Jets’ offense is clicking with Aaron Rodgers feeling and playing like himself again
Aaron Rodgers had exactly the type of performance the New York Jets envisioned when they acquired him last year.
The star quarterback was calm, cool and dominant while leading the Jets to a 24-3 rout of the New England Patriots in a happy homecoming Thursday night. And Rodgers said he’s only now starting to feel like himself again.
Big if true.
“We’ve been improving, but it hasn’t been good enough for some people outside of the rooms,” Rodgers said after the game. “So to have a performance like tonight, I don’t know how many yards we finished with, but it feels really good.”
The Jets had 400 yards and 27 first downs, thoroughly outperforming the Patriots in the home opener on a night when everything clicked.
Well, almost.
About the only thing that didn’t work was a sideline celebration between Rodgers and coach Robert Saleh after Breece Hall’s touchdown run put New York up 14-0 in the second quarter. The quarterback slapped hands with Saleh, who then went in for a hug — and Rodgers gave him a slight shove and walked away.
“He’s not a big hugger, usually, so I didn’t know he was going for the hug,” Rodgers said. “He likes to do the two-hand
