The NFL is not quite the star-driven league that the NBA is—in the sense that one superstar talent doesn’t immediately catapult an organization into contention, perhaps with the exception of a truly elite franchise quarterback…
But digression aside—just because one guy can’t make a team—doesn’t mean that a disgruntled or fallen star can’t downright wreck the organization that signs their checks. Let’s take a look at 10 of today’s NFL stars that could do just that and ruin the 2023 season for their team.
Aaron Rodgers
The New York Jets—a team desperate for a quarterback capable of delivering what they need to be taken seriously once again…. with a long-standing reputation for having horrendous misfortune befall them—have entered a love-affair with a mercurial, media-hating quarterback, who turns 40 this season.
I don’t know about you all, but to us, this seems like a situationship that is destined to let Jets fans down and break their collective hearts.
Rodgers has developed a reputation, particularly over the last few years, during which some skeletons have been shaken out of his closet, for not being the easiest guy to have leading your locker room…
He seems to be polarizing in a way that is captivating to some players, but off-putting to others—and can cause a divide capable of dooming even the most promising of teams…
Just think back to last year’s Green Bay Packers team. Everyone and their mother had them as an early favorite to be contending for the Lombardi Trophy… But Rodgers and his head coach Matt LeFleur never really seemed to be on the same page and that rift reverberated through the rest of the team.
At this point, I wouldn’t be surprised by anything with Rodgers… Maybe he comes to New York on a revenge tour and absolutely lights it up… It just seems like a very real possibility that instead he comes in and butts head with the media—after provoking them with his strange comments—fights with teammates and or coaches… And as a result the Jets, yet again, fail to play up to the potential of their roster.