Leroy arrives just in time as Boomer Esiason shares his thoughts on where Aaron Rodgers has bought the NY Jets. Has Aaron sucked the life out of the New York Jets locker room?
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00:00You familiar with Boomer Esiason? Yes, I am
00:04He is on our sister station played against Boomer. Oh
00:08Yeah, the last time
00:11The Bengals went to the Super Bowl down here. Hmm. He was the quarterback
00:16well, he is uh, he is the host of
00:20the morning show on WF a.m. And
00:24Boomer size to that some thoughts on where Aaron Rodgers
00:28Has brought the Jets and it's not good in boomers eyes here
00:32He was I hate to say it and it's like Aaron Rodgers has completely sucked the air out of the building
00:37And I think so many guys are deferring to who he is in
00:41Their minds and in their minds and in my mind he is a first ballot
00:45Hall of Fame player one of the great quarterbacks when he was in his prime that we have ever seen
00:50But you know since he has come here over the last two years every player on this team
00:55I feel like has deferred everything to him. And the reason I say that is because
01:00Russell Wilson said something about Mike Williams yesterday and it was being reported during the game that when Mike Williams showed up to Pittsburgh
01:08He showed up with such a big smile and he was so happy like he was so
01:13Unencumbered by playing for the Jets and with the Jets and with Aaron Rodgers
01:18Wow, there you go
01:21Boomer saying that I that Aaron although he threw him right under the bus. I mean look
01:29Sometimes you get thrown under the bus because you put yourself in that situation
01:35right and
01:37Based on how Aaron Rodgers talks and some of the things he says when he came in
01:43He just made it sound like oh, yeah, I'm here. It's go time. That's right
01:48Okay, and last year you got hurt and this year right with the same players
01:57They're not any good and so
02:01the impact that he
02:04Was gonna make the impact that they paid him to make he's not making
02:10and a coach got fired and
02:14They tried to put it on everything else
02:18when
02:19It's okay. It's okay
02:22like to
02:24understand that
02:26Maybe we shouldn't assign
02:2740 year old Aaron Rodgers
02:30Okay, because you can't take the anomaly and say our guy is gonna be that
02:36It happens with talented guys sometimes too. Well, like I think you think that they're gonna be these
02:41But
02:44Here's what happened
02:46If the Jets want to blame somebody
02:49Don't blame Aaron Rodgers sign this blame Tom Brady
02:54Because Tom Brady
02:56Tom Brady had all these people thinking that our guy could do that, too
03:02Mm-hmm. You see
03:04Yo, 40 is the new bit of a time. They're out of corn Achilles. No, but I'm just saying
03:10I mean even with that they even New England
03:15Didn't think he was gonna be what he was in
03:19Tampa because he was 40 some years old and
03:24I understand that yeah, but but age aside like I think he's also talking about like the personality thing of him, too
03:33Year-round like we all we all now can clearly see that he's washed
03:36But it's also one of these things where there's got to be athletes sometimes that don't realize that that's hit them
03:41or
03:42It is and that's just a little that's got to be a mental drain on everybody all the stuff
03:49That I have talked about
03:51Nothing. None of it
03:53was about
03:55Him and what his impact would be in the locker room. Okay, that's what boomer was hitting that
04:01Yep, and he has sucked the life out of that locker room. How does that make you feel Vlad?
04:09How do you suck the life out of that locker room I just think the team sucks that's it basically that's what it is
04:16I
04:17Still think the quarterback the team. I just think he's not
04:21The same quarterback that can put everything on his back on the on his shoulders to lead a team
04:29Listen listen
04:31Calm your calm down. Calm down bold head
04:35The talent that the Jets thought that they had
04:40Was not
04:42What was expected to show out as you as you can see?
04:45So because of that he had to do more and when he has to do more that he's not the same guy
04:51He was not expected to do that
04:53Which is supposed to just most more so game-managed just get the ball to the receivers in their talent and let them do what they
05:00Can't do that, but they can't do that. Why is that?
