Jets CEO and chairman Christopher Johnson wants a “great strategic thinker”

to run the football operation. He needs someone who can work with coach Adam Gase. And at the intersection possibly resides one and only one name.Peyton Manning.Rumors are flying within league circles that the Jets may make a run at the future Hall of Fame quarterback who has periodically been linked to NFL management possibilities. And Gase Kelechi Osemele Jerseys 2019 , who worked with Manning in Denver, possibly would be one of the few guys who could draw Manning back into football.Manning wouldn’t be a traditional G.M., but Johnson has made it clear that he’s not looking for a traditional G.M.“It’s more than a talent-evaluation guy,” Johnson said Wednesday. “I want a great manager, a communicator White Jamison Crowder Jerseys , who can collaborate well with the building. I’m convinced we’re going to find that person.”Manning definitely would be that person. But it’s unknown whether Manning would be interested in being that person. If he is, it would fulfill a match more than 20 years in the making; in 1997, Manning supposedly would have left Tennessee early if he had an assurance that the Jets would make him the first overall pick in the draft.Getting Manning also would go a long way toward removing the current stink of dysfunction enveloping the Jets, even if that stink is more than a little overblown. Week 16 of the NFL season has the 4-10 New York Jets coming off a tough loss against the Houston Texans in which Sam Darnold played his best game of the season. Having been eliminated from the 2018 NFL playoffs, the rest of the Jets season is interesting for the fans mostly for the development of Darnold Jamison Crowder Jerseys 2019 , so his recent improvements have been a gratifying turn of events. Darnold squares off against a quarterback he greatly admires this week when the Jets face one of the all time greats, Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers. The Jets come into this game hurting, with starting wide receiver Quincy Enunwa out for the game. In addition the Jets have lost starting running back Isaiah Crowell, starting right tackle Brandon Shell, starting tight end Neal Sterling White Spencer Long Jerseys , starting safety Marcus Maye, starting guard James Carpenter and starting running back Bilal Powell for the season to injuries, making this Jets team a depleted group going into the last couple of games of the 2018 season. The good news is the Jets will face a Green Bay Packers team in disarray. The Packers are 0-7 on the road and have allowed the third worst opposing passer rating away from home in the league. They have just one interception all year on the road, and they have allowed every opposing quarterback they have faced on the road a passer rating of 99 or better. The Packers come into this game losers of four of their last five and six of their last eight games. They are in the uncharted territory of having a relatively healthy Aaron Rodgers leading a team that was eliminated from playoff contention long before the end of the season. With nothing to play for other than pride the Packers present an interesting challenge for the Jets today. It’s the Jets and the Packers in a game with nothing on the line for either team other than draft position and pride. Leave your comments in the section cleverly marked “comments” below. Enjoy the game everybody.