FEBRUARY 13: The Jets have announced that Rodgers will not return in 2025. A parting of ways with Adams can also be expected, but at a minimum it is now confirmed that team will have new starter under center next season. How strong of a market Rodgers generates – if he continues playing – will become a interesting storyline in advance of free agency.
FEBRUARY 9: As most anticipated, the Jets appear ready to move on from quarterback Aaron Rodgers. Per FOX Sports’ Jay Glazer, the 41-year-old passer flew to New Jersey last week to talk with the club, only to be told that Gang Green will be parting ways with him. 
In the wake of the Jets’ decision to fire head coach Robert Saleh and then general manager Joe Douglas midway through the campaign, it became clear a parting of ways was likely in this situation. Uncertainty loomed as a new regime was brought in, but the organization will indeed start over at the quarterback spot in 2025. Rodgers’ New York tenure will thus end after only two years.
The longtime Packers star had a rocky end to his tenure in Green Bay, with the Jets emerging as a destination he was interested in as part of his efforts to continue his career. A deal was ultimately worked out – with New York sending a package consisting of a pair of second-round picks in addition to the teams swapping Day 1 selections in 2023 – and expectations were therefore high for the Jets to find short-term stability under center. Rodgers’ debut campaign ended after only four snaps, though, with an Achilles tear leaving him sidelined the rest of the way.
Douglas, Saleh and former offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett received a mulligan from ownership this past offseason, and Rodgers did manage to play all 17 games in 2024. Still, the team fell well short of expectations and wound up outside the postseason. Retirement is still under consideration in Rodgers’ case, but in any event the Jets will move on. Remaining together was something new head coach Aaron Glenn was open to, but he and first-time general manager Darren Mougey stopped short of making a commitment one way or another when speaking about the team’s QB setup for 2025.
Earlier on Sunday, Tom Pelissero and Ian Rapoport of NFL Network (the latter of whom has since confirmed the expectation is that the Jets and Rodgers will part ways) reported a decision on this front was likely this coming week. A formal announcement should thus be expected shortly, but nevertheless the Jets will now turn their attention to finding a new short- and/or long-term QB solution. The failure of the Sam Darnold and Zach Wilson selections drove the Rodgers acquisition, and it will be interesting to see if the draft is again pursued this April or if the new regime will take a different route.
Glazer’s colleague Jordan Schultz – who also reported on Sunday a Rodgers split was likely – adds this move was influenced more by the nature of his contract than his up-and-down level of play this past season. The four-time MVP is due $37.5MM in 2025, with none of his base salary guaranteed. Teams which view Rodgers as a viable option could look to swing a trade at a reduced price, but it would come as no surprise if the Jets proceeded with a release. Doing so with a post-June 1 designation will be required to avoid incurring a massive dead cap charge.
Tyrod Taylor is under contract for next year at a reasonable cap hit of $6.8MM, and he would welcome the chance to again operate as a starter. New York will be in the market for another passer this offseason, though, and ESPN’s Rich Cimini names Kirk Cousins as a potential option. The Falcons are likely to move on from Cousins, who is familiar to new front office exec Rick Speilman given their time together in Minnesota. In any case, how the Mougey-Glenn pairing operates at the quarterback spot will be critical moving forward.
Rodgers and Davante Adams reunited with the Jets ahead of the 2024 trade deadline, but the latter’s future was clouded by uncertainty based on the former’s tenuous hold on a New York roster spot for next season. Now that Rodgers is known to be on the way out, it would come as no surprise if Adams were to change teams once again; a return to the west coast could be in order. Another Rodgers-Adams pairing could be in store, but only if Rodgers elects to continue playing. If that proves to be the case, he will need to suit up for a third NFL team in the closing chapter of his decorated career.
Rory Parks contributed to this post.
Rodgers = Toxic
Jets = Joke
Both are true
Both are LIES. Rodgers had a credible 2024 season — not entirely his fault the Jets went 5-12. And the joke team in MetLife Stadium wears blue.
