Rock Bottom

By Mike Rifkin

The Jets lost to the Cardinals 31-6 on Sunday, dropping the Jets to 3-7 on the season. When the Jets acquired Aaron Rodgers, they believed that they were destined to end their playoff drought and potentially win the franchise’s first Super Bowl since 1969. Well both those ships look like they’re sailing away. 

Last year the organization could say just wait until Aaron returns and then we’ll be back on track. Well this season they still can’t get on track, and all the scapegoats are gone. Robert Saleh was fired a few weeks ago and Mike Williams, who Rodgers threw under the bus multiple times was traded to the Steelers at the trade deadline. The Jets even acquired Rodgers’ best friend in Davante Adams, but that hasn’t helped things change much. Now, is this all Rodgers’ fault? 

No, this supposed elite defense, which cornerback DJ Reed compared to the ‘85 Bears in training camp last season has been abysmal at times this season. They made the Cardinals’ offense look like the greatest show on turf. They gave up over 400 yards to the Cardinals, and the Cardinals averaged seven yards per play. The play that summed up this game, and the Jets season overall took place in the second quarter where Kyler Murray hit Tight End Trey Mcbride for a catch and McBride just threw Sauce Gardener off of him for a gain of 17 yards. 

Interim Coach Jeff Ulbrich said the team was “not prepared to play”. This team had 10 days to prepare for the game, and they weren’t ready? Aaron Rodgers and Davante Adams said the team lacked energy. This team lacks a lot of things and it has shown in 2024, even though they thought they were a Quarterback away from contention a lot has gone wrong over the last year plus. So here’s my question for Jet fans and this organization: what comes next? But for a lot of parties they better hope Sunday was rock bottom.