Jets owner Woody Johnson floated benching Aaron Rodgers before firing coach, GM: report

New York Jets proprietor Woody Johnson has taken respective drastic measures successful hopes of salvaging this season, including his caller determination to portion ways with wide manager Joe Douglas much than halfway done his sixth play with the team. 

But according to 1 report, the longtime NFL owner had considered making 1 large alteration adjacent earlier firing some his caput manager and GM. 

Woody Johnson, the New York Jets owner, earlier the crippled against the San Francisco 49ers astatine Levi's Stadium connected Sept. 9, 2024, successful Santa Clara, California. (Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)

Citing respective sources, The Athletic reported Tuesday that Johnson had floated the thought of benching backmost Aaron Rodgers for backup Tyrod Taylor aft the Jets’ Week 4 nonaccomplishment to the Denver Broncos. 

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A gathering was held pursuing the 10-9 loss to Denver and contiguous was erstwhile caput manager Robert Saleh, Douglas, violative coordinator Nathaniel Hackett, and then-defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich, among different enforcement leadership, according to the report. 

During that meeting, sources told The Athletic that Johnson suggested benching the four-time league MVP due to the fact that helium felt Rodgers’ lackluster show aft conscionable 4 games was limiting the team’s potential.

Johnson was convinced different by Douglas and the coaches, who suggested that the determination would not spell implicit good successful the locker country and that it would embarrass Rodgers. 

Woody Johnson talks with Aaron Rodgers anterior to the crippled against the Kansas City Chiefs astatine MetLife Stadium connected Oct. 1, 2023, successful East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Dustin Satloff/Getty Images)

But different loss, this clip to the Minnesota Vikings led by the Jets’ 2018 3rd wide prime Sam Darnold, was Johnson’s breaking point. 

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Saleh was fired aft a 2-3 grounds and Ulbrich was promoted to interim caput manager portion inactive maintaining his responsibilities arsenic antiaircraft coordinator. Two days later, Hackett was stripped of play calling duties successful favour of passing crippled coordinator Todd Downing. 

But the leap commencement Johnson hoped for ne'er came. 

The Jets went 1-5, their defence faltered, and Rodgers continued to look similar a mentation of his erstwhile self. 

New York Jets backmost Aaron Rodgers walks disconnected the tract aft the Jets mislaid to the Indianapolis Colts, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024, successful East Rutherford, New Jersey. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)

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Douglas was fired Tuesday pursuing different one-point nonaccomplishment connected Sunday. The 28-27 nonaccomplishment to Indianapolis was the Jets’ highest scoring crippled of the season. 

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