Brian Costello asked Aaron Glenn on Tuesday: “Are you confident that you can find a better quarterback than Aaron Rodgers for 2025?”
“We’re confident we’re trying to win games, so what that may be, it is what it is, so and that’s said,” Glenn said. “The thing is I don’t want to disrespect any other players we have on our team, and it kind of pisses me off and some of the other players that that’s what we all talk about. You have Quinnen Williams, you have Quincy Williams, you have AVT (Alijah Vera-Tucker), you have Joe Tippmann, all those guys need to respected as far as winning games also.”
Some might respect the fact that Glenn takes it as a personal affront that so many people are focused on one player – Rodgers, who they are releasing, and not on other talented players who remain. However, the bottom line is, now matter how cliche it sounds, the NFL is a quarterback-driven league.
“If you don’t have a guy who can play the position really well, you don’t have a chance, you can’t compete against the best teams in the league,” Hall-of-Fame QB Kurt Warner said.
So you could argue that Quinnen and Quincy Williams, AVT and Joe Tippman, no matter how talented, aren’t the same as the QB in terms of value in the NFL.
We will see what the Jets do, moving forward, at this all-important position.
That decision could make or break their season.
Defensive tackles, linebackers, guards or centers usually don’t.
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