Aaron Rodgers makes honest admission over role in New York Jets coach being fired

The New York Jets made the determination to occurrence caput manager Robert Saleh aft the team's 2-3 commencement to the 2024 play - and Aaron Rodgers says it's his fault

New York Jets prima Aaron Rodgers has confessed that caput manager Robert Saleh mightiness inactive person his occupation if helium had kicked disconnected the 2024 play connected a precocious enactment aft recovering from his season-ending Achilles injury.

Saleh was shown the doorway after past weekend's loss to the Minnesota Vikings successful London, which saw the Jets' grounds this play plummet to 2-3. This is Rodgers' archetypal afloat play arsenic a Jet pursuing his headline-grabbing commercialized from his longtime team, the Green Bay Packers, past year.

The 40-year-old sustained a 2023 season-ending wounded conscionable 4 snaps into his Jets debut against the Buffalo Bills. This season, Rodgers has had a pugnacious time, throwing 7 touchdown passes but besides throwing 4 interceptions.

The Jets person been pinning their hopes connected Rodgers to pb them to their archetypal postseason quality since 2010. However, the existent inclination this play suggests the franchise volition beryllium waiting different year.

Saleh was escorted retired of the Jets installation earlier this week and rumours were swirling that Rodgers played a relation successful the caput coach's dismissal. Rodgers enactment those rumours to remainder during an quality connected The Pat McAfee Show.

He besides conceded that if helium had started the play well, Saleh would apt inactive beryllium successful a job. The Jets' struggles successful 2024 person been connected the violative broadside of the ball, portion their defence has helped support games close, including the decision to the Vikings successful London, wherever they mislaid by six points.

Rodgers has taken work for his relation successful the Minnesota Vikings' defeat, blaming his ain show aft throwing a 3rd interception successful the 4th fourth which yet outgo the New York Jets the game.

He reflected, "If I play better, this doesn't happen," concerning the caller squad changes and however they bespeak connected those involved.

"When you marque a alteration connected the offense, it is simply a reflector held up for each of america that played. When thing similar this happens, it is simply a reset for everybody.

"We each consciousness unspeakable astir the accidental that we had, that we squandered, that led to Robert getting fired and Jeff (Ulbrich) getting promoted. If I play better, this doesn't happen. If we play amended connected offense, this doesn't happen.

"It puts the spotlight connected america and present it is connected america to bash this. We person to beryllium accountable to each other. We person got to rise the level of our play to the modular that we acceptable successful grooming camp."

In the aftermath of caller events, Jeff Ulbrich volition presume impermanent enactment of the Jets, who are acceptable to look the Buffalo Bills successful an upcoming Monday Night Football showdown.