Aaron Rodgers weighs in on altering narrative surrounding Mac Jones, Patriots

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“Now it’s like, ‘Mac was by no means the issue!’”

So much can change within the NFL over the span of some weeks.

Aaron Rodgers and the Jets have been seemingly doomed to dwell within the backside of the AFC East in 2023 after the legendary QB suffered a torn Achilles simply 4 snaps into his profession with New York.

However after upset wins over groups just like the Payments and Eagles (together with a three-point loss to the Chiefs), the Jets have all of a sudden re-emerged as an upstart group able to profitable the division if its spectacular protection continues to ship.

That about-face relating to the discourse surrounding his group’s fortunes has not been misplaced on Rodgers, who mentioned how rapidly narratives shift within the NFL throughout his weekly look on “The Pat McAfee Present” on Tuesday. 

“No person was saying that (expletive) a couple of weeks in the past,” Rodgers mentioned of the Jets’ viability as a division contender.

Rodgers then opted to shift his focus and tip his cap to Mac Jones and the Patriots. New England has caught loads of deserving flak for a woeful 1-5 begin to the season, with Jones particularly drawing the ire of media and followers alike for his lapses in execution and dear turnovers.

However amid a number of questions surrounding each his long-term future in New England and his present standing because the QB1 on the depth chart, Jones delivered final Sunday with a clutch, game-winning drive within the fourth quarter to assist the Patriots beat the Payments, 29-25.

“The narrative can change so rapidly on this league. It’s overreaction Mondays each single week,” Rodgers mentioned. “Have a look at what’s occurring in New England. ‘Invoice’s gonna be out’ and ‘Mac is the issue’ after which Mac goes out and balls out, I believe he was 25 of 31, performed unimaginable, led them on a last-second drive and now it’s like, ‘Mac was by no means the issue!’ You’ve to have the ability to chortle at a few of this (expletive) as a result of it’s so ridiculous. The overreactions and the blanket statements are loopy.”

The two-5 Patriots nonetheless have an uphill climb in the event that they wish to get out of the underside of the AFC East.

However a win down in Miami in opposition to the Dolphins in Week 8 will as soon as once more shift the narrative round a Patriots group as soon as forged apart as cellar-dwellers poised for a top-five choose within the 2024 NFL Draft.