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Aaron Rodgers and the New York Jets fell to the Pittsburgh Steelers by a score of 37-15 on Sunday Night Football, dropping their record to 2-5 on the season.
Speaking to reporters after the game, Aaron Rodgers — the face of this current Jets mess — lashed out at the media after the game, saying that the first thing the Jets have to do to keep belief in the locker room is to “stop listening to you guys.”
Despite what Rodgers says, the best way for the Jets to maintain belief in the locker room would be to accomplish what they’re paid to do and win a football game.
“Stop listening to you guys, number one. Number two, gotta be accountable. We gotta play better, that’s the key. I gotta play better,” Rodgers said after the loss.
“We’ve got to find a way to runt he ball better so we can [play] action pass. I thought we did some nice things in the passing game, Breece [Hall] obviously had a couple really nice ones. Spread the ball around to Tae, G, and Allen. Mike had a nice conversion. But we’ve got to run the ball better and I’ve got to play better.”
“Stop listening to you guys, number one.”
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In the loss to the Steelers, Rodgers completed 24-39 passes for 276 yards for one touchdown and two interceptions. Through seven games this season, Rodgers is completing 61.7% of his passes for 1,663 yards, 10 touchdowns, and seven interceptions, and has a passer rating of 82.2.
If the Jets are going to qualify for the postseason for the first time since the 2010 season — the longest active playoff drought in American professional sports — they’re going to win at least seven of their final 10 games in order to get to a record of 9-8.
In their final 10 games of the 2024 season, the Jets will face off against the New England Patriots, Houston Texans, Arizona Cardinals, Indianapolis Colts, Seattle Seahawks, Miami Dolphins (twice), Jacksonville Jaguars, Los Angeles Rams, and Buffalo Bills.