Rodgers had one of his worst statistical seasons of his career, again. Back to back years(with an Achilles tear in between). Not only is he toxic but hes cooked.
And a QB with a worse year than him (on a better team) made the Super Bowl. So, yeah, don’t know where this take originates, but that “cooked” word is here yet again where it shouldn’t be.
I think that you’ve made your position pretty clear, but allow me to elaborate, because there’s another chapter. I’ll do mine without the stars, so you can read it. I’ll begin with what we’ll refer to as “context”:
Rodgers: 3897 yards, 28 TDs, 11 INTs
Mahomes: 3928 yards, 26 TDs, 11INTs (Super Bowl)
Allen: 3731 yards, 28 TDs, 6 INTs (MVP)
Hurts: 2903 yards, 18 TDs, 5 INTs (won Super Bowl)
Now, we all know that Allen had a much better year than the stats suggest, but the idea here is that all of the above QBs, minus Rodgers, had successful years by popular and professional opinion. In fact, they each were achievers of the top honors in respective offensive categories. Hurts won a Super Bowl, Mahomes won the AFC, and Allen was voted the league’s best player.
We can make arguments as to how stats don’t exactly tell the full story of a season (especially in Allen’s case), but you’ll see empirically (this means without bias as supported by data, if you can manage that) that, at a minimum, Rodgers at least had a comparable year to the upper rung of NFL quarterbacks.
In the interest of adding more context, just for fun, let’s consider another factor.
The Browns led the league in drops this year, according to BetMGM, with 48 drops (which is an insane number, but makes more sense too with a gunslinger like Winston throwing risky passes added in). Who was next? The Jets. New York had 40 dropped passes this year, which is pretty steep. Of the QBs above, the Chiefs were next with 27 dropped passes, then the Bills with 21, and finally the Eagles with 7. So, in comparison to Mahomes, Rodgers’ receivers dropped 13 more passes. In comparison to Allen, there were 19 more drops. In comparison to Hurts, there were 33 more. Just for fun, we’ll note that the next worst teams (tied for third) in drops were the Packers, Chargers, and Giants with 33 each. Their quarterbacks threw for 25 TDs (Love-Packers), 23 TDs (Herbert-Chargers), and 8 TDs (Jones-Giants) respectively. If you’re counting, that’s 3 fewer TDs (Love), 5 fewer TDs (Herbert), and 20 fewer TDs (Jones) than Rodgers had with 7 more drops.
Consider also the fact that none of the teams mentioned above fired a head coach, changed coordinators, or fired GMs midseason. Kicker Greg Zeurlein, who didn’t even finish the season, managed to tie for eighth in the league with six missed kicks (for more context, in every game that he did manage to play, when he was asked to kick more than one field goal, he missed at least one). So if you want to consider “off the field” issues, it makes it pretty clear that Rodgers was not exactly lucky in that regard.
So, if you care to read it, and you are unbiased enough to admit, you’ll see that it isn’t exactly the “end of story”. Rodgers clearly didn’t have a bad year by NFL standards in terms of individual performance. The Jets were terrible, but certainly not because Rodgers was starting. I actually agree that he could have been better, and that he has regressed in many ways, but he is at least still a competitive quarterback as a starter and outplayed or produced roughly equivalent to most upper level starters. The thing that’s “cooked” here is your argument.
I salute you for this reply, Ak
Not dropping down into the gutter to debate a prepubescent post is admirable
Normally, one would have to go to a bowling alley to find such an “eloquent” writer as him
As a Passer yes but there’s another skill the other 3 have that Rodgers does not. For better or worse, it’s a value-added difference maker that would require Rodgers to have passing stats that a comparable to Hurts/Allen/Mahomes’ passing AND rushing stats
They keep mentioning his name here in Pittsburgh
Today’s latest news had Russ apparently embarrassed that Tomlin/Smith took away his audible ability after the first Cincy game. Those next games sure ended well
Fields may look for a better option than this team and it’s caveman approach to play calling.
