EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Aaron Rodgers approached his head coach with a message and an assumption.
“Two-score lead,” he told Robert Saleh as the New York Jets went up 14-0 against the New England Patriots.
Then he shoved his coach.
Consider it a miscommunication.
Rodgers and Saleh aligned on their message — on the significance of a two-score lead for the team’s game plan, and the significance of this dominating moment along their road to what would become a 24-3 victory on Thursday Night Football.
But their celebratory gestures conflicted. So as Rodgers went in for the chest shove and Saleh the hug, gravity separated rather than uniting them.