With Aaron Rodgers failing to solve any problems for the New York Jets, ESPN Radio host Chris Canty thinks the polarizing quarterback is the problem for the New York Jets.
Actually, Canty thinks Rodgers is worse than a problem, he thinks the Jets quarterback is a “cancer,” which might be the most disparaging assessment of a player as they relate to their locker room. And maybe that speaks to the need to drop the word “cancer” from being used so casually in sports talk considering what it represents. But Canty went there Thursday morning on ESPN Radio’s Unsportsmanlike with co-hosts Evan Cohen and Michelle Smallmon.
“This guy is like a cancer that has metastasized within the New York Jets organization and I don’t know how they fix it.” @ChrisCanty99 on Aaron Rodgers with the New York Jets pic.twitter.com/9M8zyPS2D4
— UNSPORTSMANLIKE Radio (@UnSportsESPN) October 24, 2024
“The last couple of years in Green Bay, we suspected that Aaron Rodgers could be a little bit toxic, especially with a young team,” Canty said. “I had no idea that it would be this bad. I mean, this guy is like a cancer that has metastasized within the New York Jets organization. And I don’t know how they fix it.”
Rodgers was supposed to be the Jets’ savior. Remember when he said “that Super Bowl III trophy is looking a little lonely” during his first press conference? Remember when the Jets were 2-1 this season and Rodgers said it was time for them to learn how to handle success?
But instead of Rodgers serving as the Jets lifeline, pulling them up from the doldrums of being perennial losers, the four-time NFL MVP has seemingly fed into this franchise’s negativity. His polarizing appearances on The Pat McAfee Show aren’t helping and his play on the field definitely isn’t helping, as he looks much like an old Aaron Rodgers than the old Aaron Rodgers. The coach has been blamed, the media has been blamed, other players have been blamed, maybe it’s time for Rodgers to be blamed.
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