Aaron Rodgers blames question as Jets move on from cadence controversy

Aaron Rodgers tried to downplay any apparent disagreement with Jets coach Robert Saleh. 

Rodgers made headlines with one answer following the Jets’ 10-9 loss to the Broncos on Sunday afternoon at MetLife Stadium when it appeared he was a bit at odds with Saleh about the team’s five offensive pre-snap penalties and what role Rodgers’ cadence played in it. 

“I think the question may have been posed in a way that might not have been exactly what was said,” Rodgers said during his weekly appearance on the “Pat McAfee Show” on Tuesday.

“Listen, I’ve used my cadence my entire career. … Everything we do in the game, we do in practice. And that’s why I said after the game that it felt like, I used the word outlier, maybe a better word is anomaly. 

“It was one of those games where we just jumped offsides five times. Before that, we had one false start in three games and nobody complained about the cadence. One of those was home, but two of those were on the road. We’re using various styles of cadences — we don’t just go on one every time. It’s been an advantage for us — we threw a touchdown Week 1 on an offsides [on the defense] on a silent count. In order for it to be a weapon, we gotta stay onsides.” 

In explaining the team’s penalties, Saleh after the game said: “We gotta figure it out, whether or not we are good enough to handle all the, or ready to handle, all the cadence. Cadence had not been an issue all [training] camp. Felt like our operation had been operating pretty good. Obviously, today took a major step back.”