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New York Jets head coach Robert Saleh and four-time NFL MVP Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers are in direct battle after the 2 had differing reactions to New York’s penalty points in its 10-9 dwelling loss in opposition to the Denver Broncos on Sunday.
The Jets have been known as for an NFL-high 13 penalties throughout their Week 4 defeat that ran their document to 2-2 on the 2024 season, and eight of these infractions have been on Rodgers’ offense. These eight offensive penalties have been the second-most dedicated by an offense in Week 4, forward of solely the Houston Texans‘ 9. 5 of these penalties got here on offensive false begins that Saleh attributed to his four-time NFL MVP quarterback’s exhausting depend, pre-snap cadence. Two have been known as on left guard John Simpson, one other two have been known as on working again Breece Hall, and one was known as on eight-time Professional Bowl left deal with Tyron Smith.
“We obtained to determine it out,” Saleh said postgame. “Whether or not or not we’re ok to deal with or prepared sufficient to deal with all of the cadence. Cadence had not been a problem all camp. Felt like our operation had been working fairly good. Clearly right this moment took a serious step again.”
Certainly one of Simpson’s false begins could have closely impacted the results of Sunday’s recreation. The Jets have been going through fourth-and-goal one yard from the top zone early within the second quarter earlier than Simpson was whistled for a false begin infraction. That brought about New York to kick a discipline objective from Denver’s six, a 23-yarder that put the Jets forward 3-0, as an alternative of trying to attain a landing from a yard away. Rodgers bristled at his postgame press convention when informed of Saleh’s ideas on the false begins, saying the top coach might additionally maintain his teammates accountable for his or her errors.
“That is one solution to do it. The opposite means is to carry them accountable,” Rodgers said postgame when informed Saleh prompt dialing again the quarterback’s exhausting depend. “We’ve not had a problem. We have solely had one false begin. [Right tackle] Morgan had one false begin I consider till this. You understand it has been a weapon. We use it day by day in follow. We hardly ever have a false begin. To have 5 right this moment it appeared like, 4 or 5. Yeah, it looks like an outlier. I do not know if we have to make mass modifications primarily based on sort of an outlier recreation.”
New York was known as for under eight offensive penalties in Weeks 1-3, tied for the Tenth-fewest within the league. Rodgers’ outlier level was right: solely a kind of eight offensive penalties in Weeks 1-3 was a false begin, which was known as on proper deal with Morgan Moses within the Jets’ 24-3 dwelling win on “Thursday Evening Soccer” in Week 3. There weren’t any false begins known as on New York in both of the workforce’s highway video games this season in Week 1 on the San Francisco 49ers or in Week 2 on the Tennessee Titans. The Jets had an opportunity to win late Sunday in opposition to the Broncos, however kicker Greg Zuerlein missed a 50-yard, go-ahead discipline objective with 51 seconds left.
All-Pros again Rodgers on false begin “problem” surrounding his patented exhausting depend
Unsurprisingly, previous and current All-Professional gamers facet with Rodgers on this problem, agreeing with the long run Corridor of Fame quarterback that his exhausting depend is certainly a weapon. Retired five-time first-team All-Professional linebacker Luke Kuechly, who was additionally the 2013 NFL Defensive Participant of the Yr and a member of the 2010’s NFL All-Decade Crew together with Rodgers, stated he would “love” if he needed to face Rodgers along with his patented exhausting depend dialed again. Kuechly went 2-2 in opposition to Rodgers’ Green Bay Packers in his eight-year NFL profession from 2012 to 2019, all with the Carolina Panthers. He recorded 25 whole tackles in these matchups however no sacks, quarterback pressures, pressured fumbles, fumbles recovered or interceptions. Rodgers was in a position to restrict the disruptive inside linebacker’s influence, partially by preserving he and his teammates guessing along with his exhausting depend.
“He nailed it: ‘my exhausting depend is a weapon,'” Kuechly said of Rodgers on Monday on an look on “Up and Adams” with Kay Adams. “The quantity of massive performs, go ask (retired Packers vast receiver) Jordy Nelson. ‘Hey Jordy, do you suppose the exhausting depend that Aaron Rodgers has is efficient?’ He would say, ‘Yeah, I obtained paid some huge cash on go balls that Aaron threw me after a defensive lineman jumped offsides.’ So, I’ve performed in opposition to Aaron Rodgers’ exhausting depend and talked about it earlier than. I believe it is actually efficient. … I might love if I performed an Aaron Rodgers workforce in the event that they went on one each time, particularly on third down. I might love that.”
Kay Adams did one higher and as an alternative of asking Nelson, whose 65 receiving touchdowns from Rodgers are the second-most from Rodgers to a single goal, she dialed up Las Vegas Raiders three-time first-team All-Professional vast receiver Davante Adams. His 68 receiving touchdowns from Rodgers when the 2 have been collectively in Inexperienced Bay are probably the most the quarterback has thrown to a single goal in his total profession.
“Aaron is all in regards to the consideration to element,” Adams said Tuesday morning. “So, snap depend, that is consideration to element. You bought to be locked in on one thing like that. We at all times talked about in Inexperienced Bay ‘that the play is tough sufficient to win by itself, so let’s not lose it pre-snap.’ … No less than let’s get our pre-snap operation easy.’ Everyone hears the identical snap depend within the huddle, so there’s actually no excuse for certainly one of this stuff. Holding individuals accountable, I agree (with Rodgers). Typically that is what you need to do versus run from it. Have sure penalties if guys cannot get proper.”
Adams pointed to having a tradition of accountability as a purpose why the Packers turned the primary workforce in NFL historical past to win not less than 13 video games in three consecutive seasons from 2019-2021. These have been Adams’ final three seasons in Inexperienced Bay and head coach Matt LaFleur’s first three seasons with the Packers.
“That is the successful tradition that we had in Inexperienced Bay. That is why we had so many profitable years,” Adams stated. “Clearly we did not win a Super Bowl, which sucked. However my final three years there, 13 video games (gained) three years in a row that does not occur on accident. You bought to be detailed and demand probably the most out of your workforce.”
Maybe Adams and Rodgers might be teammates as soon as once more, however in New York as Jets below Saleh, with Adams requesting a trade Tuesday afternoon.
