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NFL Rumors: Aaron Rodgers Benching Urged By Jets’ Woody Johnson After Week 4 Loss

Andrew Peters November 20, 2024 Cooper Neill/Getty Images New York Jets owner Woody Johnson made a bold suggestion after the team’s 2-2 start to the season. Per The Athletic’s Zack Rosenblatt and Diana Russini, he suggested benching quarterback Aaron Rodgers for Tyrod Taylor after a disastrous 10-9 loss to the Denver Broncos in Week 4.

NFL Rumors: Aaron Rodgers Benching Urged By Jets’ Woody Johnson After Week 4 Loss

Andrew PetersNovember 20, 2024

EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ - NOVEMBER 17: Aaron Rodgers #8 of the New York Jets looks on from the field during an NFL football game against the Indianapolis Colts at MetLife Stadium on November 17, 2024 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images)

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New York Jets proprietor Woody Johnson made a daring suggestion after the crew’s 2-2 begin to the season.

Per The Athletic’s Zack Rosenblatt and Diana Russini, he urged benching quarterback Aaron Rodgers for Tyrod Taylor after a disastrous 10-9 loss to the Denver Broncos in Week 4. Johnson felt “Rodgers’ efficiency was holding the crew again.”

New York in the end opted to not bench the 40-year-old and has gone 1-6 within the video games since.

In response to Rosenblatt and Russini, the teaching workers and common supervisor Joe Douglas have been “surprised” by the suggestion and talked him out of eager to bench Rodgers. They believed that benching a future Corridor of Famer like Rodgers so early within the season “wouldn’t sit effectively with the locker room” and the coaches thought it “would embarrass Rodgers.”

One coach even requested if the proprietor was severe in his suggestion.

Since Johnson’s suggestion, there have been loads of adjustments in New York—none of which have concerned Rodgers.

The Jets fired head coach Robert Saleh per week later after a loss to the Minnesota Vikings. On Monday, they parted ways with Douglas.

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When it comes to its roster, New York acquired star large receiver Davante Adams—a staple of Rodgers’ Inexperienced Bay Packers days—from the Las Vegas Raiders and traded receiver Mike Williams to the Pittsburgh Steelers. Defensive finish Haason Reddick ended his holdout and joined the crew in late October.

All of these adjustments have resulted in little success for New York. The Jets are 3-8 on the yr and have only one win since September. After they beat the Houston Texans two weeks in the past, there gave the impression to be new life in New York, however back-to-back losses have proved in any other case.

Rodgers has 2,442 passing yards, 17 touchdowns and 7 interceptions this yr with a 51.0 quarterback score.

SNY’s Connor Hughes reported Tuesday that Jets gamers have “checked out” and are “simply prepared for it to be over.” Hughes added that the crew additionally “prefers to maneuver on from Rodgers” after the season.

When the Jets constructed their roster round Rodgers, there was hope he may assist them snap an unpleasant playoff drought and doubtlessly make them the Tremendous Bowl. Now midway via his second season in New York, it appears the crew is heading in the direction of one other rebuild.

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