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NY Jets do-over: What if they had never acquired Rodgers?

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All eyes are on Aaron Rodgers — rather as usual.

The New York Jets have their coach and general manager, but the status of their quarterback situation is unknown. Neither Aaron Glenn nor Darren Mougey was forthcoming about their plans to keep or release Rodgers.

If the possibility that Rodgers will return still exists, perhaps it’s too early to look back and wonder what would have happened had the Jets not acquired him. But with two years of the Rodgers experience in the books, it’s still an interesting exercise to look back at the chain of events surrounding his acquisition and speculate about what the Jets may have done instead.

Obviously, it is impossible to chain together a coherent story. We don’t know exactly what would have happened. Even if the Jets may not have acquired particular players, which players would they have brought in instead? How do you predict wins and losses with a different quarterback? What would Joe Douglas’ mentality have been without Rodgers?

Still, some moves obviously would have or would not have happened sans Rodgers. Others are murkier but still interesting to examine.

What would the Jets’ direction have looked like without Rodgers?

2023

No Nathaniel Hackett

The Jets brought in Nathaniel Hackett to be their offensive coordinator specifically to lure Rodgers to New York. It’s impossible to know for certain whether Robert Saleh would have chosen Hackett regardless, as the pair crossed paths in Jacksonville in 2016. Saleh had a habit of turning to familiar coaches, and almost all of them were unimaginative.

Still, the most likely outcome would have been a different offensive coordinator after Mike LaFleur was fired. Who it would have been is impossible to know.

The other coordinators hired that cycle include Brian Schottenheimer, Brian Johnson, Tim Kelly, Matt Nagy (internal promotions), Eric Bienemy, Thomas Brown, Dave Canales, Drew Petzing, Bill O’Brien, Todd Monken, Bobby Slowik, Jim Bob Cooter, Joe Lombardi, and Kellen Moore. Slowik might have been a target coming from San Francisco, but Saleh doesn’t have crossover connections with anyone else on that list.

Unlike Hackett, though, Keith Carter and Todd Downing were specifically Saleh nepotism hires. Therefore, the Jets likely would have still brought them in.

Sign Derek Carr?

Had the Jets not decided to target Rodgers, signing Derek Carr would have been the likely move. Perhaps Carr would have chosen New Orleans, but he appeared to have great respect for Saleh, and the Jets’ roster was better than New Orleans’ at that point.

Carr has the same average annual value as Rodgers ($37.5 million). While their deals are structured differently, there’s a decent chance that both players will ultimately end up with only two years of those deals. In that case, Rodgers will have made $75 million over two seasons, while Carr will have made $60 million over two years, plus a guaranteed $10 million roster bonus in 2025.

I assume Carr’s contract structure with the Jets would have been similar to his with the Saints. When he initially signed, his cap hits were $7.2 million in 2023, $35.7 million in 2024, $45.7 million in 2025, and $55.7 million in 2026.

Due to a trigger in his contract guaranteeing his 2025 base salary on the third day of the league year in March, Carr’s deal was always more like a two-year deal, anyway. Carr prefers that structure to force a team to release him early so he can maximize his free agency period.

The only thing I wonder is whether Joe Douglas would have restructured Carr’s contract in 2024 to the same extent as the Saints did. Carr was scheduled to have a $30 million base salary in 2024, but the Saints converted the maximum amount into a signing bonus to save $23 million against the cap in 2024. In doing so, though, they made it more painful to cut Carr in 2025.

Douglas played the deferral game with Rodgers (in the form of option bonuses), but would he have done so with Carr? The Super Bowl expectation would not have been there, making the Jets less likely to go all-in. In that case, Douglas probably would not have pushed quite as much money into the future. He was fairly prudent in that area (outside of C.J. Mosley’s restructure in 2022).

Since Carr’s cap hit was just $7.2 million in 2023, the Jets would have had only a minimal salary cap concern for that season. But what would his cap hit have been in 2024? Rodgers’ was $17.2 million, and Carr’s would have been $35.7 million before his restructure pushed it to just $12.7 million. It’s hard to know how much cap space the Jets would have ended up with in the 2024 offseason, although it undoubtedly would have been tight regardless of Carr’s contract structure.

We’ll get to how signing Carr would have affected the Jets’ on-field performance later.

