Patriots’ Davon Godchaux says Aaron Rodgers is ‘not mobile at all’

There was a clip erstwhile Aaron Rodgers frightened opponents pinch nan threat of his rushing abilities.

Now, pinch nan backmost astatine nan property of 40, you person 330-pound chemoreceptor tackles reasoning they could return nan Jets’ backmost successful a ft race.

“Yeah, I deliberation he’s struggling correct now,” Patriots chemoreceptor tackle Davon Godchaux said aft New England’s 25-22 upset win, according to nan Boston Herald. “Just a Hall of Fame backmost for illustration that, dislike to spot him spell retired that measurement but ever gonna return a triumph against him, look bully connected your resume.

“But, yeah, he decidedly don’t look nan same. You conscionable don’t cognize if he could move backmost there. (Expletive), I tin tally him down and drawback him. He don’t look mobile astatine all. So it was bully for us. We cognize we tin get aft him and onslaught him successful nan passing crippled too. So, you know, gladsome to travel retired present pinch nan win.”

Davon Godchaux did not clasp backmost connected Aaron Rodgers. AP

Godchaux’s comments are rather uncommon since Rodgers has been truthful elite during his profession that opponents did not person overmuch to dissect astir his play.

Rodgers could ever make opponents salary pinch his arm, but he had an uncanny expertise — for illustration Patrick Mahomes — to return disconnected erstwhile needed to unafraid a first down.

He is intelligibly not nan MVP backmost of yesteryears anymore now that he’s pinch nan Jets, and possibly nan knee/hamstring wounded he dealt pinch this week besides slowed him this week.

In nan Jets’ 24-3 trouncing of nan Patriots successful Week 3, Rodgers rushed 3 times for 18 yards while completing a season-best 77.1 percent of his passes.

On Sunday, Rodgers did not effort a azygous unreserved and completed conscionable 17-of-28 passes (233 yards) pinch 2 touchdowns. He took conscionable 1 sack.

Multiple Patriots defenders noted that Rodgers did not for illustration spry successful nan pocket.

“So, to our eye, and he didn’t look arsenic mobile arsenic he did nan first game, truthful we tried to return advantage of that, beryllium a small spot much fierce successful our rush, and conscionable unit him and everything for illustration that,” Patriots protect extremity Keion White said, per nan Boston Herald.

“We’d seen it astir apt 2nd quarter, that he wasn’t really moving arsenic much, and past we conscionable seen it from there. But it’s each astir getting to 3rd down earlier you tin really return advantage of it.”

Aaron Rodgers and nan Jets are 2-6. USA TODAY Sports via Reuters Con

Rodgers called nan nonaccomplishment that perhaps ended nan Jets’ playoff hopes “frustrating” and admitted nan discourtesy is not doing its part.

The backmost has 12 touchdowns to 7 interceptions this season.

“If we’re not scoring 30,” Rodgers said, “we’re underachieving. This discourtesy tin do that each azygous week.”