Misery loves company.
The New York Jets missed the playoffs for a 15th consecutive season this year. Fans certainly didn’t want to see their ex-girlfriend, Aaron Rodgers, and the Pittsburgh Steelers continue in the postseason.
Well, they got their wish to cap off Super Wildcard Weekend. The Steelers got blown out 30-6 by the Houston Texans on Monday, January 13.
“This is the Steelers’ largest home playoff loss in franchise history. A 24-point margin and disaster,” ESPN’s Field Yates posted.
A 24-point margin and disaster.
“Glad to see Rodgers go out like the piece of [expletive] he is,” Drew From Jersey said on X previously Twitter.
Social Media Set Ablaze With Rodgers Hate From Jets Fans
“No leaks. No touchdowns. Many fumbles. Steelers went just as far with Russ’ corpse and Fields last year,” Jets analyst Joe Caporoso strongly responded.
Caporoso responded to a quote from earlier this month when Rodgers said, “There aren’t any leaks in the boat … the antithesis of where I was. To go through a season like this and being able to focus on football has been really nice.”
A-Rod took a direct shot at his old team, the Jets, where he spent the last two years before joining Pittsburgh this offseason.
“People had the audacity to say the Jets should have kept Aaron Rodgers. They really meant it. Laugh at these people,” Mike Nash said.
“Wish the break-up went better. 2009-2021 Aaron Rodgers is the best QB i’ve seen in my life I don’t need to county jewelry. [The] Jets didn’t miss out on anything by parting with the current version of him. God speed,” a fan responded.
2009-2021 Aaron Rodgers is the best QB i’ve seen in my life I don’t need to county jewelry.
Jets didn’t miss out on anything by parting with the current version of him.
God speed.
“This guy going out pathetic is so perfect. Not even a close loss. Just flat out pathetic. Nobody deserves this more than Aaron Rodgers,” Mike Nash posted.
“The Steelers are the first team in NFL history to lose 5 consecutive playoff games by double digits,” NFL senior researcher Dante Koplowitz-Fleming said.
An Important Reminder
Rodgers might have played his final NFL game. He was noncommittal after the playoff loss to the Texans about whether he would come back in 2026.
Head coach Aaron Glenn’s first major decision after being hired by the Jets was to move on from Rodgers. AG took a lot of crap for that decision.
He took even more heat when his team missed the playoffs, and Rodgers made the postseason with Pittsburgh.
Despite all the storylines, headlines, and narratives — AG made the right decision. It’s not that Justin Fields was better because obviously he wasn’t. It’s about how the Jets’ season changed with Rodgers instead of Fields as QB1?
Maybe they win two or three more games? Maybe four, although that feels rich. So instead of being a three-win team, they’d be a six or seven-win team, and they still would have missed the playoffs?
The best thing that happened to the Jets was bottoming out and acquiring future draft capital. For that to matter, the Jets have to nail the picks to help turn this franchise around.
Rodgers was always closer to the end of his career than the beginning. A-Rod and the Jets no longer lined up with a new regime taking over.
Jets Social Media Rips Aaron Rodgers After Blowout Steelers Loss