Aaron Rodgers continues his contentious split with the Jets, delivering a lengthy rant on a situation largely of his own making

When the Jets decided to go in a different direction from Aaron Rodgers with the arrival of new head coach Aaron Glenn and new general manager Darren Mougey, you just knew it wasn’t going to be an amicable separation. From Glenn’s snippy remarks on questions about the quarterback at the introductory press conference, to Rodgers’ recounting of how he was released, the two parties just keep throwing shots at each other.

The New York Jets and Aaron Rodgers are continuing their messy divorce from each other and now Rodgers is taking shots at the team’s offensive scheme, notably, their running attack.

Speaking to his friend, NFL on Fox analyst Mark Schlereth Rogers complained at length about the Jets running scheme with the Jets. “Aaron and I had a conversation about, when he was with the Jets, how abysmal their running game was and how schematically it made no sense,” Schlereth said recently on his “The Stinkin Truth” podcast. “I started the conversation, and then Aaron went on for about a 25-minute diatribe on their run game.”

New York had high hopes for their offense last season, and with Rodgers at the helm, along with a plethora of weapons, the Jets were supposed to have running lanes all over the field. Add to that the emergence of Braelon Allen and to a lesser extent, Isaiah Davis, and the Jets should have been near the top in rushing offense. But it wasn’t the case.

The Jets ranked No. 31 in the NFL with 91.8 rushing yards per game, and Rodgers was often left disgusted and throwing his hands in the air when a short-yardage run failed.

Perhaps one of the biggest disappointments last season in a year filled with them was Breece Hall, who was supposed to rack up 2,000 offensive yards easily, and instead averaged a career-low 4.2 yards per carry and finished with 876 yards on the ground after saying in the preseason that 1,000 was an automatic.

Rodgers is obviously referring to the offense when it was being run by Todd Downing, who was promoted to offensive coordinator when Robert Saleh was fired, and Nathaniel Hackett was relieved of his play calling duties. I say that because Hackett was Rodgers’ guy and if he was the problem, then by extension, so was Rodgers.

I was not a fan of Todd Downing, and I was not a fan of Nathaniel Hackett. I thought both guys were figure heads for the true offensive boss, Aaron Rodgers. And the failed offense, whether it be in the running game or the passing game, was just as much on Rodgers schematically as anyone else.

This season, for all the issues I have with the Jets, I imagine the run game should be the lone bright spot on the team. I expect the Jets to be near the top in rushing attempts and yards. For Rodgers, I suppose we will find out how much of last year is on him and how much is on the Jets.

Chalk this one up to another chapter in a bad break up between a controversial player and bad organization. It will make for great drama week one when the Jets host Rodgers and the Pittsburgh Steelers.