As Andy Vasquez of NJ Advance Media for NJ.com identified, New York Jets head coach Robert Saleh and quarterback Aaron Rodgers appeared to disagree whereas talking with reporters following Sunday’s 10-9 dwelling loss to the Denver Broncos about pre-snap penalties that impacted Gang Inexperienced at MetLife Stadium.
Former Jets quarterback and present NFL analyst Boomer Esiason nonetheless has ties to the group and touched upon the Saleh-Rodgers relationship throughout Monday’s version of the WFAN morning present.
“I don’t even assume they discuss to one another,” Esiason mentioned about Saleh and Rodgers, as shared by Ryan Chichester of Audacy. “I watch to attempt to see if there’s any interplay on the sideline; nothing. I see a man strolling proper previous one other man. I keep in mind these days as a result of I had these days with two coaches particularly, and it was as a result of I didn’t belief the man…I didn’t assume he knew what he was doing.”
Whereas Saleh indicated following Sunday’s defeat that dropped the Jets to 2-2 on the season that Rodgers’ teammates might not be capable of deal with the veteran’s pre-snap cadence, Rodgers insisted the membership’s 5 offensive pre-snap penalties in opposition to Denver have been “means out of character for us.” Per ESPN’s Wealthy Cimini, Saleh backtracked whereas talking throughout a Monday videoconference with reporters and mentioned the Jets will “proceed to at all times push the envelope” from “a cadence standpoint.”
“I feel there’s a stress cooker right here over in Florham Park,” Esiason mentioned about Saleh discovering himself on the new seat if the Jets lose to the 4-0 Minnesota Vikings in London this Sunday. “I am certain lots of people over there really feel it. In the event that they proceed to lose video games like this and feedback come out like they have been yesterday, I simply really feel like one thing must be achieved in the event that they wish to save the season.”
Jets offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett was Rodgers’ OC with the Inexperienced Bay Packers from 2019-21 and has some head-coaching expertise. It is broadly assumed the facility Rodgers holds with the Jets would end result typically supervisor Joe Douglas selling Hackett to the function of interim head coach if the membership parted methods with Saleh in the course of the season.
Saleh has amassed an total report of 20-35 as Jets head coach.
“There’s a main problem there,” Esiason added in regards to the Saleh-Rodgers scenario. “They’ll deny it, I assure it. However there is a matter there as a result of you’ve got a 40-year-old, Corridor of Fame quarterback coping with a head coach who I feel he doesn’t respect.”
As of Monday afternoon, DraftKings Sportsbook listed the Jets as 2.5-point underdogs in opposition to the Vikings.