So now, Rodgers’ name is being thrown around
On one hand, it’s hard to see him being worse
On the other, as noted, he’s not mobile and behind this line, he may get killed
Ak, stats don’t tell the whole story. AR couldn’t get over 200 yds passing in many losing efforts. How many of those yards and TDs were from garbage time? How many sacks did he take in critical situations? Drops and bad route running seemed to be a problem as well. The owner tanked that team when he fired Salah. Thats not ARs fault, but his play overall wasn’t that great. He couldn’t carry the offense like he was expected to.
Overall the NFL and fans believe the QB is the savior of the team, when this last SB showed winning was a complete team effort, especially by the D. A reason I’m not a fan of wasting so much cap space on not so great QBs like Dak or Trevor. Never forget Rex Grossman went to a SB.
Are you silent or silenced lol
The Jets are where QB’s go to die — that’s the facts jack
Just
End
The
Suffering
Yeah, Rodgers was actually pretty good this year, especially considering what happened on that team all season. People’s personal feelings get involved and the analysis gets skewed.
I would question, though, the decision to move on from Rodgers if the new target was Cousins. You figure that the savings wouldn’t be much, and the level of play really isn’t different (if Cousins returns to form after his injury, how much more does he offer than Rodgers does?). If the Jets move on from Rodgers, they should start a young guy, I think. Whether that’s Travis or a drafted guy or a low cost pickup from another team, I don’t see the real gain from transitioning from Rodgers to another veteran from the Jets’ perspective.
The cost savings for Cousins over Rodgers would be immense. Kirk is going to be released by Atlanta while under contract, that means the team that signs him only has to pay the league veteran minimum. The falcons pay the rest. You can argue it may not be a performance upgrade, but it would absolutely be a financial savings.
Fair enough, I forgot about that aspect of it. That would make sense, if Cousins is willing to go to New York..
Part of the problem is he’s also the coach, also the gm, and a constant distraction. If he just shut up and play that’s one thing, but it’ll never happen.
How many rings does Blue have vs Green? 1969. Now that’s a joke.
LMAO
Yeahhh I’ll believe it when I see it. The media has been consistently wrong about anything Aaron Rodgers for the last 5 years at least. Though it would make sense for a new coach and GM to want to start fresh at QB, options are so slim in the draft and in FA
It was the Jets utter futility at being able to develop drafted QBs that forced them to pursue a veteran in the first place. Perhaps they now know how to teach college QB prospects how to succeed in the NFL but as you said… “I’ll believe it when I see it”.
The problem is there aren’t any Madden ratings for college QBs that the Jets can work off of prior to the draft.
I’m sure the kids were all over NCAA football 24, there are decent stats there, and you can import roster/draft class into madden. prob just do a 10 year sim and you have all the statistical data to share with Grandpa for the next couple years.
I like how this had nothing to do with the content of my comment lmao
Looks like its legit, welp looks like we can write 2025 season in as another year or no playoffs
Early in the offseason or a June 1st cut?
I think you’re allowed to do it whenever and call it either one, that way the player doesn’t have to wait until teams have little cap space
I understand – Im just openly questioning the path they take.
Is this a full tank year? Take it all now.
Are they gonna try to run it back with some other band aid? Spread it out.
Tank this year, see if Arch Manning declares.
Tank again if not. Or draft a QB if there’s a good one in ‘26.
Let the Giants try to get Arch Manning — that’ll please all the mouth-breathing a$$holes still crying about his uncle Eli not getting into the Hall of Fame.
@ChuckyNJ: Eli was a better QB than Namath, who is in the HoF. Can’t wait to see you cry when Eli eventually makes it.
Hahahahahaha
Thanks
I needed a good laugh
The Mannings probably want Arch to have his own team. Not be on granddad or uncles team, he is already going to be compared but they steered Eli to team they wanted.
