Jets Continue to Confound in Loss to Rams

As I wrote for Fox Sports New Jersey...

One thing is certain about Aaron Rodgers and the Jets they are the biggest conundrum in sports.

The Jets thoroughly outplayed the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday, didn’t punt once, and still found a way to lose the game by ten points, 19-9.

It was a comedy of errors that we have grown accustomed to from Gang Green all year. The kind of ‘Charlie Brown has the football pulled away from him’ kinda game Jets fans have seen for years. 

 

There the Jets were marching down the length of the field, 99 yards in fact, on a crisp and efficient drive that culminated in a Rodgers touchdown strike to his buddy Davante Adams. 6-0 Gang Green.

Then the bottom fell out. The Jets decided to get too bold with their strategy, going for it on fourth and a long four at their own 33, only to see it back-fire. The Rams eventually tied the game with Kyren Williams’s score.

The Jets never learned from that lesson, going for it on fourth and long four more times, and failing when it mattered most.

Perhaps the most egregious came in the third quarter when Rodgers had a wide-open Garret Wilson in the flat on a fourth and four at the Rams 12, but decided to go for his 500th career touchdown pass by forcing a back-shoulder fade to Davante Adams. The ball was knocked away incomplete.

Afterward, a disgruntled Wilson complained about not getting enough opportunities, saying that some people look at it “differently.”

 

It’s no secret Wilson is upset. Rumors already started last week that he seeks a trade in the off-season. 

So the game leaves one question Jets fans? Do you really want Aaron Rodgers back next year? Sure he looks healthy and still shows the same zip he once had on the football. But considering all the drama around him, including Sunday’s loss, is it worth it?

We’ll see. One thing is certain – something that is never true in Jets-land — Gang Green is apparently a “desirable” place for coach and GM candidates according to multiple reports despite the Woody Johnson bombshell last week. Stay tuned.