Aaron Rodgers - Jets need to flush the B.S. to win in 2024 - ESPN

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers, trying to create a winning culture for 2024, offered a few words advice for the organization.

«Flush the bulls---,» he said Monday.

Rodgers, responding to a question about what can be learned from the 7-10 season, said the Jets need to eliminate distractions. The four-time MVP, who created headlines throughout the year with his weekly TV appearances on «The Pat McAfee Show» — most recently last week with controversial remarks about talk show host Jimmy Kimmel — said the organization must maintain a singular focus to shed its losing ways.

«Anything in this building that we're doing individually or collectively that has nothing to do with real winning needs to be assessed,» Rodgers told reporters, adding:

«If you want to be a winning organization and put yourself in position to win championships and be competitive, everything that you do matters. And the bulls--- that has nothing to do with winning needs to get out of the building. So that'll be the focus moving forward. That's the focus of these [exit interviews].»

Rodgers didn't cite any specific examples, but the inference was that he wasn't happy with certain things. He said the organizational focus can't be a «half-the-time thing. It's not a sometimes-thing, it's not a most-of-the-time thing. It's an every time thing.»

The Jets were in the national spotlight since last February, when they started courting the former Green Bay Packers star. Rodgers mania, combined with the team's appearance on HBO's «Hard Knocks,» created unprecedented media coverage. Pro Bowl cornerback Sauce Gardner, calling them distractions, said Monday, «We really lost track of some things.»

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