No Allen Lazard + other Rodgers cronies

Allen Lazard reportedly asked to sign with the Jets because Rodgers wanted to play for them. Therefore, there’s little chance he would have ended up with the Jets if Rodgers had not.

The same goes for Randall Cobb, Billy Turner, and Tim Boyle, all of whom were negatives for the Jets in 2023.

No Dalvin Cook

This deserves a separate section because of how destructive the signing was for the Jets. They signed Dalvin Cook because Rodgers had taken a big pay cut and wanted Douglas to use some of the savings to sign Cook. The $7 million salary was outrageous at the time and wound up looking even worse.

Other free agent signings?

Would the Jets have signed a different receiver? I’m not sure. They kept Corey Davis around, which means they may have been okay with him as their No. 2 receiver. Had they not signed Lazard, they would have been in extremely hot water when Davis suddenly retired during training camp, but having Lazard on an $11 million salary was arguably worse.

They probably would have still signed Mecole Hardman, which was a roll-the-dice signing for $5 million. The free-agent receiver market was woefully thin that offseason, as Lazard, Jakobi Meyers, Darius Slayton, and JuJu Smith-Schuster were the top options available. I don’t see any reason to believe the Jets would have signed one of the other two or any other receiver. Maybe they would have signed another depth receiver.

Would the Jets have signed at least one tackle had they had more money freed up? I’m not sure. Douglas reportedly offered Orlando Brown Jr. more money than the Bengals did, although Brown chose Cincinnati. Would he have gone after Mike McGlinchey or Jawaan Taylor?

Or would he have at least made another lower-level signing or two instead of Billy Turner, such as Jermaine Eluemunor (1 year, $3 million), George Fant (1 year, $3 million with the Texans), Isaiah Wynn (1 year, $2.3 million), or Kelvin Beachum (2 years, $5.15 million)?

The Jets also could have targeted a more expensive starter at defensive tackle rather than signing Woods and Jefferson as platoon players. They probably wouldn’t have gone too expensive, as they knew they had to give Quinnen Williams an extension that offseason. However, perhaps they could have re-signed Sheldon Rankins (1 year, $10.5 million).

At running back, the Jets probably would have kept Zonovan Knight if they hadn’t signed Cook. They had Breece Hall coming off an ACL tear, Michael Carter, and Israel Abanikanda as other options. Since Abanikanda barely played despite how bad Cook was, chances are that they would have been fine with Knight as the RB3.

Draft: Broderick Jones and Will McDonald?

After the 2023 draft, the Jets tried to create the impression that they would have drafted Will McDonald in the first round even if Broderick Jones had been on the board. It is almost impossible to believe that would have been the case. They needed a tackle, and he was the last of the projected first-round tackles. Even Mike Tomlin essentially confirmed the Patriots traded down to prevent New York from taking Jones.

Had the Jets not traded for Rodgers, they would have had the No. 13 pick and almost undoubtedly taken Jones.

The far more interesting question is what they would have done in the second round. They took Joe Tippmann at No. 43 overall, but they also would have had the No. 42 overall pick that they traded to Green Bay.

Would the Jets have been able to draft Will McDonald at No. 42 overall?

The 42nd pick is the 10th pick in the second round. In NFL Mock Draft Database’s consensus, McDonald was going at No. 29 in mock drafts and No. 34 on the big board. Could he have fallen to No. 42? It’s certainly possible, although not likely.

The only other edge rusher taken in that vicinity in the draft was Keion White (No. 46 overall), but at 6-foot-5 and 286 pounds, he may have been too much of a John Franklin-Myers tweener for the Jets’ tastes. Or maybe, instead of drafting a replacement for Bryce Huff, they would have gone for White and drafted a Franklin-Myers replacement?

Maybe the Jets would have even traded up a bit to get McDonald if they really liked him so much.

Alternatively, the Jets could have skipped edge rusher altogether. One Jets Drive also revealed that they were very interested in Michael Mayer, the tight end who ended up going at No. 35 overall. Would they have taken Luke Musgrave, whom the Packers ended up drafting with the No. 42 pick they got from the Jets?

A critical need the Jets neglected in that draft was wide receiver, but they may have considered it more urgent if they hadn’t signed Allen Lazard. The receivers drafted in the vicinity of the No. 42 pick were Jayden Reed (No. 50) and Rashee Rice (No. 55). However, it’s possible that the Jets just weren’t that interested in drafting a slot receiver that year because of a desire to play Garrett Wilson in the slot as often as possible (not that that ended up happening regardless).

