NFL power rankings: Which teams will have the best passing attack this season?
By Ryan Heckman
9. New York Jets
There are many who are acting as if the addition of Aaron Rodgers is going to suddenly lunge the New York Jets into Super Bowl contention, and I have news for those folks: you are all wrong.
The Jets are going to be a good team, but they are still maybe the second-best team in the AFC East behind the Bills. The Jets would also still have to get by the likes of not just the Bills, but the Chiefs and Bengals en route to AFC supremacy.
New York’s offense is going to be improved, no doubt. Rodgers takes them up a notch, but watching him last year, you could tell he was aging. His age showed. Time is catching up with him, as a lot of his passes simply looked off. Now, he also had other moments where you went, “Yep, he’s still got it.”
The supporting cast is fantastic, assuming Breece Hall comes back healthy from his ACL tear and Michael Carter is a strong second fiddle. Garrett Wilson, Corey Davis, Mecole Hardman, Allen Lazard and Randall Cobb all make up a solid unit of wideouts, with Wilson being the alpha dog. The Jets will be a great offense, but they won’t jump into the top five like some think they might.