Robert Saleh explains why Aaron Rodgers needs preseason reps

The Jets didn’t need Aaron Rodgers’ first sport motion together with his new staff to come back within the common season opener Sept. 11 in opposition to the Payments.

That was the reasoning head coach Robert Saleh gave Tuesday relating to why the 39-year-old quarterback will play — and doubtless for multiple sequence — in Saturday’s preseason finale in opposition to the Giants at MetLife Stadium.

“Simply he and I are having dialog, and finally he’ll have his ideas too, however for us as a company he’s new. I do know he’s been within the league a really very long time, however we simply didn’t need Sept. 11 to be the primary time that he stepped into MetLife Stadium,” Saleh stated earlier than observe in Florham Park. “The Giants and Jets sport, whether or not it’s preseason or common season, there’s gonna be a very good turnout, there’s gonna be a variety of anticipation and pleasure within the constructing.

“And I simply didn’t need the primary time that he goes out together with his new staff, new colours, new teammates, new stadium, I didn’t need Sept. 11 to be the primary time.”

The four-time NFL MVP hasn’t appeared within the staff’s first three preseason contests, staying on the sidelines with a headset on whereas watching backups Zach Wilson and Tim Boyle working the offense.

Saleh burdened that Rodgers and his new teammates want some sport motion to get accustomed to one another, and that the group can’t be involved with the 10-time Professional Bowler getting injured Saturday night against the Giants.

“No. You may’t coach scared, you may’t play scared,” Saleh stated. “You may slip out of your automotive and have one thing occur to you.

“We’ll be, knock on wooden, everybody will likely be high-quality. You see a few of the nice ones on the market. Kansas Metropolis is enjoying their guys, Buffalo is enjoying their guys. It’s not unusual. You may all the time play the hindsight sport or the fearful sport. However what’s in the perfect curiosity of our staff is to go on the market and play some soccer collectively and put together ourselves one of the simplest ways we will for Sept. 11.”

Thus, Saleh stated, he expects Rodgers to play a number of sequence in Saturday’s sport.

“We’ll see the way it goes. I don’t wish to simply throw him on the market for a sequence and get him out,” Saleh stated. “I want to see these guys undergo transition and get to the sideline and have some changes and get again to the sector and make some extra changes and play with these changes.

“So, you’d wish to see that transition occur a couple of occasions.”