The audacious forecast: ESPN claims that the New York Jets will win Super Bowl LIX!

Robert Griffin III never won a playoff game as a starting quarterback in his seven years in the NFL. He won’t, however, hold back when expressing his thoughts on what it takes to win a Super Bowl.

The former one-year wonder for the Washington Commanders, who appears to be on the rise at ESPN, is receiving backlash from fans across the league for his Super Bowl LIX prediction these days. His pick to win is the New York Jets.

“If New York Jets plays like a top-10 quarterback like the execs have him ranked and we’ve known him to be – an off year for Aaron Rodgers is a career year for most quarterbacks,” Griffin stated on Monday’s edition of Get Up! “If he plays like a top-10 quarterback, I think the Jets win the Super Bowl.”

Four-time MVP Aaron Rodgers was recruited to New York by the Jets to be more than just one of the top ten quarterbacks in the league. It’s hard to believe that he is the 10th-best quarterback in the NFL yet his team is ranked first.

There are several factors that contradict Griffin’s theory that come into play. Above all, Rodgers is forty years old and has recently suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon.

Along with the team that hosted the AFC Championship Game the previous year, New York is a member of the same AFC as the Kansas City Chiefs, the two-time reigning champions.

Oh, and it’s been 55 years since the Jets participated in a Super Bowl. A fan said, “RGIII needs to be drug tested,” in response to Get Up!’s tweet.

wrote another: “RG3 is the worst mainstream sports media member and it isn’t even close.” Right now, the Jets’ chances of winning this year’s Super Bowl rank eleventh.

Griffin made a splash in the NFL with a brilliant 2012 season that saw him lead Washington to the playoffs, make it to the Pro Bowl, and win Offensive Rookie of the Year after winning the Heisman Trophy at Baylor.

But after that, a slew of injuries hampered his career, and he only played 7–20 with three teams before he announced his retirement following the 2020 campaign.