Aaron Rodgers was delighted to have finally got a complete game victory with the New York Jets after orchestrating their 24-17 win at the Tennessee Titans on Sunday.
Rodgers’ debut season with the Jets was curtailed after just four snaps against the Buffalo Bills last year, and he spent the rest of the season on a gruelling recovery process.
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He showed signs of rust last week in a defeat to the San Francisco 49ers but was a commanding presence against the Titans, showing all of his vast experience to lead a seven-play, 74-yard drive that finished with Braelon Allen running in for a match-winning touchdown.
“It was great,” Rodgers said. “It was a long time coming.
“I think we’re going to look back at the end of the season and know those are two really good defenses, whether they’re top 10 or top 15 or top five.
“Two really good defenses, two good schemes. Sometimes it’s a bad throw, sometimes it’s missing a landmark in the run game, sometimes route concepts get screwed up and we don’t run the right route. Just little things. It’s correctable.
“But good teams can close out games in tough environments. And we’ll be really thankful for this one, I hope, down the road.”
All-around team win. pic.twitter.com/BA7gGZYCsz
— New York Jets (@nyjets) September 15, 2024
Good, but not great…
While happy to describe the Jets as a “good team”, Rodgers accepts there is some way to go before they can be described as “great”.
He said: “It was a hot day, short week, very good defense, start off really slow but finding a way to win. That’s what really good teams do. Great teams, when you’re up 14-10, you block a punt and score a touchdown to go up two scores. So we’re not quite there.”
Jets coach Robert Saleh felt Rodgers’ know-how came to the fore late in the game with the result on the line.
He said: “The guy’s a first-ballot Hall of Famer and has had production in this league for a very, very long time so he’s seen everything. To have a presence in the huddle for a lot of guys who haven’t seen everything is pretty cool.
“We’re a young team and an organization that’s been through it for the last 13 years, so there’s going to be some learning as we go.
“As you look at the game as it unfolds, the mindset of ‘we can score every drive’ is eventually going to take over this football team. And once that does fully take over, I think it’s going to be free-flowing and look beautiful when it all comes together.
“To have a guy like Aaron who just gives that calm presence at the quarterback position is priceless.”
