Jets' Aaron Rodgers 'completely sucked the air out of the building,' ex-NFL star says

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Aaron Rodgers has essentially built the team around him since he entered the New York Jets’ organization in 2023, and the team has added pieces in the offseason and during the 2024 season that should have benefitted the quarterback and the team in general.

However, as Rodgers has settled into his first healthy season with the Jets, it has not gone as planned. The 10-time Pro Bowler has 2,258 passing yards and 15 touchdown passes. New York is 3-7 this season and ranked 26th in scoring and yards gained.

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New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers, #8, leaves the field after an NFL football game against the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday, Nov. 10, 2024 in Glendale, Arizona. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Boomer Esiason, a former Jets and Cincinnati Bengals star quarterback, did not mince words on Monday following the team’s 31-6 loss to the Arizona Cardinals.

"I hate to say, it’s like Aaron Rodgers has completely sucked the air out of the building," Esiason said on WFAN’s "Boomer & Gio." "And I think so many guys are deferring to in their minds. In their minds, in my mind, he is a first-ballot Hall-of-Fame player, one of the great quarterbacks when he was in his prime that we have ever seen.

"Very few people throw the ball like him. And I used to say that Dan Marino, Joe Namath and Aaron Rodgers all threw the ball significantly different than everyone else, like we’ve never seen anything like it. And I will go to my grave still thinking that those three players were that special when they were throwing the ball. And how they looked at throwing the ball was just so natural and amazing."

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