The Jets looked like they were going to answer. They got all the way to the Jaguars’ 30 but then stalled. Rodgers hit Allen Lazard deep down the middle on third-and-6 but Lazard could not hold onto the ball when Jaguars safety Andre Cisco hit it out of his hands. That set up a 48-yard field goal attempt from Anders Carlson that sailed wide right.

That reality might have defined the message Rodgers and Adams sent on Sunday: Yes, the season is dead. No, as a tandem, we are not.