According to Spotrac on social media:
“A Post 6/1 Designation for Aaron Rodgers: The #Jets will keep his $23.5M cap hit on the books into June, then take on dead cap hits of: 2025: $14M 2026: $35M Rodgers will be free to sign elsewhere on March 12th once the designation is made by NYJ.”
Maybe the Jets have a plan to bring back Ken O’Brien…I mean yeah this season was a Dumpster Fire…not even Fireman Ed could put it out….but the Options suck for replacements….unless of course the Jets are going to use the famous John McKay Single Wing
I would like the Jets to sign Winston and let Jordan Travis compete with him. There’s good non-QB depth in this draft so I’d prefer they don’t take one at 7, 42, or 92 and just build the roster up. I think this should be a total transition year.
Winston would not be bad…he has lots of personality… he really does…but he makes a lot of mistakes as we all saw this year…or give Joe Flacco another chance…
I think Winston gives a young offense a chance to develop because he moves the ball down the field and gives them a chance to stay on the field and make plays. Yes, he gives some of those points back via turnovers. But at least those young players would be dealing with fewer 3 and outs.
I would also be cool with Daniel Jones, Browning, or Fields if that becomes possible.
Winston’s more like Rex Grossman — remember that 30/30 season? 30 TD passes, 30 interceptions.
Flacco may retire if he doesn’t return to Indianapolis. And no, Daniel Jones is not welcome to come back to MetLife Stadium.
The two are nothing alike.
I like Tyrod operating as the starter and have Travis take over when he inevitably gets injured at some point. Not much to lose and see what we have in him. As a Jets fan, I am not expecting to win anytime soon so it is what it is
Ain’t nothing like a defeatist who’d be more comfortable with losing.
@chuckynj – hmm no. Not comfortable with losing, there’s just actually no path to having a Super Bowl contending team (let alone playoff team) this upcoming year. It’s not defeatist, it’s called being a realist
AR can’t move around the pocket anymore, creating too many sacks, pressure, etc for the offense. Also takes up the entire 40 second clock to hike the ball. Boring. Hang em up AR, the ride is over.
You don’t watch much NFL. Offenses now milk the play clock as best as they can, especially in the 4th quarter.
but Plus3 finds it boring so it must be bad
They’ll almost certainly take a step back at quarterback this season, but they weren’t going to be contenders with him anyway. If you’re going to bring in someone like Glenn to restart the culture, it’s hard to do that with a guy who casts a shadow over a team’s whole culture. Rodgers was better than he got credit for this year, but as a Jets fan, I’ll be happier not rooting for a team with him on it.
What you’re saying about the culture is true but I don’t think you’re right in saying they’re not contenders with him. They easily could’ve won 10 games this season with competent coaching and if they had a kicker. It’s not as if they have no talent on this roster. New regimes mean new QB though and for any sustained future success, this is the best move for the franchise. Get a bridge guy and a young guy in there now and develop him (meaning he holds a clip board year 1)
I saw things that way a year ago, but now with no Mosley, probably no Reed, a defensive line that looked much worse, and Rodgers being a year older, I’m not as optimistic. Besides, they didn’t bring in a young first time OC from a dynamic offense to pair him with a quarterback who will refuse to do a lot of things that offense thrives on.
“Get a bridge guy and a young guy in there now”
Technically, even with Rodgers gone, they’ve already got those on their roster for next season…Tyrod Taylor and Jordan Travis.
Aaron moved on from the Jets last year skipping camps for a vacation.
He has a chance to go full Brett. Join the Vikings Aaron.
No effing way. Skol
Rodgers did not like looking over his shoulder at Love. Do you really think he wants to look over his shoulder at McCarthy?
I was like, Mike McCarthy??? Then I figured it out.
RAIDERS!
I wonder if he can get aling with a strong minded guy like Carrol.
I also wonder what other options either of them have.
Maybe Steelers?? But its the same question.
And I doubt Rodgers goes to a team like the Giants.
