Rodgers' TDs could dip again without his best goal-line target, and with no clear go-to WR - let alone the QB-WR mind meld Rodgers had with Adams - his 18th season could be bumpier than the last two years. Running backs Aaron Jones and AJ Dillon, who combined for 86 catches last season, look poised for a lot of work. Otherwise, it's Allen Lazard, Sammy Watkins, Randall Cobb, Amari Rodgers and fourth-round pick Romeo Doubs at wide receiver, plus TEs Robert Tonyan and Josiah Deguara. But the WR room is devoid of high-end talent and the team waited until its third draft pick to add a wideout - Christian Watson, a 6-4 receiver with 4.36 speed. If the quarterback makes the receiver, then Rodgers will be fine. But days later, he lost his best offensive weapon, wide receiver Davante Adams, and then field-stretcher Marquez Valdes-Scantling. Rodgers put to rest the question of where he’d play this year by signing a contract extension in March. After throwing two interceptions in Week 1, he had just two more the rest of the season. He also took his ability to protect the football to even greater heights. He lost 11 TD passes from the previous season in part because of predictable regression in red-zone scores, while his 68.9 completion percentage (3rd) and 7.7 YPA (6th) were only slightly off his 2020 pace. Last season was filled with drama for Rodgers, but it ended the same way as the previous year - as NFL MVP. Stabilizing the Jets in real life won't necessarily mean a reprisal of the big numbers from his better Green Bay years. Rodgers doesn't do much with his feet at this point, and he won't rank among the league leaders in pass attempts unless the Jets' big-time investments in their defense and running game go horribly wrong. The speed demon is Mecole Hardman, who never broke out in four seasons with Patrick Mahomes before signing with the Jets this March. 2 WR is his former Packers teammate Allen Lazard, whose efficiency slumped considerably with a big increase in volume last year. In New York he has Garrett Wilson, who had 1,103 receiving yards as a rookie last year, and not much else. Rodgers had the second-highest dropped pass percentage (7.4), and while his on-target percentage (51.3) on attempts of 20-plus yards ranked ninth, his completion percentage (33.8) ranked 22nd. Part of his problem was a lack of playmakers. More alarming, his 12 interceptions were one shy of the total from his previous three seasons combined and the most he'd thrown since his 13 as a first-year starter in 2008. He posted a full-season career low in passing yards as his 6.8 YPA ranked 23rd. Last year, he finished QB13 in fantasy, the first time in his career outside the top 10 in a full season. The question is just how much Rodgers has left. The Jets, who’ve searched for a Super Bowl-caliber QB since Joe Namath, traded a bevy of picks for the 39-year-old. The Rodgers era in Green Bay is over, but the QB is still wearing green.
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