TransMonk wrote: ↑Thu Mar 16, 2023 9:52 am
With the caveat that this is not yet a done deal, how do the Jets fans here feel about the prospect of pivoting to Rodgers?
A couple factors in play here
1) a certain pct of NYJ fans and (presumably) NYJ mgmt, most certainly egged on by the football media (who not only discuss the NFL 24/7/365 but do so almost entirely
through the lens of QBs) are convinced that the Jets, as currently constructed, are merely a good QB away from being a serious contender if not a true SB candidate this
coming year. Hence the reaction of the fan a couple posts above yours.
2) getting Rogers (Aaron, not Steven J.) satisfies the knee-jerk reaction of NYC teams to land not just a good player (or coach) but, maybe more importantly, a
NAME player..
The Knicks, and to a lesser extent the Rangers, given the midtown Manhattan location of those two and their co-jolned history of corporate ownership over the years (including,
at various times, the likes of Paramount, Gulf & Western, Cablevision) have been the biggest adherents to the name chase but the others as well (with maybe the NJG most
immune to that trend). So even if it doesn't work there'll be the sentiment of 'Oh well, at least we got the best guy out there so ya can't say we didn't try'.
... I would be VERY interested to see how he interacts with the NY media (which is the polar opposite of GB/WI sports media).
I think there is a better than even chance that he gets eaten alive there.
This certainly could have a short honeymoon plus a bad and quick ending (as some here have already predicted). But, to quote the title of a current book on the Astros sign
stealingscandal, 'Winning Fixes Everything' and if the Jets w/Rogers even
get to a SB (it's only been 54 years since their
last only one) much less win it, he's gonna own the
town (Joe Willie Who?) and can play the diva all the live long day.
