Aaron Rodgers and The Panchakarma cleanse

brady is not goiung to unretire to play behind a bad OL at age 45 or whatever

lol yeah “hey our 40 year old QB just suffered one of the worst possible injuries four plays into the season behind our awful offensive line… wanna give it a shot?” doesn’t feel like a very compelling pitch to tom brady, sadly

i think their best chance is signing an ex starter off the street like carson wentz or jameis. i think i heard someone mention that andy dalton is carolina’s back up…

yeah I know Brady ain't coming back just saying the veteran QB market is pretty dire right now. idk if Wentz, Jameis, Dalton, Matt Ryan, Flacco etc would actually be a huge upgrade on Zach Wilson. also theres the fact that they built their entire offense around Rodgers' game

Matt Ryan is the only one out of that group who feels like he might have at least some intangibles remaining if not the same skills.

he was really and truly god awful last year for the colts. zach wilson may actually be better than him

the last (only?) true back up QB to win the super bowl was nick foles w/ the eagles. he was 28. i think the jets only hope is finding a QB who is still in his prime who might be able to get hot for a few months while trying to score a big new contract. i don't think the 40+ year old ex superstar QB is the route they wanna go

jameis has the most upside, he's actually the saints' backup. it would prob take an actual package to pry him. the ryan-era jets would've totally targeted taysom hill.

i would be 1000% ok with dalton, who was actually not bad in a similar-ish situation last year for the saints (18 tds, 9 int, 53 qbr, which was higher than rodgers' last year!). but again, the panthers prob want him to be a sounding board for bryce young.

wentz is really really bad, and a terrible locker room presence. he's the one option that i genuinely think would be worse than wilson

Aaron Rodgers didn't like the play-calls involving cut-blocks and expressed as much to Jets coaches, sources tell @DMRussini and @ZackBlatt.

During his four dropbacks Monday, New York's tackles tried the maneuver twice — including the play he was injured on. pic.twitter.com/XlCIhlpeeK

— The Athletic (@TheAthletic) September 12, 2023

there's a great still i saw of him staring down an open receiver 10 yards downfield while the left tackle executes the cut block. he had really gotten bad about holding onto the ball and not taking the easy completion which apparently is now the fault of the coaching staff (that he handpicked)

oh no just heard from doctor james andrews that aaron's ruptured achilles means he will need to be placed in a medically-induced coma til january

the funny thing about the cut blocking is if you see the reverse angle of the play he got hurt, the cut block was insanely pathetic. like one of the worst block attempts i've ever seen in the NFL. i think his issue was less that there were cut blocks in the offense and more than his OL is incompetent

apparently the Jets are inquiring about Chad Henne, I guess that's not the worst idea

Dalton probably seems like a better fit than Jameis, though idk what assets they even have to trade anymore and I get the feeling both teams are gonna highball the shit outta them knowing the situation

Matt Ryan isn't the real answer, at all, but I hate the other guys. Jameis might be better, the ceiling is decently high. Too late to pry Stafford from the Rams? Call in Colin K? Ryan Fitz? Is Jimmy Clausen still alive?

yeah i think their best hope might be that the rams are a one week mirage and are actually as bad as everyone/vegas projected, but hard to imagine the rams trading him before idk week 6 or something even if they lose like 3-4 games in a row here coming up. so the jets would still have to figure out how to stay afloat w/ last year's worst QB in the league

The energy between Stafford and the Rams seems to be weird enough that it seems like a very plausible possibility. I think you're correct on when they would be willing to trade him though, if at all.

Who was the last quarterback to return after tearing his achilles? Couldn't think of anyone off the top of my head.

Cardinals would probably be willing to move Kyler and his contract...

Somewhere in suburbia Vinny Testeverde put on his Adidas tracksuit and went into the backyard to toss around The Duke today.

I'd kinda think Tyrod Taylor might be the most competent backup out there these days, especially since Fitzmagic retired (and he was always more of a borderline starter). I think they were talking he was the highest paid backup QB this year.

Tyler Huntley seemed to do somewhat ok for the Ravens last year at times.

yeah i think their best hope might be that the rams are a one week mirage and are actually as bad as everyone/vegas projected, but hard to imagine the rams trading him before idk week 6 or something even if they lose like 3-4 games in a row here coming up. so the jets would still have to figure out how to stay afloat w/ last year's worst QB in the league

― J0rdan S., Tuesday, September 12, 2023 5:05 PM (twenty-two minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

i think it's literally impossible to have both stafford and rodgers on the payroll without serious shenanigans

not to mention, the jets have a ridiculously hard schedule over the next five weeks (@dallas, vs. new england, vs. chiefs, @denver, vs. eagles). jets are gonna need an answer sooner than the rams will be willing to make staff available

Probably the only staff they're going to get for their QB problem

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i think it's literally impossible to have both stafford and rodgers on the payroll without serious shenanigans

― is he disgruntled adrian? (voodoo chili), Tuesday, September 12, 2023 6:28 PM (seven minutes ago)bookmarkflaglink

yeah you might be right. maybe they could include rodgers in the trade to match salary... idk how NFL trades work

Cardinals would probably be willing to move Kyler and his contract...