05:04Offensive line is not good the team. It was just not good. They're talented, but they're just not good
05:09And I'm not blaming it on him. It didn't matter if they fired the coach because of Robert Sala was there
05:15It's the same BS would still be happening really was a pointless firing
05:19It didn't matter if it was fire him or not just it the same results would have happened, but they did do to think
05:25I think if we just take take the Aaron Rodgers being old aside
05:30like they did PR things for him to make it cover up like that was gonna fix it like firing the coach and
05:37like going to get Devontae Adams and
05:41Those were things that we're gonna have like
05:45Understood that he wanted to be there
05:46But you but this was acted like he has him like do the little cameo
05:50Sneaky sneaks on on Pat McAfee like it was gonna be the fix a
05:55Everybody loves narratives. Come on, man. I mean, what are you talking about? I mean, you know, the narrative is to it comes back
06:00He's gonna save the Dolphins and you know, you've never seen a game against Arizona get so much coverage like that
06:07That's that's the story Arizona's funny
06:13That's the coverage that's the story
06:16And the Jets put themselves out there and if they were succeeded, it would be great
06:20But they also left themselves to be criticized if it didn't go. Well
06:28If you average-looking
06:31You better have a great personality
06:34And I'm saying that Aaron Rodgers came in there like he was going to be the Savior
06:41With how he acted with the demands with how he was talking
06:45okay, and then he started playing and
06:52Everybody realized
06:53You ain't that guy you was that guy?
06:57But you ain't that guy
06:59Not no more. And so what has happened is is that everybody in New York?
07:08Did what they had to do to appease Aaron Rodgers and
07:12In hopes that he was gonna be anything close
07:17to
07:18what could help this team win and the fact that a matter is is
07:22he kind of
07:24snake oil salesman you
07:27Because well, that's what an ayahuasca user would do
07:33Because
07:39All right, but Leroy here's the thing
07:43Nobody was saying we want nobody was asking for
07:462011 2012 Aaron Rodgers
07:49right
07:51You know what? Even that year that last year that he had and go at Green Bay
07:56Where he wasn't that great. It's still 26 touchdowns 12 interceptions
08:02Our fan no, but they didn't make the playoffs
08:05They didn't make the playoffs that year
08:07Alliance, that's when the Lions resurgence started to come they beat them knocked him out of the playoffs
08:12but in your mind if you're that as judge fans and
08:17You're looking at I would all this talent and we've been seven and ten with some of the worst quarterback plays
08:23You've ever seen even a 26 touchdown 12 interception
08:282022 Aaron Rodgers would be better than the horrible display of quarterback that we've seen
08:34Yeah, that's it. You you're leaving all the other variables out of what other variables is that?
08:42That you're
08:47The darkness isn't that Austria?
08:49Ayahuasca, that's the ayahuasca noise. I know the darkness
08:53But Vlad, here's the other thing. I'll Tobin hundred
08:58But you're you're you're making the assumption
09:01that your offense and
09:03Your offensive weapons and your offensive line. It was compared to compare comparable to what?
09:12Right. Okay, but that's not no it wasn't your offensive line gave up more sacks to anybody
09:19But in fairness to like again like not to harp on the off-field stuff
09:24Like he also did this song and dance in his last couple days to or not even just a VP thing
09:29I'm talking about like he would do this whole thing. Was I gonna retire randomly? I'm gonna go host Jeopardy
09:35Then he's like I'll show for the last season
09:37He was mad because they drafted Jordan love even though he wasn't as much of a jerk to Jordan love as Brett Favre was to
09:42Him like it was a whole thing with him there too
09:45And so the thing that that baggage which yeah, New York media is going to echo that stuff a lot more than Green Bay does
09:53Was gonna put you it was gonna put you in a worse position because that stuff is gonna be
09:57Blasted a lot more if you're not the same guy. Here's the thing. I hate
10:02All the things that I said about Aaron Rodgers right before he got here before he got to New York
10:09Um had nothing to do what I think about his career it has to do it
10:16me thinking of what his career gonna look like when he's 40 and
10:20And that was my whole point, but it ended up being I hate Aaron Rodgers
10:26for other people
10:28to just think
10:30that Aaron Rodgers gonna be your savior and
10:33Then after Achilles still think that at 40
10:38Like yeah, I just think that was ridiculous
10:41You we could deal with all the other stuff if he's performing we dealt with crazy Aaron Rodgers for years because he was balling
10:48now
10:50He's doing that stuff and he ain't playing well, and the team's not playing well and to be honest
10:56We should nobody want to deal with it and the old get crazier