Aaron Rodgers - Jets offense 'needs to grow up,' not point fingers - ESPN

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Injured New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers wants his teammates to do a better job of handling adversity, and he'd like the fans — including franchise icon Joe Namath — to stay positive.

Rodgers, in his weekly spot on «The Pat McAfee Show,» said Tuesday he didn't care for the sideline behavior during Sunday's 15-10 loss to the New England Patriots.

«I think we need to hold our poise a little bit better across the board,» Rodgers said. «Just offensively, we need to not have some of those things happen on the sideline and to be a little better and to be a just be a little better competitors.»

Wide receiver Garrett Wilson and running back Michael Carter were caught on camera in animated conversations with assistant coaches. Carter, in particular, was hot; he was screaming at running backs coach Taylor Embree.

Rodgers, who watched from his home in Malibu, California, said there were «too many little side conversations, and we just need to grow up a little bit on offense and lock in and do our jobs and not point fingers at each other — and that's everybody. Don't point fingers at the coaching staff, don't point fingers at each other. Just get back to work and get the job done.»

The Jets (1-2) have dropped two straight games, as the Zach Wilson-led offense produced only two touchdowns in the two defeats. Wilson, who replaced Rodgers on the fifth play of the opener, has come under fire.

«I feel like if I was there, some of those things wouldn't be happening,» said Rodgers, who underwent Achilles surgery Sept. 13. "[I'm] not sure we'd be 3-0 — I don't know that. I'd like to think there's a possibility of that, but it's more the side stuff that I don't like and that I want to see us stick together through