Aaron Rodgers blames teammate for game-ending interception

When asked about the play in his postgame press conference, Rodgers pulled no punches. He said Williams ran the wrong route.

“Well, there’s two verticals — Allen (Lazard) is down the seam, Mike’s down the redline,” Rodgers said. “I look up at Allen, he puts his hand up, three guys go with him, so I’m throwing a no-look to the redline. And when I just peek my eyes back there, (Williams is) running an in-breaker. So, it’s gotta be down the redline. I was throwing it to the redline, but when I got (my arm up to throw) I realized he was running an in-breaker, so I kind of adjusted a little bit.”

In other words, Rodgers was saying even the underthrow was Williams’ fault, as Rodgers did not get enough under the pass because he had to compensate at the last second for Williams running the wrong route.

James Jones, who played with Rodgers in Green Bay and is still close friends with the quarterback, said both Rodgers and Williams were to blame for the pick. The Fox Sports 1 analyst explained what Rodgers meant by “redline” and said Williams should have broken toward the sideline on the route.

If you watch the video of the interception, Williams did not turn to his back shoulder until the ball was in the air. The pass was underthrown, but Rodgers implied it would not have been had Williams run the correct route in the first place.

Whatever the case, Williams’ might not see many balls from Rodgers the rest of the season. The Jets made a blockbuster trade on Tuesday to acquire a star wide receiver, so Williams will probably get limited playing time going forward.