GLENDALE, Ariz. — Not useless Jet.
The Jets come to the desert Sunday with their playoff hopes alive … barely.
After a robust second half towards the Texans snapped a five-game shedding skid, the Jets (3-6) are actually hoping to start a successful streak and a resurgence within the second half of the season that may put them within the postseason.
The Cardinals (5-4) have received three straight video games and are in first place within the NFC West, so this is not going to be a straightforward activity.
However the Jets have a renewed confidence after the win over the Texans and three second-half touchdowns that confirmed what their offense can do.
“I feel there was a weight lifted off,” quarterback Aaron Rodgers mentioned, “however, you recognize, there’s a baseline degree of type of power and enthusiasm that we type of held ourselves to in coaching camp, and we haven’t essentially been there the whole time, so we acquired to discover a method to carry it each single day.
“The important thing for younger gamers to study is that consistency begins with the minute you stroll into the constructing, and every thing you do must be intentional, and that begins with the dialog you’re having, the time you get to work, the way in which you are taking notes, and we’re beginning to do a few of the proper issues, however we’re a piece in progress nonetheless.”
The Jets have been free Friday, dancing on the observe discipline as they gathered to start their session.
There was a perception across the group this week that they’ll win this one and get on a roll.
They’ll must in the event that they need to finish the playoff drought. They nonetheless have hope as a result of the AFC has loads of dangerous groups this season.
For the Jets, although, this isn’t about scoreboard watching or fascinated with who lies forward on the schedule. It’s all about this week and constructing off that second half towards Houston.
“If you wish to be an ideal group, you bought to observe like an ideal group, and I feel the previous couple of weeks we’ve practiced loads higher,” Rodgers mentioned, “however there’s nonetheless a normal we have to simply come up an additional notch, and after we do this, which I’m assured we are going to, then the consistency I feel reveals up on recreation day, however you don’t simply roll away from bed and play freaking nice, you bought to observe the precise method, and it helps that I’m on the market, I feel, as we speak and this week, and hopefully that will get us practising the precise method, that’s whenever you play 60 minutes the precise method.”