Team performance: 2023

Carr put up solid but unspectacular numbers in 2023, ranking 10th in the NFL in passer rating (97.7), 17th in QBR (56.5), 17th in DVOA (8.2%), 17th in passing success rate (47.8%), and 15th in EPA per dropback (0.055).

I’ve always pointed out that the Jets’ pass-blocking was so bad in 2023 that it would have been difficult for any quarterback to succeed in that environment (in the context of the discussion over whether the Jets would have made the playoffs with Rodgers in 2023).

Remember, the Jets’ pass-blocking in 2023 was absolutely miserable. The only reason it wasn’t the worst in the league was that the Giants had a historically terrible line. Perhaps part of it was caused by quarterback play (sacks are a quarterback stat), but anyone with eyes could see that players like Duane Brown, Mekhi Becton, Laken Tomlinson, Connor McGovern, Wes Schweitzer, Carter Warren, and Max Mitchell could not block anyone.

But looking at Carr’s statistical breakdown, it’s notable that although the Saints’ pass-blocking ranked 25th in cumulative PFF grade (55.7), Carr was actually pressured at the fifth-lowest rate (30.8%) because he got rid of the ball the ninth-fastest (2.57 seconds average time to throw). For a player releasing the ball so quickly, his average depth of target was solid (8.2, 14th).

Carr’s primary reputation is that of a Checkdown Charlie, and despite that decent ADOT, he led all quarterbacks in checkdown rate in 2023 (20.4%). But with the Jets, as with the Saints, that may have been a net positive given the poor pass-blocking.

Zach Wilson was pressured on 43.1% of his dropbacks in 2023, ranking 31st, but he had an average time to throw of 2.94 seconds, which ranked 27th. In Carr’s case, his low pressure rate may have been directly correlated with his quick release. Therefore, it’s impossible to make a one-to-one comparison between the quarterbacks’ pressure rates and performance under pressure vs. not.

Therefore, the baseline assumption is that Carr’s numbers would have carried over from the Saints to the Jets. It’s hard to believe that, but the Saints’ offensive infrastructure was barely better than the Jets’, and Carr managed to put up decent numbers on paper. He also led the Saints to a 9-8 record and a roughly average offensive ranking (17th in offensive DVOA, 18th in passing DVOA).

The Saints ranked 15th in defensive DVOA in 2023, while the Jets ranked 3rd. The Saints had the easiest schedule in the NFL by DVOA, while the Jets’ was average (15th-hardest). The Jets had 6.7 expected wins per FTN Fantasy and 5.8 per Pro Football Reference, while the Saints had 6.0 per FTN and 10.5 per Pro Football Reference.

Looking at these stats, is it inconceivable to believe that a Carr-led Jets team would have gone 9-8 and made the playoffs? It is not. And the calculation of whether or not the Jets made the playoffs would have entirely changed the trajectory of the team in 2024.

However, Carr’s statistics always seem to be better than his actual performance on the field. The Saints took advantage of an extremely weak NFC South. The Jets had to get through the Bills and Dolphins. I think it’s more likely that Carr’s performance would have been somewhat worse with the Jets, and they probably would have fallen short of the playoffs with the same blowout losses to Miami.

2024

Fire Joe Douglas + Robert Saleh?

Woody Johnson reportedly gave Joe Douglas and Robert Saleh a mulligan in the 2024 offseason purely because of Rodgers. Under the circumstances I described, if the Jets had not made the playoffs in 2023, I think Johnson would have fired both Douglas and Saleh, even if they had won eight games. There was essentially an unspoken playoff mandate that year.

Perhaps the single most important part of these firings would have been the presumed dismissal of Keith Carter after one year as the Jets’ offensive line coach. It was practically criminal that Saleh kept him on after such a miserable offensive line performance in 2023.

At that point, it’s impossible to know who the Jets would have hired instead, which muddies up the entire offseason. I’m going to guess that Bobby Slowik would have been a likely candidate given that they granted him an interview after a bad 2024 season. And if Slowik was a target, Dave Canales and Brian Callahan might have gotten interviews, too.

