Aaron Rodgers blames Mike Williams for running wrong route on game-losing INT
The more things change with the NY Jets, the more they stay the same. Despite the firing of former head coach Robert Saleh, the Jets managed to lose their Week 6 game against the Buffalo Bills in essentially the exact same fashion they lost the previous week.
Aaron Rodgers threw a game-sealing interception on a play in which wide receiver Mike Williams fell down on the Jets’ final offensive drive. Two weeks in a row, a new coaching staff, the same result.
Rodgers spoke to reporters following Monday night’s loss and attempted to explain what happened on the fateful 3rd-and-16 play that was intercepted with just under two minutes remaining in the game.
The four-time MVP explained that there was a miscommunication on the route Williams ran and that Rodgers was attempting to re-adjust to Williams’ route mid-throw. Evidently, it didn’t work.
“It’s two vertical [routes]. Allen [Lazard] is down the seam and Mike [Williams] is down the red line. I’m looking at Allen, he puts his hand up and three guys go with him. So I’m throwing a no-look to the red line. And when I peek my eyes back there, [Williams] is running an in-breaker. He’s got to be on the red line. It’s the little things every single time.”
Aaron Rodgers explained what happened on his game-sealing interception
The quick translation of that quote: Rodgers expected Williams to be somewhere else. He attempted to adjust to Williams’ unexpected route and threw the ball where the defense wasn’t, but his receiver slipped and ultimately allowed the pass to be intercepted.
Rodgers put together one of his best performances with the Jets on Monday, completing 23 of his 35 passes for 294 yards and two touchdowns. Unfortunately, it still wasn’t enough to earn the Jets their third win of the season.
