Super Bowl champion calls Aaron Rodgers 'a cancer' with Jets mired in 4-game losing streak

The New York Jets’ person had Super Bowl oregon bust expectations since they acquired Aaron Rodgers past offseason. 

Though helium wasn’t capable to spot that done successful his archetypal twelvemonth owed to a torn Achilles, those expectations are not being met successful 2024.

The Jets participate Week 8 with a 2-5 grounds contempt having 1 of the league’s champion defenses and a fig of violative weapons, the newest being Davante Adams. 

For a squad with specified talent, it’s been a tumultuous commencement to the year. The Jets fired caput manager Robert Saleh, can’t nutrient consistently connected discourtesy and are successful the midst of a four-game losing streak. 

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New York Jets backmost Aaron Rodgers reacts during the 2nd fractional of a crippled against the Buffalo Bills successful East Rutherford, N.J., Oct. 14, 2024.  (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)

While fingers person been pointed each around, ESPN Radio big and Super Bowl champion Chris Canty believes Rodgers is astatine the halfway of each the Jets’ problems, calling him "a cancer" wrong the organization.

"Here’s the thing. The past mates of years successful Green Bay, we suspected that Aaron Rodgers could beryllium a small spot toxic, particularly with a young team. I had nary thought that it would beryllium this bad," Canty, who won a Super Bowl with the New York Giants during his 11-year career, told ESPN Radio’s "Unsportsmanlike."

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"This feline is simply a crab that has metastasized wrong the New York Jets organization, and I don’t cognize however they hole it."

Through 7 games, Rodgers has thrown for 1,663 yards with a 61.7% completion rate, 10 touchdowns and 7 interceptions. Six of the 7 interceptions and 5 of the 10 touchdowns person travel during the losing skid.

New York Jets backmost Aaron Rodgers (8) throws a walk against the Pittsburgh Steelers during the archetypal 4th astatine Acrisure Stadium. (Barry Reeger/Imagn Images)

Jets fans are starting to get restless, and immoderate judge Rodgers making his play appearances connected "The Pat McAfee Show" isn’t helping. 

Rodgers is inactive a four-time MVP who tin intelligibly inactive pb an offense. Inconsistency is what’s hurting the Jets. They look similar a well-oiled instrumentality 1 thrust but stall respective much aft that. 

Perhaps the vintage Packers transportation betwixt Adams and Rodgers needs immoderate grease to get the rust out. They intelligibly weren’t connected the aforesaid leafage successful Pittsburgh Sunday. 

Adams and Garrett Wilson person a accidental to beryllium the league’s champion receiver duo if they tin gel good with Rodgers, and the Jets look to person deed good with rookie moving backmost Braelon Allen’s powerfulness and Breece Hall’s skills successful the crushed crippled and walk game. 

New York Jets backmost Aaron Rodgers walks connected the tract during the 2nd fractional of a crippled against the Buffalo Bills successful East Rutherford, N.J., Oct. 14, 2024.  (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)

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But immoderate observers similar Canty deliberation everyone other has been blamed but the quarterback. This speech volition proceed until Rodgers and the Jets amusement they are a win-now team.

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