Aaron Rodgers struggles at center of explosive Shannon Sharpe-Dan Orlovsky argument: Call it like you see it

Shannon Sharpe and Dan Orlovsky didn’t see eye-to-eye when it came to placing blame for the Jets’ struggles following two straight losses to the Broncos and Vikings, respectively.During Monday’s installment of “First Take” on ESPN, the NFL analysts sparred over Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers after he threw three interceptions, including a pick-six, in Gang Green’s 23-17 loss to Minnesota at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London on Sunday.Sharpe went off on Orlovsky, who he said won’t criticize Rodgers — despite being critical of the Jets quarterbacks who came before him — because he wants to stay in “good graces” with Rodgers.“Why are they losing D.O.? Because you keep saying ‘the inept’ offense,” Sharpe said.“Talk about the quarterback play! [Rodgers had] three interceptions again [against the Vikings], a 53 percent completion percentage last week [and] 57 [percent completion] this week.

“Now, I’m not going to let you blame another offense because you didn’t blame the offense when they had those other quarterbacks,” Sharpe said after naming former Jets quarterbacks, Joe Flacco, Mike White, Sam Darnold and most recently Zach Wilson.“You blamed the quarterback.

But you wanted to stay in good graces and you won’t call Aaron Rodgers out! He’s playing awful! — You know it, everbody in New York knows it and everbody around he NFL knows it.“He’s playing terrible.

Call it like you see it!” Orlovsky denied he’s ever blamed previous quarterbacks for the Jets’ issues.“Hold on! Shannon.

One, He said it himself.I don’t need to go on national television and tell people that Aaron Rodgers played poorly,” Orlovsky said.

“There is a way that you have to play Minnesota.“First of all, I never blamed the quarterbacks in New York.I always blamed the situation.

I’m the guy who tries to put context to on performances.I’m not telling anybody that Aaron has played well the past two weeks, by no means.

He even s...