Using Aaron Rodgers in Madden During Childhood, Joe Alt & Olu Fashanu Discuss Dream of Playing for the Jets

The New York Jets’ destiny is unsure at this phase. However, one thing is pretty sure, Aaron Rodgers has brought his effect on the team’s potential draftees. Although the Jets’ warehouse hasn’t played for the team, except for those four snaps in the September game, he is already leading young players to follow him in his path of Super Bowl victory.

The NFL combine witnessed two top-rated offensive linemen, Joe Alt and Olu Fashanu, longing for their entry to play in the Jets. Moreover, to play with the four-time MVP, Rodgers.

Aaron Rodgers has already started leading & building?

In the latest NFL Scouting Combine, Joe Alt and Olu Fashanu took the opportunity to convey their love and respect for A-Rod. In the video, they expressed that the opportunity to block for Aaron Rodgers if they were chosen by the Jets in the NFL Draft would be, “awesome” and “very cool.”

Fashanu said, “I mean it would be awesome. I mean Aaron Rodgers, the legend of the game. So to have that opportunity to be able to block for him will be awesome.”

Having a similar sentiment for A-Rod, Alt added, “You know, it’d be awesome. It’d be truly honored to have been to watch them growing up from Minnesota, Wisconsin. So I’ve seen a lot of them fly and we play for the Packers. It was very cool.” Besides them, Rodgers, having influenced an entire generation, and was hailed by two other O-line prospects, JC Latham and Amarius Mims. Mims said, “Aaron Rodgers is a guy I grew up watching with the Packers. He’s, like I said, one of the NFL’s best quarterbacks. I would love that.”

Revealing his love since childhood for Rodgers, Latham mentioned, “Yeah, that’ll be definitely a dream, you know. Yeah, I grew up in Milwaukee. So, you know, I’m definitely watching the Packers a whole lot. So you’re seeing the incredible plays that he made and just the offense when he was with Green Bay, it was unreal. So I want to play for him…..Just playing Madden the back of the day, you know, just using him a lot just beyond scrambling around, making some great plays and running the ball and It’ll be an amazing feeling.”

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Although all four athletes opted to play and block for Rodgers, will they land up at their desired home?

What could be the Jets’ decision?

The Jets’ general manager, Joe Douglas, will be assessing seven potential first-round offensive tackles during the NFL combine. The team’s primary need aligns with the strengths of this year’s draft class, particularly in offensive tackles. With left tackles Mekhi Becton and Duane Brown likely departing in free agency, the Jets aim to secure a franchise bookend to bolster the offensive line and protect QB Aaron Rodgers.

Picking at no. 10 in the draft order, the Jets may miss out on top prospects, Joe Alt and Olu Fashanu. However, the team still has some promising options among the next best offensive tackles in the draft. One such option is Oregon State’s Taliese Fuaga (considered the third-best prospect), even though he played on the right side in college.

His strong performance, including a 91.7 run blocking grade and no sacks allowed in his starts last season, makes him a compelling choice for the Jets to enhance their offensive line. Which of these players will get to be with A-Rod will be revealed soon.