With the talent on the roster and the type of offense, one ESPN analyst believes that New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers can not only be one of the top quarterbacks in the NFL.
He believes that Rodgers can be one of the top players in the entire NFL.
The Jets need to protect Rodgers if they are hoping to end a postseason-less streak that stretches back to 2010. Last season, Rodgers went down with a season-ending Achilles injury just four plays into Week 1.
Questions about his health aside, ESPN analyst Dan Orlovsky believes that this Jets team can provide Rodgers with a chance to have a really strong season. A four-time NFL MVP, Rodgers is on an offense that features an elite wide receiver in Garrett Wilson and some other really strong pieces.
Asked if Rodgers can be a top-10 quarterback this year, Orlovsky points to the talent around the Jets quarterback as week as the offensive system.
“I do and he’s not a 40-year-old man coming off a really bad injury – he’s a 40-year-old all-time great. These cats are different,” Orlovsky said on ESPN on Monday.
“I think that Aaron Rodgers in this offense- we have the vantage point of ‘Oh my gosh, the offensive line and the help…’ Of course, of course it is going to matter, but if we go back to those MVP seasons in back-to-back years in Green Bay: It was really a catch-and-throw offense. It was really an RPO, run-pass-option centered offense.
“This is going to be very similar. They’re going to get Garrett 1-on-1, they’re going to get Malachi Corley in space. They’re going to get Breece Hall in space and it is going to be about yards after the catch for this offense.”
Orlovksy, a former NFL quarterback, continued to hammer home the point that Rodgers is set up to be elite this season.
“And Aaron is going to get those young, talented players in spaces where they can go do something with the football and not really stress that offensive line,” Orlovksy said on the ESPN show ‘Get Up.’
“And I think because of the young talent that is on the perimeter, Aaron Rodgers is going to perform unsurprisingly as a top-10 player.”
Rodgers and the Jets open the season at the San Francisco 49ers on Monday Night Football.
