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Aaron Rodgers’ stint with the New York Jets could still extend beyond this season — despite plenty of losses and disappointments.
The star quarterback, who’ll turn 41 on Dec. 2, previously said he’d like to play a few more years. And he insisted Wednesday that the Jets’ 3-7 start during a tumultuous season has not changed that stance.
“Not really,” Rodgers said in the locker room after practice. “Not for the negative, no. Not really.”
Rodgers was then asked by a reporter if he still wants to play next year.
“I think so, yeah,” the four-time NFL MVP said while nodding.
Rodgers’ future beyond this season has come into question in recent weeks, particularly because of his mediocre play during the worst start of his 20-year career.
He has one year left on his contract that includes $2.5 million in non-guaranteed base salary with $21 million in bonuses. He would count $23.5 million against the salary cap next season. But if the Jets cut Rodgers before June 1 next year, they’d incur a $49 million dead money charge; it would be $14 million after June 1.
He got off to a slow start in his return from a torn left Achilles tendon that sidelined him for all but four snaps last season. Rodgers showed some flashes of the player he was in his prime, including in victories over New England in Week 3 and Houston in Week 9, but he followed that performance against the Texans with a dud in a 31-6 loss to Arizona. He was 22 of 35 for just 151 yards, completing just one pass through the air of 10 yards or longer.
Rodgers has also dealt with ankle, knee and hamstring issues that have visibly sapped him of some of the mobility that helped make him such a threat as a young quarterback.
“I mean, I’m not playing as well as I would like to play, for sure,” he said. “The beauty in this game is it’s a team game. The frustrating part is that if you’re a great competitor, you hold yourself to a standard and it’s not unrealistic.
“And I haven’t reached that standard this year.”
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Publish date : 2024-11-14 00:22:31
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