Aaron Rodgers is officially a failed Jets savior
NY Post
GLENDALE — Only the Jets could promise their tortured and tormented faithful a season of hope and great expectations and turn it into a Butt Fumble.
Only the Jets could turn a planned Desert Storm operation into a regular-season Mud Bowl.
So there was Aaron Rodgers, face down on the ground early in the third quarter at the Arizona 9-yard line as State Farm Stadium roared after failing twice on second-and-goal from the 3 and then losing a fumble on a sack and enough of his brain to require a visit to the tent for an examination.
By then, it was Cardinals 24, Jets 6 and well on its way to Cardinals 31, Jets 6.
Rodgers (22-35, 151 yards) was brought here to so much Savior fanfare to win these games, to laugh in the face of adversity, to lift all Jets in their desperate hour and instill belief in his huddle and throughout his team.
And so, the long, agonizing flight back home carried a future first-ballot Hall of Fame quarterback and a season he has not saved and a team and a franchise he has been powerless to save from itself.
The Yankees and Mets are well represented among finalists for year-end awards.
Aaron Boone acknowledged that “everyone’s going to have their opinions.”
Where and how has it all gone wrong for the Jets? How have they managed to miss the playoffs 13 consecutive years … and counting down the days and weeks to 14?
INDIANAPOLIS — There comes a point in most seasons, if not all of them, when you have to stop giving stock to the words relayed in a news conference.
Call it a bad case of the Sundays.
MUNICH — It is never, or rarely, the fault of one player, but it is time.
INDIANAPOLIS — Karl-Anthony Towns sat with his feet in the ice bucket, staring into nothing with a look of disappointment all over his face.
GLENDALE — Only the Jets could promise their tortured and tormented faithful a season of hope and great expectations and turn it into a Butt Fumble.
The way it’s gone for the Rangers the last two and a half weeks, Tuesday’s game against the NHL-leading Winnipeg Jets at Madison Square Garden is shaping up to be as big of a game as it could be in November.
Grading the Giants‘ 20-17 overtime loss to the Panthers in Germany on Sunday.