Jim Harbaugh probably would have been a target, as well, but I can’t imagine he and Woody Johnson would get along. A more typical Jets hire would have been Raheem Morris or Dan Quinn.

If the Jets had Carr, they likely would have drawn significant interest given the rest of the roster. Some of those offensive candidates may have been more attracted to the Jets’ job. But it’s impossible to know whom they would have hired.

As far as the offseason goes, all other moves would have been predicated on the Jets’ coach and general manager. But I’ll try to go with the most common sense moves available, only excluding players when they were specifically linked to Saleh in some way.

Free agency + trades

Many of the Jets’ 2024 offseason moves would have gone differently without Rodgers.

First and foremost, the Haason Reddick trade likely would not have happened. No other general manager would have traded for Reddick without a new contract, and there would have been no reason to do so if it wasn’t a truly all-in year. The Jets would have almost certainly kept John Franklin-Myers, and they may have also been able to re-sign Bryce Huff if the owner wasn’t keeping the general manager on a leash.

Let’s assume the Jets still would have ended up with the two Ravens offensive linemen, John Simpson and Morgan Moses. But there is little chance the Jets’ three biggest free-agent signings would have happened — Tyron Smith, Mike Williams, or Javon Kinlaw.

Smith would have been rendered unnecessary (in theory, anyway) by the Jones draft pick the year before. Though the Jets desperately needed a receiver, they would have been far less likely to sign a 30-year-old coming off an ACL tear. And Kinlaw was purely a Saleh nepotism signing.

Instead of Kinlaw, the Jets likely would have targeted another defensive tackle. Re-signing Quinton Jefferson and finding a run-stuffing complement was an option. D.J. Reader (2 years, $22 million) might have been a possible target, too.

It’s unclear whether the Jets would have brought Tyrod Taylor in as the backup quarterback. They may have seen the position as less vital given that Carr started all 17 games in 2023. Would they have just kept Zach Wilson around? I’m still going to guess that they would have tried to unload him, and Taylor’s $6 million per year price was not outrageously steep for a backup.

The lower-level free-agent signings and re-signings — Solomon Thomas, Chuck Clark, Ashtyn Davis, Thomas Morstead, Greg Zuerlein, Leki Fotu, Isaiah Oliver, Kenny Yeboah — could have gone either way.

Fotu was by far the least likely considering that his only attraction was being an athletic 334-pound defensive tackle rather than any evidence on film that he could stop the run. Thomas, Oliver, and Davis may have been lesser priorities without Saleh and Douglas.

With a different general manager, the Jets might have put a little more emphasis on safety. Kam Curl (2 years, $9 million) or Deshon Elliott (2 years, $6 million) may have been possible targets.

Draft: Tight end, wide receiver, or offensive tackle?

The same positional debate that raged in Jets land before the 2024 draft would have persisted regardless. In the end, the top three receivers were off the board when the Jets picked.

The tight end vs. offensive tackle debate would have been even more interesting had the Jets drafted Jones the year before. Given that Joe Douglas traded for Morgan Moses, there’s a good chance the Jets simply would have gone ahead with Jones at left tackle and Moses at right tackle despite Jones’ miserable rookie season.

In that case, Brock Bowers would have almost undoubtedly been the target. Unlike Rodgers, Carr has more of a proclivity to throw to a great tight end, as his best years as a quarterback coincided with Darren Waller’s breakout seasons.

Given how well Bowers performed in a lousy offense, there’s a good chance he could have replicated that production with the Jets, especially with any offensive coordinator other than Hackett. (Remember, the Raiders fired Luke Getsy before the year was through, so it’s not as if their play-calling was anything to write home about.)

The second round would have been another interesting question. The conditional second-round pick the Jets traded to the Packers for Rodgers ended up as the No. 45 pick. The Jets would have had a desperate need at receiver. Although Douglas and Saleh were enamored with Malachi Corley, a different general manager-head coach tandem likely would have gone in a different direction.

The only other receiver drafted in that vicinity was Adonai Mitchell (No. 52), who may well have been the Jets’ target considering that he was seen as a prototypical X receiver in body type.

With the second-rounder going on offense, perhaps the Jets would have drafted an edge rusher or defensive tackle in the third round (No. 72), looking ahead at John Franklin-Myers’ cap hits and/or their ongoing hole at defensive tackle. None of the players drafted at either position in that vicinity were inspiring as rookies, and it’s hard to speculate which one they would have taken.

