At 40 years old (turning 41 in December), Aaron Rodgers is not the quarterback he used to be. Some would argue that the New York Jets quarterback should still be considered among the top-tier signal-callers in the NFL. However, that isn’t the case in a recent poll run by The Athletic in which 50 NFL coaches and executives were asked to group 30 veteran quarterbacks into five tiers.
Rodgers, who was a no-brainer, top-tier, no-questions-asked elite quarterback during his peak years ended up in the second tier. An unnamed NFL head coach even put Rodgers in the third tier, seemingly believing that the future Hall of Famer gunslinger is not going to have a bright season ahead.
“You go back and watch those first four plays before he got hurt, he did not look good,” the coach said.
“He looks old. If they can’t protect him and they can’t run the football, it’ll be just what you saw late stages in Green Bay. He became ineffective. I’m looking at what he is, not who he is.”