Yahoo Sports NFL analyst Nate Tice and NFL writer Charles McDonald discuss whether the Jets can get over 9.5 wins this year and why Aaron Rodgers is the ultimate wild card. Hear the full conversation on “Football 301” – and subscribe on , , or
Next one up also at 9.5 wins is the New York Jets.
Charles former team you covered.
Where are you feeling or how are you feeling about the Jets so far this year?
On their over under total.
Uh I feel like the biggest scared loser cop out person in the world because I just, I have nothing concrete on this team, dude, the Aaron Rodgers thing.
It’s, I feel like it’s a way bigger question mark than people are, are glossing over it, aren’t we?
He hasn’t put, ok, so he didn’t play at all last year, right?
Rehabbing from an achilles injury.
He’s 40.
Now, the last time we saw him play, it was not great, you know, in Green Bay, like it was, it was fine, it was in charge.
So there’s no way because now we’re talking about the last time that he actually played good football was 2021.
That was before he turned 40 before an achilles injury before being traded to a new team because like that 2022 season, the Packers like, no, it’s Jordan love time.
We got to move on.
It’s time.
Um But you know, he had the two NB, the back to back MVP seasons right before that.
So maybe that’s still in there, but we’re getting to three seasons removed from that last MVP here.
You know, this is a massive wild card.
And the reason why I feel I said, I feel like a cop out is because I don’t think that any result here should be unexpected with Rogers.
If he’s good, you should expect that if he’s terrible, that would not be surprised either because he’s had such a, you know, he hasn’t, he hasn’t played in two years almost.
Uh, but they still got, you know, and I feel the same way about the other guys like Tyron Smith, Mike Williams.
If they can stay healthy, it’ll probably be pretty good, but it just feels so fragile and I don’t know what’s gonna happen that I’m probably gonna take the under here like at nine.
Uh, it’s, uh, yeah, the fragility of the whole operation is what I said and our reliance on a 40 year old quarterback coming off an achilles tear.
It doesn’t matter who it is.
If you just told me it doesn’t, if you just took the names away and you just made up the games they play and the injuries that they had, wouldn’t you be freaking concerned about what your, what this team is gonna be?
And wouldn’t you be betting on injuries to reoccur if the guys have been hurt before MC Tyran Smith or Mike Williams, in this case, Elijah Vera Tucker, who a very good player if he can stay on the field.
But, uh, it’s had 9.5 wins.
You’re taking over the under, under, I think.
Sounds about right.
Oh, man, I’m on this one.
I’m going, I’m going under but I think it is, I think it’s an 89 or 98.
