Aaron Rodgers Says Jets May Be Plagued by 'Some Sort of Curse We've Got to Snap'

Aaron Rodgers may have found the source of what has plagued the New York Jets this season.

After Garrett Wilson said the Jets have a losing "gene" in their DNA following a 32-26 overtime loss to the Miami Dolphins on Sunday, Rodgers took things a step further by suggesting they are cursed.

"I mean, it might be something like that," the quarterback told reporters on Wednesday about Wilson's theory. "It might be some sort of curse we've got to snap as well."

While it is easy to poke fun at Rodgers for many things, this is actually one instance in which his fascination with the dark arts might be on point.

The Jets have absolutely been cursed with bad vibes, but it's not as if things were going great before 2024.

All of New York's optimism going into Rodgers' first season wearing green and white was washed away four snaps into Week 1 against the Buffalo Bills when he tore his Achilles.

The longest active playoff drought in the four major North American men's pro sports leagues belongs to the Jets at 14 seasons. They extended their streak when they were officially eliminated from postseason contention with last Sunday's loss to Miami.

Think of how bad things are for other NFL teams like the Carolina Panthers, New York Giants, Las Vegas Raiders and Jacksonville Jaguars. Yet all of those teams have made the playoffs at least once since the Jets' most recent appearance in 2010.

Rodgers has absolutely done his part to contribute to how poorly things have gone this season. The franchise has bent over backward to give him everything he wanted, including starting the season with Nathaniel Hackett as offensive coordinator and trading for Davante Adams on Oct. 15.

Hackett has since been removed from his position calling plays for the offense after head coach Robert Saleh got fired, but he remains on the staff for interim head coach Jeff Ulbrich.

The decision to fire Saleh after a 2-3 start has had a profound impact on the defense. They were allowing 17 points per game through five weeks with Saleh, but are giving up 26.9 points in eight games under Ulbrich.

Whatever the Jets are doing absolutely can't continue going forward. One potential solution to start their next phase could be to move on from Rodgers after this season, especially because a new head coach may not be keen to start his tenure with a 41-year-old quarterback who has looked limited because of his age and several injuries.