Hard Knocks

[Heyjoe4]

Being a fan of both teams, I've been on the Jets boards, too. Some want to hang themselves from the MetLife rafters; others (like me) take it as more evidence of a curse. It was an amazing game in the end, but it's hard to see the Jets as being anything more than competitive this year. And now there's another number one pick to think about....

Yeah I mean I don't care for Rodgers but would never wish this on any player. Even for a much younger player, this is a very serious injury. Kevin Durant had the same injury and missed one full season with the Nets and part of the next season I think, and he is much younger than AR. He did, of course, return in fine form.

It's hard to see Rodgers continuing his career after this. This was the year when all the pieces fell into place for the Jets, much as they did for Tom Brady and the Bucs. Eventually, having great draft classes becomes a cap nightmare. For the Jets, this must be a curse.

Then again, that defense looks very, very good - and they have other talented players on offense. I don't think Wilson is the guy, but maybe someone else could come in. It doesn't require an MVP year from the QB for the Jets to have a great year.

 

[Heyjoe4]

He's also trying to rehabilitate his image.

Just noticed this comment pac and you're right. Remember last year when he showed up looking like Nic Cage with his hair down to his shoulders, after not doing anything pre-TC with the new guys? Then during the season he has some weird haircut that made him look like Predator?

Not with the Jets. If not for the beard, he looked like he just stepped out of prep school.

Well as we should know, pretending, lying, and narcissism only takes one so far. He had a boatload of bad karma coming his way. It arrived all at once this Monday night. I'd be devastated with an injury like that and I wouldn't wish it on anyone though. I'm sorry he didn't get a chance. He could be a jerk, but his career was unreal.

 

[BrokenArrow]

It's hard to see Rodgers continuing his career after this. This was the year when all the pieces fell into place for the Jets, much as they did for Tom Brady and the Bucs. Eventually, having great draft classes becomes a cap nightmare. For the Jets, this must be a curse.

I think the Jets were probably going to ultimately be disappointed this year anyway.

 

[Heyjoe4]

I think the Jets were probably going to ultimately be disappointed this year anyway.

Well when the consensus expectation is a SB win, and I don't care how good the team looks, it's a set up for a let down. We started way too many seasons as GB fans expecting a SB win as early as the first game. We know how that worked out.

Ironically, this may be the best way for Rodgers to end his career. He's not Tom Brady and the Jets aren't the Bucs Brady inherited.

 

[tripleguy]

Packers were a year late with the Rodgers trade but still better than a year and 4 plays late.

 

[Thirteen Below]

They want J Love now

No, that's not the way it works, and the Jets know this by now. The 3-year formula is simple - Packer qurterback plays 16 years for Green Bay, the last 3 years his replacement watches from the bench, and than the starter throws a series of childish tantrums and demands to be traded to the Jets.

Packers trade him to New York for draft picks, Jets promise fans "all their Super Bowls are now belong to us", veteran quarterback promptly tears a tendon (bicepital, achilles, doesn't matter - player's choice) and stops even trying to pretend anymore that he's anything but a raging narcissistic homewrecking prima dona.

Jets collapse, head coach is fired in disgrace for being made a chump, replacement quarterback in Green Bay is Super Bowl MVP in 2nd year of The Plan, veteran quarterback then moves on to Minnesota to destroy that franchise.

So we're just beginning Year 2 of the cycle. I know the Jets are eager to get back to doing what they do best (destroy their team), but they need to be patient. Their turn for Love doesn't come until 2039. This is all very carefully planned out for good reasons, and they need to just take things as they come, and trust The Plan to work.

 

[Heyjoe4]

No, that's not the way it works, and the Jets know this by now. The 3-year formula is simple - Packer qurterback plays 16 years for Green Bay, the last 3 years his replacement watches from the bench, and than the starter throws a series of childish tantrums and demands to be traded to the Jets.

Packers trade him to New York for draft picks, Jets promise fans "all their Super Bowls are now belong to us", veteran quarterback promptly tears a tendon (bicepital, achilles, doesn't matter - player's choice) and stops even trying to pretend anymore that he's anything but a raging narcissistic homewrecking prima dona.

Jets collapse, head coach is fired in disgrace for being made a chump, replacement quarterback in Green Bay is Super Bowl MVP in 2nd year of The Plan, veteran quarterback then moves on to Minnesota to destroy that franchise.

So we're just beginning Year 2 of the cycle. I know the Jets are eager to get back to doing what they do best (destroy their team), but they need to be patient. Their turn for Love doesn't come until 2039. This is all very carefully planned out for good reasons, and they need to just take things as they come, and trust The Plan to work.

Out of all the storylines that precede an NFL season, Rodgers and the Jets interests me the most this season. Now he is a jerk but he's NYC's jerk now. Even so, I don't wish anything bad for him. The injury that ruined last season would almost certainly have been avoided by Rodgers even 3 or 4 years prior. He moved well if not gracefully in the pocket, but age catches up with all of us. Has it really caught up with Rodgers, enough to affect his HOF-style of play?

Does he have enough in the tank to lift that team? I really don't know but I am interested in seeing how that unfolds. Of course what I'm mostly interested in is a great season for the ascending Packers.

I did get a few solid early morning laughs from your post 13. Thanks for that.