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Of course Aaron Rodgers and Davante Adams walked through that door on Sunday. Of course the rendition of grumpy old men morphed into the dynamic duo, when the postseason is no longer on the line, but draft positioning most certainly is. Of course it happened when everyone of consequence has been fired and the only ones fighting for the second marriage of Rodgers’ and Adams’ careers are the quarterback and his favorite wide receiver.
Of course. Because it’s the New York Jets.
That’s what I thought late in the fourth quarter of the the New York Jets’ 32-25 comeback win against the Jacksonville Jaguars, as Rodgers took advantage of a clean pocket and threw an unquestionably impressive 71-yard touchdown dart to Adams. It was the stuff of Green Bay Packers lore: Rodgers effortlessly wrist-flicking a rope down the middle of the field as Adams ruthlessly split a pair of defenders in coverage. The ball came down slightly over Adams’ left shoulder and perfectly into a two-handed cradle — in full stride. The two defenders on each side of Adams were helpless to stop it, and not even an angling third defender getting a clear shot to tackle him at the 5-yard line could stop the touchdown.
Halfway down the field, Rodgers was running, screaming and fist-pumping, capturing what might be his most joyous moment of this lost season. In that highlight — maybe 30 seconds — everything was possible again and nothing else mattered. Not the 10 losses with three difficult games left on the schedule. Not the upper reaches of the organization already having been blown up. Not team owner Woody Johnson reportedly floating the idea of benching Rodgers a few months back. Not the looming guillotine of the coming offseason, when a decision will be made to either further blow this team up and start over yet again … or possibly keep it together and hope for different results.
Instead, in this one game, Rodgers and Adams took everyone into the time machine and reminded us that who…
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Publish date : 2024-12-16 05:38:00
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