Outside of a small handful of QB’s, it wouldn’t matter who plays the position for the Steelers. The O-line is horrible. Unless you’re extremely mobile and can make quick decisions, this isn’t the place for you
Steelers really aren’t a fit unfortunately. Arthur Smith butted heads with Wilson’s vet ability to audible at line of scrimmage. Rodgers is in that same skillset. Smith just likes to run the ball, and not change at line of scrimmage. Steelers should look to make this move, but they won’t.
I wouldn’t want to be the Steelers QB, and I am a fan. OL sucks, and won’t get better. Wasted pick on Fautanu
It’s like they refuse to believe what they see winning teams doing these days
I loved Franco
I loved the Bus
They have neither now. And even if they did, I’m not sure they’d be the same behind this O-line
Dumpster fire team and a QB willing to dump the gas on his teammates? Perfect option.
The Raiders reportedly have no interest in Russ, so in no way can I see them having interest in Rodgers. Brady would lose his mind if Aaron informed them he was going on a “darkness retreat.”
“We wish him the best in his political campaign”
Anybody see that coming next from the diva?
He’s done. You can’t find Wilson and Adam’s on a more consistent basis and Hall out of the backfield, you’re probably done.
Bring in Winston and let Travis compete with him. Don’t draft a QB unless one falls and can’t be passed up at a certain slot.
Spend this draft building on the foundation of Gardner, Johnson, McDonald, Fashanu, Wilson (if he rescinds his trade request), and maybe Breece (although I would welcome a trade at the right price since there are a lot of upcoming extensions needing to happen). Move on from Rodgers, Lazard, Mosley, Reed, etc.
Mark Sanchez isn’t butt fumbling through that door
The same Sanchez who famously sneaked a hot dog on the sidelines in his rookie year?
In his butt?
The video is on the youtube. Actually happened in 2009 at Oakland.
No year long suspension for “hot dog” smuggling? Goodell must be going SAWFT 🙂
Now if only ESPN/McAffey would move on from him.
Go sign the kid you should’ve drafted (and probably would’ve screwed up anyway). He’s mobile and if coached properly (aka: to his strengths unlike what happened in Chicago) he might work out longer term considering his age.
Not that you’ve done it properly ever but you can’t keep tanking until Arch declares lol
They should’ve drafted Josh Allen in 2018 instead of Darnold. I remember reading mock drafts back then that had the Jets making a coin toss for either QB. Clearly, Lamar Jackson getting selected last in the 1st round that year is probably the biggest oversight… for all the other QB needy teams.
“but you can’t keep tanking until Arch declares lol”
Also because this is already the Giants plan!
Fields isnt good lmao
Interesting to see what team is stupid enough to sign this locker room cancer. Sadly someone will.
There are so few openings out there – same situation for Russell Wilson. I can think of:
Las Vegas
Tennessee
NY Jets
Cleveland
New Orleans
Not sure any of those are attractive options for either of those guys – don’t think a new young coach would want to deal with either of their drama/needs, so I’d rule out TN and NO (and the Jets for Russell). Seems like it basically leaves Las Vegas and the Browns.
TEN should think vet QB and draft Carter
It’s time to hang it up to stop giving teams false hope.
Rodgers left his best years in Green Bay. He needs to pack it in and go away. He simply doesn’t have it, anymore and is fooling himself if he thinks he does
The Jets have made another good decision. AR won home field advantage two years in a row and did nothing with it. It was clear to me back then that he wasn’t the guy and was just overrated.
So all that hype. All that bluster from Jets fan and we end like this…
Its great to NOT be a Jets or Browns fans.
Both are just toxic situations from desperate owners and fans. Build. Draft correctly, develop, find good coaches…this is how you build a franchise.
Not everyone is Tom Freaking Brady and can just plug into a franchise and win.
My only question is where does Rodgers end up? 49ers? Vikings? Titans? no idea.
Jets fans don’t hire planes to fly over the stadium telling the owner “enough!”
