did not fare well.
Less predictable was the person they blame for 2024’s unique brand of dysfunction:
Jets.
There is complete disarray over there.
Look at how theyve handled Aaron Rodgers.
Has one player had more power than him?
They have been unable to convert him into a team player.
The vibe inside the building is terrible.
As he enters his 20th season, Aaron Rodgers carries the fate of everyone else.
Even people within the Jets building have to be shaking their heads and wringing their hands.
They all know whats at stake.
Just to correct the record.
Anyhoo, sounds like the ideal situation.
Agents are hearing from their clients that the work environment all around him is toxic.
Other than that, the future of Rodgers and the Jets is rosy.
Let’s hope these insiders are right once again.
