As Aaron Rodgers returns to Jets practice there might be a good reason hes pushed so hard to come back

With the death rattle for the New York Jets’ 2023 season looming, the question put to head coach Robert Saleh this past Friday night was unavoidable, if not entirely predictable.

The quarterback spot without Aaron Rodgers is a mess. The offensive line is a wasteland of injury. The defense is frustrated. And the franchise's immediate future is looking hauntingly familiar to last season, when the same issues cascaded into what is becoming an annual carbon copy of failure and bewilderment. And with it, the one question that will stalk Saleh and general manager Joe Douglas for the next six weeks. The query was aimed directly at the head coach, after a 34-13 loss to the Miami Dolphins.

It has since rippled outward, of course. The surrounding media and fan base has expanded that question to include Douglas — and by extension, the entire Jets coaching staff and front office. That’s how this works. You fire the head coach, you’re essentially firing his entire staff. You fire the general manager, the clock starts on everyone else in the personnel department.

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