Three days after suggesting that Aaron Rodgers‘ pre-snap cadence was an issue in the course of the New York Jets‘ penalty-stuffed loss to the Denver Broncos, head coach Robert Saleh denied as a lot, telling reporters Wednesday that there “by no means was a cadence subject,” and that it was fabricated by others.
“There is no such thing as a cadence subject,” Saleh stated. “There by no means was a cadence subject. It was created.”
His remarks got here in response to a query of whether or not he and Rodgers had mentioned “the cadence factor” since Sunday’s 10-9 loss to Denver. The Jets have been penalized an NFL-high 13 instances within the defeat, with eight of these infractions issued to the offense. Saleh indicated instantly following the sport that Rodgers’ cadence, or verbal alerts to snap the ball, had contributed to the missteps.
“We have to determine it out,” Saleh stated Sunday evening. “Whether or not or not we’re ok to deal with or able to deal with all of the cadence. Cadence had not been a problem all camp. [I] felt like our operation had been working fairly good. Clearly as we speak [we] took a significant step again.”
Rodgers was then requested about Saleh’s feedback in his personal information convention, and pushed again on the notion his cadence may have to be reworked or dialed again to chop down on pre-snap penalties.
“That is one solution to do it,” Rodgers stated. “The opposite approach is to carry [players] accountable. We’ve not had a problem. We have solely had one false begin. [Right tackle] Morgan [Moses] had one false begin, I consider, till this. [It’s] been a weapon. We use it each day in apply. We not often have a false begin. To have 5 as we speak … looks like an outlier. I do not know if we have to make mass modifications based mostly on sort of an outlier sport.”
Raiders All-Professional broad receiver Davante Adams backed his former quarterback on Tuesday, saying the Jets ought to “have certain consequences if guys can’t get right.” He applauded the tradition set by Packers head coach Matt LaFleur, the very best man in Saleh’s marriage ceremony.
“That is the profitable tradition that we had in Inexperienced Bay. That is why we had so many profitable years,” Adams said Tuesday on “Up and Adams” with host Kay Adams. “Clearly we did not win a Super Bowl, which sucked. However my final three years there, 13 video games (received) three years in a row that does not occur on accident. You bought to be detailed and demand probably the most out of your group.”
Saleh did seem to push again on Rodgers’ — and by extension — Adams’ perspective. That is noteworthy contemplating Adams reportedly requested a trade on Tuesday and openly spoke about missing playing with Rodgers.
“They’re males, they need to be handled like males,” Saleh said on Wednesday, via SNY. “They already know they tousled. They do not have to be embarrassed, they should know tips on how to appropriate it. And I do not suppose doing push-ups is instructing a man tips on how to appropriate it.”
Each Saleh and Rodgers did have variety phrases for one another by Monday. The coach insisted “we’re at all times going to push the envelope with cadence,” redirecting focus to “getting out and in of the huddle, attending to the road of scrimmage” and speaking earlier than Rodgers’ trademark laborious counts. He added Tuesday that “we’ll proceed to do the identical issues we have been doing” as an offense.
Rodgers, in the meantime, instructed “The Pat McAfee Present” that he and Saleh “have an incredible relationship.” Saleh additionally had nothing however optimistic phrases to say about his quarterback Tuesday: “Aaron and I are improbable,” he stated when requested about his relationship with Rodgers. “Love the man.”
