Jets questioning players' effort as Aaron Rodgers hits new lows - ESPN

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers didn't get his 500th touchdown pass Sunday, but he still made history in a 40-14 loss to the Buffalo Bills at Highmark Stadium — a defeat so lopsided that it left some of his teammates wondering if players had quit.

Rodgers was sacked four times to bring his career total to 568, passing Tom Brady (565) as the most-sacked quarterback in NFL history.

«Yeah, I got Tom on that,» Rodgers said with a weak smile, feigning a hint of excitement.

Gallows humor.

The day was so bad for Rodgers and the Jets (4-12) that the future Hall of Famer told his coaches to play his backup at the start of the fourth quarter with the Jets trailing 40-0. In came Tyrod Taylor for mop-up duty.

It was the first time in Rodgers' career that his team had faced a 40-point deficit in a game he started.

It was an awful game in a bitterly disappointing season, one that began with Super Bowl aspirations.

«Yeah, I mean, it's kind of like the season — it just got away from us,» said Rodgers, who threw two interceptions and recorded a 1.2 Total QBR — the lowest of his career. «Too many games got away from us. This game got away from us. We were moving the ball well and then we just hit a wall. And that's been kind of the season, too.»

The Rodgers-led offense has gone 14 straight possessions without a touchdown (Taylor led two scoring drives in garbage time), leaving him stuck at 499 touchdown passes. He will try to become the fifth player in history to reach 500 in the season finale against the Miami Dolphins at MetLife Stadium.

Rodgers got within striking distance on his first two drives against the Bills, but he missed an open Kenny Yeboah on a third-and-1 pass at the 24 and the Jets failed to