Mike Williams could have fallen out of Aaron Rodgers’ circle of belief when he allegedly ran the fallacious route after which slipped on the QB’s fourth-quarter interception in Monday’s loss to the Payments.
Rodgers sounded pissed off within the postgame press convention, saying that Williams ran an incorrect route on what proved to the offense’s remaining play within the 23-20 setback.
“There’s two verticals, Allen (Lazard)’s down the seam, and Mike’s down the crimson line,” Rodgers stated after the sport. “So, I’m throwing a no look to the crimson line. After I peak my eyes again there Mike’s operating an ‘in-breaker’ … it’s gotta be down the crimson line.”
Dealing with a Third-and-16 on the Jets’ 40-yard line whereas trailing, 23-30, with 2:01 remaining, Rodgers tried to hit Williams down the suitable sideline for an enormous achieve.
Nevertheless, Williams slipped and that allowed Taron Johnson to leap in entrance of him for the interception that every one however ended the sport.
Rodgers seemingly checked out Williams in disgust after the play.
Williams caught zero of his three targets on Monday and has solely caught 10 of his 17 targets for 145 yards with zero touchdowns spanning 5 video games.
The quarterback commented on his remarks about Williams on Tuesday after celebrating his reunion with new Jets receiver Davante Adams.
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“If you happen to watch my press conferences, you understand I began with myself,” Rodgers stated on the “Pat McAfee Present.”
“After I’ve made errors, ‘I’ve bought to play higher, make that throw,’ that’s the usual for everybody. There have been quite a lot of errors all through the night time, however in case you’re simply that play, that’s what the questions had been. ‘What occurred on that play?’ Nicely, it was two verticals on the suitable facet. Mike wanted to get to the crimson line, which might’ve been an enormous achieve, so I wasn’t calling Mike out for something apart from his duty within the particulars of that play. I’ve quite a lot of love and respect for Mike; he’s finished some good issues for us, however in that play, he wasn’t in the suitable spot. You may make extra of that if you wish to, however we should always all be held to a typical. I maintain myself to a typical of greatness, and it hasn’t been there at sure instances.”
With Adams now a member of the Jets, it’ll be attention-grabbing to see the place Williams suits within the offense.
His position will possible be considerably decreased, as Lazard has appeared just like the participant he was in Inexperienced Bay once more and Adams instantly slots in because the staff’s No. 2 goal behind Garrett Wilson.
He’s making $10 million in 2024, making him the thirty fourth highest-paid receiver within the NFL this yr.
The ex-Charger, who’s coming off a torn ACL, noticed his snap depend drop considerably Monday (51 p.c in Week 6 vs. 71 p.c in Week 5), whereas Xavier Gipson obtained a considerable bump in snaps on three-receiver units.
The Jets might look to maneuver Williams on the commerce deadline, though, they may run into the identical points that the Raiders did whereas buying and selling Adams.
Williams will probably be a critical cap hit for anybody trying to purchase him, so Williams may simply be on the bench for a lot of the season, barring an harm.