The Jets could have also gone safety, cornerback, or tight end at that spot.

You have to wonder if a different general manager would have drafted running backs in back-to-back rounds. It’s not generally considered a great use of resources. I thought the Jets should have taken another bite at the apple at receiver in one of those two rounds. Two of the available options were Jacob Cowing (No. 135, one spot after Braelon Allen) and Malik Washington (No. 184).

Alternatively, they could have targeted one of the aforementioned positions.

Team performance: 2024

Because coaching was such a tremendous issue — perhaps even the single biggest disaster — of the Jets’ 2024 season, it really is impossible to say how they would have performed with different coaches. That’s probably even more important than having Rodgers over Carr, because Carr missed a bunch of games, and when he was on the field, his performance wasn’t all that different than Rodgers’.

Theoretically, the Jets would have had four of the same offensive linemen, just with Broderick Jones at left tackle instead of Tyron Smith/Olu Fashanu. That may have been enough to sink the offensive line even with a better coach, as Jones has been terrible in his first two seasons. Then again, the Saints’ offensive line was terrible once again in 2024, and Carr wasn’t that bad when he was on the field.

Carr went 5-5 as a starter in 2024, but he missed seven games with injury. He put up somewhat better numbers in 2024 than in 2023, ranking 10th in the NFL in passer rating (101.0), 13th in QBR (63.3), 13th in DVOA (10.4%), 25th in passing success rate (45.5%), and 9th in EPA per dropback (0.146). He was once again a big checkdown merchant, ranking fifth (16.3%).

Meanwhile, Rodgers ranked 22nd in passer rating (90.5), 31st in QBR (48.1), 24th in DVOA (-5.4%), 23rd in success rate (46.2%), and 20th in EPA per dropback (0.031).

Carr was once again not pressured that much (31.3%, 9th-lowest) with a quick time to throw (2.64, 9th-fastest). Rodgers was on a similar trajectory, pressured at the 3rd-lowest rate (27.7%) with the 10th-fast average time to throw (2.65 seconds).

The difference is that Rodgers had much better pass-blocking — the Jets were 17th in cumulative PFF grade (68.9), while the Saints were dead last (51.7). However, with Broderick Jones at left tackle instead of Tyron Smith/Olu Fashanu, the Jets’ pass-blocking probably would have been cumulatively worse.

Could Carr have performed better with the Jets than Saints? It’s certainly possible. He easily could have created better chemistry with Garrett Wilson with a more traditional style of quarterback play compared to Rodgers.

Then again, in the five full games Carr played with Chris Olave in 2024, Olave had 22 catches for 272 yards and one touchdown, which would translate to 75 catches for 925 yards and 3 touchdowns in 17 games — certainly nothing to write home about for a WR1. Olave also had just 28 targets (5.6 per game) over that time, a level which probably would have had Wilson even more disgruntled than he was with Rodgers in 2024.

However, if the Jets had also had Brock Bowers, Carr would have had two dynamic weapons to choose from. This could have unlocked the Jets’ offense tremendously, which could have led to even better numbers for Carr.

In the other seven games, assuming the Jets still had Tyrod Taylor, they probably could have gotten competent quarterback play — if Taylor had been able to stay healthy. Otherwise, the Jets would have once again been forced to pick up a quarterback off the scrap heap… say, Mike White from the Bills’ practice squad?

In the run game, with better coaching, the Jets probably could have formed more cohesion in their run-blocking prior to the season. Again, having Jones as the weakest link would have been terrible, but the other four linemen are solid run-blockers. If the Jets had Bowers, that would have been a significant help in the run game, too.

It’s hard to say that the Jets’ run production would have been so much better given how poorly Breece Hall performed in 2024 in line-independent metrics. But Hall’s production picked up later in the season as the line gave him more holes, so there probably would have been a more consistent running game earlier in the year even if the explosiveness was still lacking.

Would the Jets’ defense have played so much below standard without Saleh? On one hand, the prevailing narrative is that the Jets’ defense fell apart post-Saleh. On the other hand, there was still a ton of talent at all levels of the defense, which means a different defensive coordinator who was not thrust into head-coaching duties midseason may have been able to get better results.

