Aaron Rodgers calls out 'ridiculous' referees over Jets' penalty fiasco

Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers criticized the officials after Monday's 23-20 loss to the Bills.

There were 22 penalties in the game, 11 per team, and some of the decisions looked questionable. The Jets were flagged 11 times for 110 yards.

“It seemed a little ridiculous,” Rodgers said.

Rodgers even criticized a penalty that went to the Jets' favor when Bills edge rusher AJ Epenesa was called for unnecessary roughness on a sack by Rodgers that gave the Jets a first down. Later, Jets defensive tackle Javon Kinlaw was called for roughhousing the passer.

“Some of them seemed really bad, including the rough attack on me by the passerby,” Rodgers said, before making a reference to “South Park.” “That doesn’t mean angering the passer. We might as well play Sarcastaball if that's what we want to call it. I also thought the attack on Kinlaw was not a rough attack on the passerby.”

Rodgers could face a league fine for his criticism of officials.

There was a possible breakthrough on the Haason-Reddick front on Monday.

The Jets' disgruntled edge rusher hired new agents Drew Rosenhaus and Ryan Matha after being fired by his previous agents last week.

Rosenhaus planned to attend Monday night's game between the Jets and Bills and speak with Jets general manager Joe Douglas about how to end the delay.

Reddick requested a trade in August, but that now appears to have been rescinded.

“We are focused on finding a solution with the Jets,” Rosenhaus said in a text message.

The Jets acquired Reddick in a trade with the Eagles in March, but he remained absent from all of the team's spring activities and training camp.

Monday's game was the sixth he has missed. He has imposed around $10 million in fines. Reddick was scheduled to make $14.25 million this season.

The Jets suffered two injuries to their secondary during the game.

CB DJ Reed, who was having a great season, injured his groin in the third quarter and did not return to the game.

Safety Chuck Clark left the game with an ankle injury in the first quarter and was unable to return.

The Jets had a wide receiver (Garrett Wilson) with more than 100 receiving yards and a running back (Breece Hall) with more than 100 rushing yards for the first time since Week 5 of the 2018 season against the Broncos in Robbie Chosen and Isaiah Crowell did.