Coaching camps are opening up throughout the NFL this week, and gamers, executives and followers are all feeling the optimism that comes with the beginning of a brand new season.
On Tuesday, camp began for the New York Jets, and after the catastrophe that was the 2023 season, they’re hoping this time round, they may keep wholesome and cohesive.
Final 12 months, they went 7-10 after quarterback Aaron Rodgers, whom they traded for within the offseason, promptly tore his Achilles on their first offensive sequence of Week 1.
Rodgers has apparently healed from that damage, and Harry Douglas mentioned that the Jets ought to subsequently be “astronomically better” than they had been final 12 months or the 12 months earlier than that, per Freddie and Harry.
“The New York Jets should be astronomically better.”@HDouglas83 | @ESPNRadio https://t.co/ClMssB62Es pic.twitter.com/d5Z6D4f193
— Freddie and Harry (@FreddieandHD) July 23, 2024
The Jets have seemingly been mired within the dungeon of dangerous fortune for some 50 years, and final 12 months was a primary instance, particularly after all of the preseason hype and pleasure Rodgers’ arrival created.
However so long as he stays wholesome and performs at a decent stage, they need to be aggressive, on the very least.
New York added large receiver Mike Williams and eight-time Professional Bowl offensive deal with Tyron Smith this offseason, and they’ll be part of studs similar to wideout Garrett Wilson and operating again Breece Corridor, to not point out a gifted protection.
Douglas mentioned that New York’s gifted protection will take loads of strain off of Rodgers in order that he received’t essentially should be his outdated MVP self for the group to do effectively.
But when the Jets are to have an actual shot at reaching the Tremendous Bowl, Rodgers might should method the extent of manufacturing he was at in 2020 and 2021, the years he received the newest of his 4 league MVP awards.
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