Plus, if the Jets still had John Franklin-Myers and/or Bryce Huff and had a different defensive tackle other than Javon Kinlaw, the pass rush would have been significantly better. Obviously, given the discussion of what happened in the 2023 draft, they likely wouldn’t have had Will McDonald — but McDonald was Huff’s replacement, so having Huff would have been just as good with Franklin-Myers playing on early downs.

It’s very, very difficult to speculate how the Jets would have performed with Carr over Rodgers. From the surface numbers, it definitely appears that the Jets’ passing game could have been better with Carr, but how would that have translated to wins and losses?

My best guess is that the Jets would not have gone 5-12 with Carr, but they would not have been good, either. Assuming they managed to get 10 games out of Carr and five out of Tyrod Taylor, expecting around seven wins in those games with two losses behind a scrap-heap QB3 seems to be reasonable. I think the Jets would have gone roughly 7-10 with Carr at the helm in 2024.

Again, this is wildly speculative. If the Jets’ defensive line was still far more intact and the defense as a whole had played closer to its talent level, could they have won more games?

2025 offseason

If the Jets had hired a different coach and general manager before the 2024 season, they wouldn’t have Aaron Glenn and Darren Mougey right now. That coach and GM would be forced to make a decision about Carr this offseason.

Carr’s cap hit is very high for next season, and pushing money further into the future is probably not a game the Jets would have wanted to play. Still, releasing him is nearly as expensive, and they’d have to carry his cap hit until June 1 even with a post-June 1 release.

Would the Jets have chosen to keep Carr for one more year? Given the dearth of other options, I think they would have. They may have chosen to draft a quarterback in the second round, as well.

Would the Jets be in a better situation right now with Carr instead of their uncertain quarterback future? I’m not sure. Carr gives them a baseline of reasonable competence, but he’s certainly not going to elevate the roster. By the same token, would having Carr at a very high cap hit for one more year be much better than using Tyrod Taylor as a bridge for one year?

I’m not convinced that is the case, and if the Saints release Carr, you’ll know they’ve come to the same conclusion (since they have the No. 9 overall pick and also likely aren’t in a position to draft a quarterback high).

Conclusion

Would the Jets have been better or worse off with Carr than Rodgers? Perhaps there would have been less chaos and they would not be at the laughingstock level they are now. Maybe they would have made better personnel decisions for the long-term health of the franchise rather than trying to go all-in on a short window.

But in terms of wins and losses, I don’t think anything would have changed that much. Carr has a career 77-92 record. I know wins are not a quarterback stat, but he has generally not been a quarterback who elevates his surrounding talent. Having Carr instead of Rodgers likely would have led to a few more wins, but not a playoff appearance.

Still, I do think the Jets would have been better off with Carr than Rodgers as a whole. They miscalculated their Super Bowl window in 2023, which caused them to acquire Rodgers and neglect the offensive line.

With Carr, they may have actually addressed their team needs more effectively, giving them a better chance of building a balanced team rather than relying too much on the quarterback. Also, any offensive coordinator would have been superior to Hackett, almost by default improving the Jets’ offensive environment.

In many ways, this is Monday morning quarterbacking. No one could have predicted the precise sequence of events that happened with Rodgers. Not too many people believed the Jets would win five games in 2024.

However, there was a reason the Carr-Rodgers debate raged on to begin with, and many of the reasons fans preferred Carr came to pass. Rodgers was a big distraction; he did bring in his cronies to the detriment of the team; he did get injured; he was not close to MVP level; etc., etc.

Personally, I was extremely torn about Rodgers and Carr all along. I’m conservative by nature and don’t like taking big risks, which is how I saw Rodgers. I was also higher on Carr than most, although I’ve realized now that I was mistaken.

I’m not going to conclude in retrospect that the Jets should have gone after Carr. I understand why they wanted Rodgers. Much of the NFL thought the Jets would be Super Bowl contenders with Rodgers. Joe Douglas thought it was the best decision he could make with the information available to him at the time.

The one issue I took Douglas to task for that offseason was not building a competent offensive line around Rodgers. I do think he would have addressed it with Carr at the helm, and I blame Douglas for that, not specifically the decision to trade for Rodgers.

I guess my final conclusion is that football is always a gamble, and this gamble did not work out for the Jets — which is pretty obvious. Still, it’s interesting to look at what would have been different and where the Jets might be as a franchise right now if they had made a different quarterback choice.

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