Former NFL Players Now Believe Mike McCarthy Deserves More Credit For Being Able To Win With Aaron Rodgers

The Aaron Rodgers era with the New York Jets has been such a disaster that it’s now causing some to recontextualize Rodgers’ time in Green Bay with the Packers.

In just 11 full games with the New York Jets (his famously lasted just four snaps), Aaron Rodgers has completely imploded the organization as both the general manager and head coach were fired midseason, setting the stage for a full rebuild of the franchise in the offseason.

All told, the Jets have just three wins to show of their acquisition of Rodgers in April 2023, as reports indicate that team is considering either benching or cutting Rodgers.

With the Jets in utter freefall and the Packers getting on just fine since he left Green Bay, ESPN NFL analyst and former NFLPA president Dominique Foxworth now believes that Rodgers former coach in Green Bay, Mike McCarthy, actually deserves more credit for being able to win a Super Bowl with the controversial four-time NFL MVP.

Foxworth specifically focused on how tall of a task it seems to be to manage Rodgers personality — recent reports have indicated, for example, that he’s been refusing to get medical scans.

“Congratulations, Mike McCarthy. You managed to get a Super Bowl out of Aaron Rodgers while having Aaron Rodgers in the locker room. That seems like some incredible interpersonal management…Mike McCarthy’s got some magic that we don’t know about,” Foxworth said on the November 26 episode of ESPN’s First Take.

Foxworth’s comment came as the First Take panel was discussing who should be the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys next season. While most within NFL circles have assumed McCarthy — whose contract expires at the end of the season — is squarely in the hot seat, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones suggested this week that McCarty could return.

“I don’t think that’s crazy at all,” Jones said of McCarthy retaining his job beyond this season. “This is a Super Bowl-winning coach. Mike McCarthy has been there and done that. He has great ideas. We got a lot of football.”