The New York Jets' season continues to spin out of control.
Following the Jets' fourth-straight loss on Sunday afternoon, Aaron Rodgers (as usual) didn't bite his tongue when responding to his critics. Whether it's on-air television personalities, former athletes, or anyone in-between, Rodgers isn't having any of it when someone comes for him or his team.
During his weekly appearance on '[The Pat McAfee Show](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sL50sqzxhVU&t=5782s),' Rodgers took aim at former players (and non-former players) who have criticized his play and off-field antics during his time with the Jets.
"There's a lot of people talking about the game now," Rodgers said. "Both non-former players and former players who are trying to stay relevant fame wise. So the takes and the criticism are a lot different than they were maybe in the mid-2000s."
Rodgers continued his rant on the 'experts' who 'nobody remembers' that comment on him and the Jets' struggles this season,
"I'm talking about these experts on TV who nobody remembers what they did in their career," Rodgers continued. "So in order for them to stay relevant, they have to make comments that keep them in the conversation. That wasn't going on in 2008, 2009. The SportsCenter of my youth, those guys made highlights so much fun. And that's what they showed on SportsCenter. Now it's all talk shows and people whose opinions are so important now and they believe they're the celebrities now, they're the stars for just being able to talk about sports or give a take about sports, many of which are unfounded or asinine, as we all know. But that's the environment we're in now."
Over the past two months, the Jets parted ways with head coach, Robert Saleh and general manager, Joe Douglas. Longtime ESPN personality, Stephen A. Smith [put the blame mainly on the future Hall of Fame signal caller](https://247sports.com/article/jets-star-offensive-weapon-ruled-out-for-week-14-against-dolphins-241518808/) as to why both Saleh and Douglas are no longer with the organization.
"He absolutely did," Smith said when asked if Rodgers cost Saleh and Douglas their jobs. "He hasn't played well. He didn't cost them their job when he got hurt four plays into the season and was out the entire year. Everything that the Jets aspired to be and what they thought they could be was predicated on the assumption that Aaron Rodgers would look, to some degree, like the Aaron Rodgers that he customarily looked like throughout his illustrious, Hall of Fame career. But that has not been the case, he has been a shell of himself, not to mention the fact that the team has looked devoid of leadership.
"Clearly when we read the articles, ya know, in the New York Times and The Athletic by Dianna Russini and the co-author of that article, where they highlighted some of the things that were going on in the Jets locker room and how Woody Johnson wanted to bench Aaron Rodgers and how Robert Saleh pushed back on that and had the support of general manager, Joe Douglas and others and we hear all of this stuff that has been going on. But in the end, it all comes down to Aaron Rodgers, if Aaron Rodgers had been playing better, the Jets would have won a few more games, if they had won a few more games, these guys wouldn't be gone. There is no way around it, when we look at the New York Jets and I don't enjoy saying it or anything like that, but two people are out of a job today, and Aaron Rodgers has a lot to do with it."
Rodgers and the Jets look close out the final month of the season on a high note when they travel south to Florida for a Week 15 showdown with the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday afternoon (1:00 pm EDT/10:00 am PDT) on CBS.