As well, your double-dipping hero was a benchwarmer until Drew Bledsoe had to come out of a game injured.
Chucky, you’re really soiling your diapers in this thread. The sooner you embrace the Jets suckitude, the better.
The ones soiling their diapers are Giants groupies not willing to understand their team is a clusterfark.
And what have the jets shown? Chucky is throwing rocks at glass houses.
Giants and Patriots were both in the Tankathon only to derp it up by winning after Xmas.
Mr. Rodgers Neighborhood to relocate to a new venue !!
I know it sounds insane but hear me out
Rodgers and Davante both go to the Browns….
Maybe the Jets can sign Sam Darnold and Zach Wilson to compete for the starting job in training camp 🙂
The team let him know fairly early in the offseason that he won’t be calling the shots for the Jets anymore…
In reality Glenn probably decided that Rogers would be a total distraction and it was better to go in a different direction….besides, it certainly looked as if Rogers wasn’t the same Rogers of Packers fame….a shell of that guy….
Does gang green bring back Sam Darnold lmao? What a strange turn of events that’d be
Does Rodgers end up in Minnesota backing up McCarthy?
What organization wants to add ol overpaid temperamental washed up broken down diva QB in obvious physical decline plus as added bonus get to be centerstage for the daily “days of our lives” soap opera sans winning ?
And an ayahuasca junkie to boot. We all want u to be quiet n be stuck in dark place.
No team that is “Close” need him. That team would need a great oline and there is no team like that when Brady was looking for a team.
QB fits
Titans: Levis/Rudolph, Darnold, Sanders/Ward
Browns: Watson, Sanders/Ward, Cousins, Rodgers
Giants: Ward/Sanders, Darnold, Carr, Cousins
Raiders: Sanders/Ward, Wilson, Rodgers
Jets: Ward/Sanders, Carr, Fields, Darnold
Saints: Darnold, Ward/Sanders, Rodgers
Steelers: Fields, Wilson, Howard
Vikings: McCarthy, Darnold, Rodgers
Conspicuous lack of Jame Time, Mr. Jameis Winston, on your list.
Winston didn’t make the cut
Wasn’t going 2nd line on any of the picks
I’m thinking some of those teams listed will be having fits (the hair pulling kind) that extend beyond the QB position.
nice trade.
Is there a place where he could start? Otherwise I think he hangs it up. He won’t want to be a backup, nor should he after the career he had. Interested to see how this pans out.
My initial reactions are New Orleans or Pittsburgh.
Vikings, Saints, Raiders, Browns, Giants, Steelers, Titans
Not a top option for any of them tho
I don’t think he’ll choose vikings with McCarthy there. I’d love to see his career end as a brown. I hope not the Giants. Titans makes sense if the rumors of them wanting to trade the #1 pick are true. Raiders could make sense for a year.
We shall see. Retirement is very realistic.
I think he’d retire over signing with the Browns
Lol. Valid and understandable. I was never a fan of him. Id love to see him go out as a brown.
5 TDs behind Brett
About 1,000 yards behind Ben
Seeing that now, there is actually a decent chance he says yes to Browns.
I’m a big anti-fan of his, throughout the years. He was a great, dominant player who simply hasn’t come to grips with the fact that Father Time wins every single time. Retire is really the best thing he could do to preserve his legacy as one of the best to ever play the game.
Whether or not he keeps playing, his legacy is fine. Stats wise he was comparable to most QBs in the league so its not like people are going to see he had just as many passing TD as Mahomes as a 41 y/o and pretend the rest of his career didnt exist
This is like Tres ja vue
Why doesn’t anyone mention Adrian Martinez that’s on practice squad?
lmao bc its just Adrian Martinez on the practice squad?
Liking moving on from Herpes. You can try to leave it behind but it’ll always leave it’s mark
No Hits, No Runs, No AARONS !!
In other news, the sun rose today.
Seahawks would be the perfect fit for Rodgers, but I could see he and Adams both going to Vegas.