Aaron Rodgers had a feeling about the Jets’ season before his team defeated the Texans 21-13 on Thursday night to end a five-game losing streak.
“It was just a long way off. I mean, the first half was as bad as you could play,” Rodgers said in a postgame interview with Amazon. “And we realized our season is at stake here. We need to understand this or we’re going to start making offseason plans.”
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Rodgers understands that, and now there’s at least some hope that the Jets can turn their season around with a 3-6 record and a soft schedule going forward.
After trailing 7-0 at halftime, Rodgers completed 15 of 18 passes and came back in the second half for three touchdowns and 179 yards.
Rodgers completed 22 of 32 for 211 yards with three touchdown passes.
Rogers had a lot of help. Garrett Wilson caught Rodgers’ first two touchdown passes, the second of which matched Odell Beckham with a spectacular one-handed catch in the back of the end zone.
“I hit a lob there and he made an unbelievable catch,” Rodgers said. “That was a great play. … It was a game-changing play.”
It was initially called an incomplete call, but the call was reversed after the Jets objected and the referee determined Wilson’s shin was on the ground in the zone.
The Jets led 14-10 with 12:54 left in the game.
The Jets (3-6) will play the Cardinals (4-4) on Nov. 10 in Arizona.
