Saleh - Jets, Aaron Rodgers 'to push the envelope with cadence' - ESPN

New York Jets coach Robert Saleh has been around Aaron Rodgers for only a handful of games, but he already has learned an important lesson about his quarterback: You don't mess with his cadence.

Saleh, under fire after a sloppy, penalty-filled loss Sunday, said his coaching staff spoke «at length» Monday morning about ways in which they can eliminate the alarming number of pre-snap flags — five false starts in their 10-9 loss to the Denver Broncos.

Altering Rodgers' sophisticated cadence — one of the hallmarks of his game — isn't among the potential solutions, according to Saleh, who hinted otherwise after the game.

«We've got to figure it out, whether or not we're good enough or ready to handle all the cadence,» Saleh said Sunday after watching his offense go without a touchdown in 13 possessions. «Cadence had not been an issue all camp. Felt like our operation had been operating pretty good. Obviously, today it took a major step back.»

On Monday, Saleh backtracked when the issue again was raised in a videoconference with reporters, saying there's a distinction between «cadence» and «operation.»

«We're always going to push the envelope with cadence. Always,» he said. «But with regards to operation, getting in and out of the huddle, getting to the line of scrimmage, the communication that's being had, those are all things that we can continue to look at and clean up.

»But from a cadence standpoint, that's part of what makes us who we are, and we're going to continue to always push the envelope on that."

Throughout his career, Rodgers has demonstrated the uncanny ability to create «free plays» by drawing defenses offside. In fact, he has 18 career touchdown passes on such plays, including one in the season opener.

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