Exploring New York Jets' Season Prospects with Aaron Rodgers

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00:00A year ago this time, the New York Jets were projected to either finish second or third

00:08in the AFC East.

00:09They had a high season win total, it was all surrounding the acquisition of Aaron Rodgers.

00:15And George, we're right back in that spot again this year.

00:17Here we go.

00:18Yeah, like, you know, it was very hard to know what to expect.

00:23Guy hasn't played in a full year, hearing all the right things, which I suppose we're

00:28going to, but for me, and again, I'm not anti-Jets at all, I'm just trying to be pragmatic

00:34about the situation.

00:36I guess I'll just maybe be wrong at the end of the season, I'm just not buying this.

00:40I think the Jets will be okay, they can't be any worse at quarterback than they were

00:44last year, it was horrific, but is Rodgers Brady?

00:50If he is, it's going to be a great year, but if he's not, how much better is it going to

00:54be than last year?

00:56How many games did they win?

00:57Six?

00:58Maybe they win nine?

00:59I don't know.

01:00I'm just not bullish on this.

01:02Well, it all comes down to Aaron Rodgers.

01:05As you said, he pretty much hasn't played football in two years, right?

01:09Missed three, four, five snaps in game one last year before suffering the Achilles tear.

01:14So how's he going to be?

01:17I don't think they need him to be the Aaron Rodgers of Green Bay, the MVP guy, but they

01:20need him to be at least 80, 85% of that, if not more.

01:26The defense we know is great, right?

01:27It is really, really good.

01:30The offense could be good.

01:31You have Aaron Rodgers, Breece Hall, very good running back, running back one, Garrett

01:37Wilson, wide receiver one.

01:40So it's there.

01:41You don't have much behind Garrett Wilson, you don't really have a tight end that we

01:44want to think about there, and the offensive line is a work in progress, shall we say.

01:49So there are some things to worry about here, but it all goes down to Aaron Rodgers.

01:53I think he could be good, but then again, this guy's a narcissist who's, I love the

01:57way he says, by the way, we can't cause any distractions here, and they didn't show up

02:02for what, mandatory minicamp.

02:04Okay, sure, and this guy is a walking distraction, all right?

02:09So I don't know what we're going to get from him, I don't.

02:11If it's the Aaron Rodgers, if he's 85% of the future Hall of Famer, Jets are going to

02:17be a good team, they're going to be a problem.

02:19If he's less than that, we're talking 70, as you sort of just said, they won six games

02:24last year, they'll be better with Aaron, no doubt, they had no quarterback last year.

02:27That might get him to eight, nine wins, a wildcard consideration there.

02:30So I don't think we all know what we're going to get here.

02:32There is hope, there's a lot of hope in New York, by the way, that Aaron Rodgers is going

02:36to be that guy, but that's normal, that's what the fan base does, right?

02:38There's always hope, no matter who your quarterback is.

02:39Hell, they thought Zach Wilson, oh, he'll figure it out this year, right?

02:43So we'll see, this is a work in progress, but the defense will allow them to be able

02:49to get off to a slow start and still be competitive.

02:52Look at the schedule here, you play San Fran week one, I mean, damn, talk about it, it's

02:57San Fran, by the way, you'll be tested right away at Tennessee, it's no fun either, but

03:00then the schedule gets a little easier, you know, you play New England, Denver, Minnesota

03:04in a three-game stretch, all at home, they play four home games in a row, they play Buffalo

03:08at home as well.

03:09Wow.

03:10Four in a row, that's a lot.

03:11Yeah, that's unusual, but four in a row there.

03:14All right, Garrett Wilson is their top guy unless Devante Adams comes to town, again,

03:20that's just been a rumor going on.

03:22I don't know why, but maybe there's something to it.

03:25We know players get traded right before the season begins, every year there's surprises,

03:28so maybe that's in the cards here, but Wilson, without any quarterback last year, essentially

03:34had over 1,000 yards, only three touchdowns because there were no touchdowns to be scored

03:38with the New York Jets, 95 receptions as well, and this is like the one player that, you

03:45know, Brees Hall can't go much higher in fantasy, but Wilson can, and you would think that if

03:50Rodgers is healthy, as you're saying, and he has an 85% Rodgers season, we're going

03:55to be seeing Garrett Wilson being drafted in the first round of fantasy next year.

03:59Yeah, although next year, will Rodgers still be there?

04:04That's true, too.

04:05You know, that would be, I don't know if Rodgers wants to be here, and if the Jets don't do

04:10well, maybe Rodgers moves on, I don't think he's going to retire, this is going to run

04:13for VP again, and all that ridiculousness, but you know, Lazard, they say he's having

04:19a good training camp, and once again, he does seem to have something with Darren Rodgers,

04:25maybe that'll work out here.

04:26Lotus, he was a complete zero last year.

04:29Mike Williams, on the PUP, I don't think we're going to see the true Mike Williams until

04:34maybe next year, he'll come back to the ACL, that just takes a long time to really become

04:38yourself again, and Brees Hall, this team is going to rely on Rodgers, Brees Hall, and

04:43Garrett Wilson.

04:44If any one of them go down or are not themselves this year, I don't see what's happening for

04:49the Jets here.

04:50This is really a three-man offense team, they need to stay healthy, they need to be productive,

04:53these guys here.

04:54I love Garrett Wilson, I think I have him at 8th overall in my personal rankings, I

04:59think that's about right.

05:00Could he get higher?

05:01Sure, but I don't know if I'm going to put him over, he's not going to get to A.J.

05:03Brown territory, I don't see that happening, so I think he's slotted correctly there, I

05:07think he will have a big season here, but like I said, he's going to see a lot of double

05:11coverage, he's seeing the number one cornerback for every team, every team is putting number

05:16one or rolling the coverage his way, he's going to see that, let's see what he can do.

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