Jets QB Aaron Rodgers agrees with Tom Brady’s assessment of NFL standards deteriorating to mediocrity: “It’s very difficult to play”

The NFL this season is surely looking unappealing to those who used to love Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers’ dynasties on the field. While Brady cut his name from the NFL roster for good, the New York Jets’ starter Rodgers is out with a season-ending Achilles injury, leaving little hope to make his appearance again on the field this season.

Like the football fans, the seven-time Super Bowl winner himself misses the golden times that he was bold enough to proclaim. In this regard, A-Rod delved into the review of Brady as well, conveying his trust on the retired player’s take.

Aaron Rodgers agrees with Tom Brady

The accolade-filled 23-year journey found its conclusion during this offseason when Tom Brady declared his retirement in February. Though, time by time, NFL fans urged him to reconsider his decision, and the Las Vegas Raiders also recently wrote down their name in this trial, there is no hope of a possible return.

Days ago, the former New England Patriots’ player had some forthright words about today’s NFL being mediocre gradually.

“I think there is a lot of mediocrity in today’s NFL. I don’t see the excellence that I saw in the past.”

In the eyes of Aaron Rodgers, it’s just the thing that he harbors in his mind that he shared during the recent episode of the “Pat McAfee” show. In this mediocre environment, Brady slammed the changing rules and regulations of the league, as the new rules are creating more opportunities for offensive players to get hurt.

A-Rod, who already came out as a victim of it, also admitted that the new rules are employing more pressure on offense players to save themselves and leading to the progress of ‘bad habits’ among the players.

“The rule changes have created a lot of bad habits..Is it better in certain areas for player safety 100% but have we gone too far in other areas 100%. It’s very difficult to play defense in the league right now & there has to be a happy medium somewhere.”

Nevertheless, Tom Terrific highlighted that the rules inhibit players from learning the fundamentals to protect themselves on the field. Hence, he suggested the players take the responsibilities on their own shoulders.

Aaron Rodgers’s potential return date

The Jets, suffering from playoff droughts, signed Aaron Rodgers with a view to getting rid of a struggling offense. Robert Saleh’s defense is one of the best in the league, while Rodgers’ presence was assumed to get them the time and resources they lacked to have a successful season. Unfortunately, the 39-year-old’s Achilles injury dashed all hopes during his debut game with the Jets.

The Jets superstar, however, could successfully complete his surgery journey within just three weeks of the misfortune; it generally takes more than six weeks. Soon after getting clearance from his doctors, Aaron Rodgers flew across the country and made his appearance visible in almost all Jets games.

Without the 18-year vet, the Jets have been bungling in all directions, triggering the player to eye returning this season. For some medical experts, it is a risky endeavor to make the daring move of returning this season. Amid this, the former Green Bay Packers player let the speculation proceed through a cryptic tweet about his return in Week 17, as he thought he was “ahead of schedule”, per Guardian.

Do you think Aaron Rodgers’ can live on to his expectation of return?