As Andy Vasquez of NJ Advance Media for NJ.com identified, New York Jets head coach Robert Saleh and quarterback Aaron Rodgers appeared to disagree whereas talking with reporters following Sunday’s 10-9 residence loss to the Denver Broncos about pre-snap penalties that impacted Gang Inexperienced at MetLife Stadium.
Former Jets quarterback and present NFL analyst Boomer Esiason nonetheless has ties to the group and touched upon the Saleh-Rodgers relationship throughout Monday’s version of the WFAN morning present.
“I don’t even suppose they discuss to one another,” Esiason stated about Saleh and Rodgers, as shared by Ryan Chichester of Audacy. “I watch to attempt to see if there’s any interplay on the sideline; nothing. I see a man strolling proper previous one other man. I bear in mind these days as a result of I had these days with two coaches particularly, and it was as a result of I didn’t belief the man…I didn’t suppose he knew what he was doing.”
Whereas Saleh indicated following Sunday’s defeat that dropped the Jets to 2-2 on the season that Rodgers’ teammates might not have the ability to deal with the veteran’s pre-snap cadence, Rodgers insisted the membership’s 5 offensive pre-snap penalties towards Denver had been “method out of character for us.” Per ESPN’s Rich Cimini, Saleh backtracked whereas talking throughout a Monday videoconference with reporters and stated the Jets will “proceed to all the time push the envelope” from “a cadence standpoint.”
“I feel there’s a stress cooker right here over in Florham Park,” Esiason said about Saleh discovering himself on the new seat if the Jets lose to the 4-0 Minnesota Vikings in London this Sunday. “I am positive lots of people over there really feel it. In the event that they proceed to lose video games like this and feedback come out like they had been yesterday, I simply really feel like one thing should be carried out in the event that they wish to save the season.”
Jets offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett was Rodgers’ OC with the Inexperienced Bay Packers from 2019-21 and has some head-coaching expertise. It is widely assumed the facility Rodgers holds with the Jets would end result normally supervisor Joe Douglas selling Hackett to the position of interim head coach if the membership parted methods with Saleh throughout the season.
Saleh has accumulated an general report of 20-35 as Jets head coach.
“There’s a main situation there,” Esiason added concerning the Saleh-Rodgers state of affairs. “They’ll deny it, I assure it. However there is a matter there as a result of you may have a 40-year-old, Corridor of Fame quarterback coping with a head coach who I feel he doesn’t respect.”
As of Monday afternoon, DraftKings Sportsbook listed the Jets as 2.5-point underdogs towards the Vikings.
