At 2-5, the New York Jets’ first full season with Aaron Rodgers is quickly spiraling down the drain. It turns out that firing Robert Saleh did not fix all the Jets’ problems. And the irony as Rodgers unsurprisingly turns his ire toward the media — while he turns in one of the worst seasons of his career — is so thick you could cut it with a knife.
The Jets brought in Davante Adams from the hapless Las Vegas Raiders to help pull them out of their tailspin. The problem is that while Adams is a superstar receiver, he’s probably much more of a devout Rodgers loyalist than a “great leader” to whom everyone should listen.
That’s my exact reaction after learning that Adams apparently delivered the “realest” (eye roll) postgame speech after the Pittsburgh Steelers walloped the New York Jets on Sunday. Lest we forget, he just came from the flat, insipid Raiders, who have almost nothing going for them.
So it’s eye-opening that Adams already thinks similarly about the Jets after only recently leaving Las Vegas:
Davante Adams gave a postgame speech about the Jets needing more energy in games. Pretty unusual to see a guy here for 5 days giving speeches like that. Rodgers said it was the “realest” speech.
— Brian Costello (@BrianCoz) October 23, 2024
Oh. How fiery. How inspiring … anyway.
If Adams thinks the Jets are lacking in-game energy less than a week after leaving one of the NFL’s worst teams, that can’t say anything good about the culture in New York. That screams of a squad on the verge of giving up because everyone who is ostensibly the starting quarterback’s “boss” is a brazen, sycophantic loser who will see this budding dumpster fire all the way through to its inevitable bitter end.
Excellent job, owner Woody Johnson. Your expensive team just brought in another old star who already detests the organizational culture right after leaving one of the NFL’s most toxic environments.
You’re doing great, buddy!