The Jets were defeated by the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday Night Football. Now we hand out anti-game balls to those who deserve the blame.

Woody Johnson: Amazingly, I don’t think I’ve ever given anyone in possession of this team an anti-match ball. So let’s just say this is an honor that is long overdue.

We could go on and on about all the destructive things Woody Johnson has done over the years. One thing is clear. He is the man responsible for the way this team is built. Every major failure of the past two years has his fingerprints on it.

This past week, Woody was behind the trade for Davante Adams. Can we just appreciate for a moment how a 2-4 team with a bunch of old players who won’t be back next year decided to become buyers on the trade market? Woody made it look like Adams would unlock the offense. It worked just as well as his last quick fix, firing the coach a week earlier.

More than that, let’s see how Woody talks.

I’m not super old school when it comes to this kind of thing. It doesn’t bother me when a player or even a coach talks nonsense. Do you know why? They have a chance to get on the field and back it up. And if they don’t, they are criticized.

An owner can’t do something like that. He hides behind his team.

In fact, imagine a guy talking like that when his team is 2-4. And this is also the moment when his team has missed the Playoffs thirteen years in a row. Perhaps a little more humility would be wise in this situation. He certainly hasn’t proven that he knows how to put together a team to support this speech.

I’m sure I’ll have a lot more to say about the NFL’s village idiot in the coming days and weeks, but let’s move on.

Aaron Rodgers: With each passing week, it seems more and more likely to me that Aaron Rodgers is simply no longer capable of playing at a high level. His stat line doesn’t look terrible overall, but that’s mainly the result of a checkdown that Breece Hall took 57 yards.

Rodgers missed throws to open receivers left and right in this game. Once again, he seemed very nervous whenever a pass rusher got even remotely close to him, which led to him missing reads and making inaccurate passes.

I also think it’s fair to say that his interception late in the first half was inexcusable and game-changing.

Garrett Wilson: This was another performance that didn’t look bad on the stat sheet. However, Wilson was part of some ugly plays that were important. One of those was Rodgers’ second interception, one of Aaron’s few perfect throws. Somehow Wilson didn’t get it. And the ball shot into the air only to be picked off. It wasn’t the only pass that Garrett failed to complete. In recent weeks, the talented wide receiver has started to emerge. He had his moments in this one, so I expect him to bounce back in the future. Still, this was ugly.

Tyron Smith: Everyone knows that the most important offensive position is the quarterback. There is a strong case to be made that the second most important remains the tackle. At both spots, the Jets have players who have had Hall of Fame-caliber careers. And in both spots, the future Hall of Famers appear to be in steep decline and no longer able to play at a high level. Smith’s inability to hold his own on an island against edge pass rushers and shaky run blocking have become a problem on offense.

Defense: I don’t know how to separate the defense, so I just give the whole unit an anti-match ball for the second half performance. That’s a shame, because the unit got off to a strong start. The Steelers offense had a lot of problems in the early stages of the game. The Steelers scored on every possession after Rodgers threw his first interceptions. I know the Jets were down almost their entire starting secondary, but that doesn’t explain how they got soundly beaten in the trenches again.