Because then Jets fans would have no reason for false hope at the start of the season.

With Aaron Rodgers on the campaign trail, extolling the multivarious advantages of indigenous medicine and chronicling the higher planes of understanding, the New York fan base could return to expected and undying mediocrity — a place akin to the sun-baked city of C. S. Lewis’s Magician’s Nephew where the Witch waits for millennia before escaping the planet’s sun death.

The New York Times reports that former Packers quarterback Rodgers as well as former Minnesota governor Jesse Ventura are on RFK Jr.’s short list:

Mr. Kennedy confirmed on Tuesday that the two men were at the top of his list. It is not clear if either has been formally offered the post, however, and Mr. Kennedy is still considering a shortlist of potential candidates, the people familiar with the discussions said.

Mr. Kennedy said that he had been speaking with Mr. Rodgers “pretty continuously” for the past month, and that he had been in touch with Mr. Ventura since the former governor introduced him at a campaign event last month in Arizona.

What all three men have in common is a familiarity with conspiracism that would make for a fun night of talking bunk at the pub but a disastrous brain trust for leading the country. We’ve seen plenty enough delusion in the White House of late, but these three don’t even pretend that reality is desirable or shared.

Like the Jets in a goal-to-go situation to win a game, a negative play, and crushing morosity for RFK Jr. and co., is the nature-ordained outcome. The American electorate can abide personal oddity, but it doesn’t appreciate the bizarre.

More seriously, Rodgers doesn’t sell, which is a point made in Michael Lewis’s Going Infinite. Tom Brady moves product — Rodgers and other successful quarterbacks just don’t.

RFK Jr. doesn’t want to be president; he wants a platform to disseminate conspiracies and engage with like-minded weirdos. Carry on, sir. Just don’t expect most of us to take you seriously.