Aaron Rodgers dusts off new version of 'relax' after Jets' loss - ESPN

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Ten years ago, quarterback Aaron Rodgers famously told a nervous Green Bay Packers fan base to «R-E-L-A-X» after the team's 1-2 start.

Coming off the New York Jets' blowout loss on Monday night, Rodgers dusted off the oldie but goodie, delivering a revised version Wednesday for fans — and perhaps teammates — who might be edgy about the team's current plight.

«I think we always have to stay relaxed,» he said. «It's a long season. I think, at times, people think the season is like you're out in the prairie or the desert and you're moving around trying to find water, but it's more like a nice, slow Bolero, where we're just swaying with the music and reacting to whatever comes to us and through us, just trying to not get too high with the highs or too low with the lows.»

Perhaps fittingly, the Jets — 32-19 losers to the San Francisco 49ers — will head to Music City in search of their first win. They face the Tennessee Titans (0-1) on Sunday at Nissan Stadium, looking to eliminate the sting of a season-opening defeat that fueled panic among some fans.

«The league is a lot different than when I said 'relax' years ago in that there's just so much more coverage [and] there's so much more opportunity for overreaction,» Rodgers said. «So I get it. We want to win, the fans want to win, the organization wants to win, but the process has to be the same.

»If it's good enough in Week 1, it's good enough in the playoffs, so we've got to stick to the process and the preparation, the way that goes, and trust that it's good enough."

After Rodgers' «R-E-L-A-X» comment, the Packers won four straight, finished 12-4 and reached the NFC Championship Game. He delivered that line on Sept. 23, 2014 — a 10-year anniversary of