― The Yellow Kid, Tuesday, September 12, 2023 6:13 PM (twenty-three minutes ago)

yeah this is an interesting one... i can't remember when he's supposed to be back but i feel like it's not soon enough to save their season

it's just a real dire situation and one that I think is without precedent in the NFL. I mean a lot of teams have been in that "if our QB gets hurt we're just screwed" situation (ever see Rodgers' backups in Green Bay?) but to reshape your entire offense and blow up your payroll for one guy only to have him suddenly go out for the whole year, maybe forever, without having even completed a pass...idk there's no playbook for that

best hope is they can scrap their way to a 3-3 record and maybe see what's available from there. or maybe Zach Wilson can actually figure something out. either way they gotta sign someone, I mean I don't think the Jets even have a backup QB right now and the way the OL is playing they might get Wilson killed next week too

time to run the wishbone

Maybe let Rodgers play in a scooter

Lure Ronaldo from Saudi Arabia to New York, wherever you get the ball try a field goal

Doubt he has any interest but one cool surprise unretirement scenario is Andrew Luck…he’s relatively young, has a similar game to Rodgers, and maybe is all healed up by now

wait a second. I meant Jay Cutler

haha I wouldn't even wish Jay Cutler on the Packers

Only if he plays nude

stunned to find out metlife stadium is the most expensive stadium ever built (in 2010) and that it uses astroturf??

Who was the last quarterback to return after tearing his achilles? Couldn't think of anyone off the top of my head.

The guys on OTH had to go all the way back to Sonny Jurgensen.

that's what the Zeppelin song is about

vinny testaverde tore his in 1999 and played another eight seasons

I liked Drew Magary's take on this. The injury just sucks for everyone. I really just wanted to see him do what Favre did in Minnesota (specifically, what he did on the last possession of the NFCCG). But alas.

https://www.sfgate.com/49ers/article/aaron-rodgers-torn-achilles-deeply-unfair-18362478.php

xp I forgot about Vinny. I'm clearly not the only one.

motherfuckers act like they forgot about Vin

they brought him up on the MNF broadcast for exactly that reason

that's what the Zeppelin song is about

Achilles' Last Sack

this fuckin guy

Aaron Rodgers latest Instagram story 💀 pic.twitter.com/DJgySAzcvM

— Joe Pompliano (@JoePompliano) September 4, 2023

I draw the line at fuckin' Comic Sans.

I mean seriously who is still talking about the vaccine in 2023?? weren't we all supposed to drop dead of heart failure by now?

i did but i'm still here

i will post through it

Great now that he's injured he's gonna be on social media more.

I mean seriously who is still talking about the vaccine in 2023??

Conservatives, particularly the anti-vaxx wing and their Q-Cousins.

It's wild, the vaxx was probably the best thing to happen under Trump's watch, and they don't want to own it.

thing is Rodgers could actually be pretty useful on the sidelines given this is a great team with a young QB and some players he knows very well, somehow i doubt he's willing to help out much though

Rodgers, in IG post, says 'I shall rise yet again'

okay bro

what Favre did in Minnesota (specifically, what he did on the last possession of the NFCCG)

^trigger warning needed

lmao the pettiness

Wait - why is @AaronRodgers12 wearing a mask https://t.co/xArNP0wlOz

— Keith Olbermann⌚️ (@KeithOlbermann) September 15, 2023

https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/jimmy-kimmel-hints-at-potential-lawsuit-against-aaron-rodgers

“There’s a lot of people, including Jimmy Kimmel, really hoping that doesn’t come out,” Rodgers said regarding the Epstein client list, while appearing on Pat McAfee’s show, via Michaela Zee of Variety.com.

Said Kimmel, on X: “Dear Aasshole: for the record, I’ve not met, flown with, visited, or had any contact whatsoever with Epstein, nor will you find my name on any ‘list’ other than the clearly-phony nonsense that soft-brained wackos like yourself can’t seem to distinguish from reality. Your reckless words put my family in danger. Keep it up and we will debate the facts further in court.”

for more context on this, I'm pretty sure Kimmel was making fun of him in a monologue recently

jimmy-kimmel-hints-at-potential-lawsuit-against-aaron-rodgers

I'd say that was more than a hint. It was an explicit warning to retract the statement or otherwise make an apology, or else face litigation and a shitload of damages for running his mouth.

rightfully so too, there's just something about Jimmy that seems to piss these guys off more than the other late night dudes, I think it's because Jimmy Kimmel is exactly the sort of person these guys wish actually liked them.

Aasshole

Took me a minute to notice the double A's lol. I'm imagining him saying "A-asshole" a la Key and Peele.

Rodgers is definitely not smart enough to drop this; he’s got Musk brain.