More recently, the team traded for six-time Pro Bowler Davante Adams, another old friend who's still skilled, but past his prime. This was after firing head coach Robert Saleh and demoting Hackett, moves that clubs typically make once they're out of playoff contention. The Jets, though, hoped that these moves would create a spark.

Aaron Rodgers, 3-7 for the first time in his 20-year career, admittedly held back his feelings as he stood at the podium after one of his worst statistical performances ever in Sunday's defeat to the Cardinals.