After Wednesday's practice that saw Aaron Rodgers throw six red-zone touchdown passes, the four-time NFL MVP was asked about the progress of the Jets offense a week into camp.

"I think we're trending in a better direction than maybe this time in camp last year," he said. "Tyron [Smith] didn't practice today, it was a lighter rep day, shorter field. Two days ago, the defense got after us, yesterday felt more even. Then today felt like we had more of the upper hand."

Rodgers has had several animated conversations with his teammates, including WR Garrett Wilson over the team's first eight summer practices.

"I think a lot of that gets overblown from time to time," he said. "I think there's a standard we like to set and there's an accountability that goes along with that. At practice, the standard is very high. I think a lot of that stuff is pretty being in general, but I like to push guys to believe in themselves maybe more than they do at the time."

Pointing to second-year C Joe Tippmann as an example, Rodgers spoke of accountability and response.

" A guy like Joe Tippmann, he has the ability to play a long time in this league at center," he said. "He has a chance to be an All-Pro, I think. So if he's snapping the ball a little wayward at times, he can take me jumping his ass a little bit and getting on him. Sometimes you need to do that."

Jumping on the defense with surgical precision, Rodgers made six special deliveries Wednesday to Wilson (3), Breece Hall (2) and Malachi Corley (1) for TDs.

"I think it's all about the energy," he said. "At practice there are times where things fluctuate. You're up and down on the energy and at certain points you need to get on guys. I was ready for that today because you felt the third day of pads, going through the motions a little bit. Sometimes it takes one play. … Sometimes it takes me or Breece, Tyron or even Garrett getting on somebody to get things going."

Rodgers , 40,entered the NFL in 2005 and didn't take the reins full-time in Green Bay until 2008. Appearing in 7 games his first three seasons, Rodgers watched Brett Favre at the controls, and on Wednesday he recounted what he's learned.

"I got to play behind Brett and he's a first-ballot Hall of Famer," he said. "I got to see what the standard of excellence looked like every single day. There was never a drop off in his energy, his enthusiasm, the way he practiced even on days where now I know what he probably felt like at times. When you're in your third day in a row of pads and a little bit tired and your body is aching, you had some squats the day before, you're trying to get the body moving and going, but you still have to bring it."

Rodgers, who has passed for 59,055 yards and 475 TDs with a 65.3 completion percentage, brought it again on this July day during a closed practice. He remains on a mission and is determined to lead the Jets to a level they haven't reached in a long time.

"It's the same standard I hold myself to on the practice field of excellence of detail and preparation," he said. "Repeat mistakes are the most difficult and frustrating, so those are the ones that really tick you off, but I have to hold those guys accountable and be another voice on the field and let them know the standard is the standard."