Aaron Rodgers discusses Malachi Corey’s dropped touchdown

Thursday night’s game between the New York Jets and the Houston Texans was not an enjoyable football game to watch. One of the ugliest games of the year, with more combined penalties than the Texans had passed late in the fourth quarter, somehow produced some notable highlights.

The first might be the most frustrating Jets game of the season. Rookie wide receiver Malachi Corley made a quick toss to the end zone, but dropped the ball on the turf before actually crossing the goal line.

Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers had a front-row seat to Corley’s mistake and spoke about it during an appearance on The Pat McAfee Show on Friday afternoon.

EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – Aaron Rodgers of the New York Jets watches during the third quarter against the Houston Texans at MetLife Stadium on October 31, 2024. (Photo by Luke Hales/Getty Images)

Aaron Rodgers makes no mistakes against Malachi Corley

Rodgers told McAfee that the Jets actually coached the team on this possibility after seeing Kyle Pitts do almost the exact same thing a week ago.

“You never know what you’re going to see in a game. I will say, we get a little analysis talk every week about the entire league, time management, clock management, things to do and things not to do, from our guy.” Smash (situational coordinator Dan Shamash) and him showed Kyle Pitts’ play – which I think was last week,” Rodgers said.

“So it’s definitely on his radar. Great play calling. Great execution. The one thing I would say to Malachi, and I said this on the sideline, is, ‘Why would you ever drop the ball? That was your first touchdown. ‘ You celebrate with that thing, you run to the sideline with that thing and you hand it to (an equipment worker) and say, ‘This is mine.’

“But listen, he was excited. It was a play that happened. It sucks. It’s disappointing. Nobody feels worse than him, but it’s a little crazy,” Rodgers continued.

“I got made fun of because I said to Tae (Davante Adams) and Garrett (Wilson), ‘You guys score these touchdowns and hold the ball up before you get to the end zone, I think I’m an old white man.’ , but can we please walk through the middle of the letters?'”

That’s the only way to deal with these types of situations; It’s clear that Corley didn’t do it on purpose, and now that it’s happened, it will never happen again. That said, all was forgiven as the Jets held on to win the game. If they hadn’t, it might have been a different story.

Rodgers’ suggestion seems smart, though: walk through the middle of the letters. It’s almost a guarantee that you’ll never be embarrassed.