To Gio, the Jets are making Aaron Glenn’s job harder by completely gutting and rebuilding a roster that had some promise and under-delivered over the last two seasons…but it needed to be done.
And chief among those needs: moving on from Aaron Rodgers.
“This thing needs to be rebuilt, and there needs to be a complete redo of everything that's going on, and Aaron Rodgers being there was going to hamper that,” Gio said Monday. “And also, the idea that he was going to stay healthy is hilarious to me. He came in and tore his Achilles, then he had a hamstring injury he played through, and, like, all respect to him doing that, but he was horrendous!”
“He had a hamstring, he had a knee, he had an ankle, and there were reports that his hip was starting to nag him,” Willie Colon, in for Boomer, added. “You need a new start.”
To both guys, at this point, thinking Rodgers at 41 is going to come back and all of a sudden be the Rodgers of old, or even the Rodgers that left Green Bay at the end of 2022, is foolish, but he may still have value somewhere…just not with the Jets.
“So it’s like, ‘he's gonna come back and when he got healthy, man, he played well’ – well, he’s gonna come back a year older, you really think he's gonna make it through the full season healthy? No way!” Gio said. “It is the right move, and now I’m curious if he was begging for his job, because that means he’s gonna wanna play.”
“I would think wherever he goes, he's not going to a team that they're gonna try to build a culture around him. At this point, he’s a hired mercenary,” Colon replied. “You throw him in there and hopefully he can grab you six or seven wins this season if he stays healthy.”
And about that begging for his job thing?
“I can't see Aaron Rodgers begging, but I can see him at least pleading for one more shot,” Colon said. “I can see him trying to get Aaron Glenn and company to see that, ‘hey man, now that I am healthy and I know what we need to do moving forward, I needed some more runway to kind of get this thing off the ground, so just give me one more shot. I know how I feel and know what I need to do.’”
But…
“A couple things you have to look at. One, they brought in a new OC, and if this thing doesn’t take off in the right way, you know that's gonna be tough for a young OC to kind of deal with Aaron Rodgers – he’s not the easiest guy to work with,” Colon said. “Two, you need a new start overall. I'm okay with Aaron Glenn and company saying we’ve seen this, we know what it is, and I want to run this ship my way and not have to adhere to anything you got going on. Aaron Rodgers is a Hall of Fame quarterback, so he has a place at the table, but overall, I think it's probably the best move moving forward.”