The New York Jets experiment with Aaron Rodgers is over after two disappointing seasons. On Thursday the group introduced what everybody noticed coming: That Rodgers gained’t return to the group in 2025.
Now we have knowledgeable Aaron Rodgers that we’ll be transferring in a special course at quarterback.
— New York Jets (@nyjets) February 13, 2025
The transfer comes after the group employed Aaron Glenn to be its new head coach, which naturally raised questions whether or not a brand new teaching employees with a special imaginative and prescient for the group had any room for Rodgers in it.
What was imagined to be a Tremendous Bowl-winning components ended up exploding within the Jets’ faces. Rodgers suffered a season-ending achilles damage to kick off 2023, then returned solely to have his worst season within the NFL, throwing for 28 touchdowns, 11 interceptions — and a profession low passer-rating of 90.5 as a starter.
The Jets did the whole lot to mould a roster specifically for Rodgers, signing consolation gamers from his time in Inexperienced Bay like Allen Lazard and Randall Cobb, in addition to making a giant commerce for Davante Adams — all in an effort to make Rodgers work. It by no means did, and the tip consequence was a 5-12 report, in addition to head coach Robert Saleh being unfairly sacrificed on the quarterback’s altar.
It’s unclear whether or not or not Rodgers will land wherever within the NFL, or if he’ll stroll away from the sport. Ought to Rodgers determine to enter free company there’s an excellent probability he’ll discover a place to play, particularly in mild of numerous groups needing QB assist, paired with a extreme lack of expertise within the NFL Draft.
In the meantime it’s time to show to web page for the Jets. The group made a implausible rent in touchdown Aaron Glenn, and he’ll look to deliver the identical type of defensive aggressiveness to New York that he displayed in Detroit. At quarterback the group will possible merely search for somebody to handle the sport and never flip the ball over, not less than till they discover themselves in a spot to discover a franchise QB of the longer term.
