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Jets Plan to Move On from Aaron Rodgers Amid Changes
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2/14/2025
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We'll start with the Jets, who have spent the last two days telling the world that they
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don't want Aaron Rodgers back.
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You think they'll do it again tomorrow as well?
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It's funny, Scott, you asked me, I don't know, six weeks ago, what's going to happen with
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Rodgers?
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And I said, look, we're going to have a new GM, that GM likely will not want to have Aaron
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Rodgers around.
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They want to get younger at the position.
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And that's what Darryl Mugee is going to do.
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When you look at that situation with the Jets, they don't have the future quarterback.
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Let's face it.
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Towerhead Taylor is under contract for this next season.
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So is Jordan Travis, who I'm told from talking to people with the Jets, he's seen as a project.
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So they're another team of my nine right now, just checking with other teams.
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There are about nine teams that would tell you that they're not sure who their quarterback
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will be for 25.
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They can probably tell you who the backups are, but they don't know who the starter's
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going to be.
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And the Jets now are among those nine.
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So they're going to move on from Rodgers.
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Rodgers, Scott, has to make a decision on what he wants to do with his career.
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And that's the thing.
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I'm sure he's not going to want to be a backup.
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Why hang on?
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He's got all the money in the world.
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There's no reason for him to do something like that.
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So it's going to be hard for him to find another starting job now.
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And you and I will examine some of these teams in future segments.
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But the Jets are among a group of teams that don't know who their starter is.
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But here's the thing, Scott.
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When you look at free agency at the quarterback position, it's not very good.
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This is not a year to need a starting quarterback.
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Yeah, there's no doubt about it.
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So let's talk about this free agency list that you have.
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Very light at quarterback.
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And I'm going to start with this.
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The rumors were flying today about the Steelers going after Trevor Lawrence of the Jaguars.
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And there were all these trade scenarios and everything else.
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And I want to get your opinion of it, because I've already expressed mine.
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I mean, frankly, I'd rather have Justin Fields in him.
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I mean, I think he is so overrated, it's not even funny.
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And I think that Fields can really run and break ankles.
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And I still think if he's working with the right coaches,
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he could actually be a better passer.
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I mean, I watch Trevor Lawrence.
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I think he's gone backwards.
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Yeah, what I'm told with that situation, we'll start with Justin Fields and the Steelers.
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Arthur Smith actually liked Justin Fields.
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He had a couple minor injuries.
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And not only do I believe that Russell Wilson won't be back,
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it's a situation where the Steelers are still looking for the future quarterback position.
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Justin Fields, they don't know enough about.
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They liked his limited work with them, particularly in training camp.
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Then as I told you to start the regular season, no matter what, it was going to be Russell Wilson.
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And you and I talked about it late in the season, Russell Wilson faded significantly.
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Sometimes with Russell Wilson, you just get frustrated.
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He doesn't always get rid of the football when he should.
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You saw what happened in that Chiefs game.
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I know you were not happy about that.
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And the Steelers were not either.
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So the Steelers are going to have another starting quarterback.
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That's just the way it is.
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But if you look at my list, the number one guy on it is Sam Darnold.
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Sam Darnold came out of nowhere.
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You got to give Kevin O'Connell credit, one of the all-time coaching shots
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at the quarterback position.
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This guy never played good football until this season.
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Former Jets first-round pick had bounced around a little bit,
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but it worked with Kevin O'Connell, the quarterback whisperer.
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He's by far the number one guy.
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After that, it's the aforementioned Russell Wilson, who literally right now
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is a year-to-year quarterback.
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That's all he really is.
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At this point in his mid-30s, he's hanging on.
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He still wants to play.
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It's very clear.
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But the bottom line is, he's a marginal starter at best.
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Justin Fields, I agree, is much younger.
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He's got a lot of upside.
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But, Scott, here's the thing with Justin Fields.
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It's a lack of consistency at his game.
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You need a staff that wants to develop this player.
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And that's what you're alluding to.
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You're definitely right about that.
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He's got skills enough to develop, but you've got to be patient with him.
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You can't keep changing staffs or not give him a chance to get himself out of it.
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At this point, you've got to give him a chance to be the guy.
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But if you look at the rest of my list, you've got Journeyman,
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Jimmy Garoppolo and his injury history.
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He's a fine backup.
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Josh Jobs has shown he can be a backup.
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Mason Rudolph, your guy, the former Steeler, right?
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Andy Dalton, backup.
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Jacoby Brissett, backup.
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Winston, backup.
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Flacco, backup.
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Marcus Mariota, that's really it.
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That's why, Scott, teams are going to look towards the draft this year.
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I know it's not a great year for the draft,
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but you're going to hear the name Jackson Dart from Mississippi.
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He's a guy, he's going to go in the top 50.
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He could, he could go, Scott, late in the first round.
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Bo Nix, we were talking about Bo Nix last year at this time.
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Most people in the league did not think he had a chance to go in the first round.
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Had a great offseason.
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And Sean Payton fell in love with him.
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And you saw what happened.
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He not only was a starter, they made the playoffs.
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