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If Aaron Rodgers and the New York Jets are planning to stay together after this season, they certainly have an interesting way of showing it.
The veteran Jets quarterback again pontificated on his future with the organization Tuesday, after being asked by reporters how they should interpret past comments made about a potential release. The most notable answers might have been the shortest, when a reporter brought up Jets owner Woody Johnson:
Reporter: Do you think Woody wants you back?
Rodgers: You should ask Woody.
Reporter: Have you and Woody had conversations at all, Aaron, about the future?
Those frosty comments a day after Rodgers took a direct swipe about an earlier report that Johnson has allowed his teenage sons Brick and Jack to influence his team’s football decisions, most notably nixing a trade for wide receiver Jerry Jeudy because of a low Madden rating.
During his usual appearance on “The Pat McAfee Show” on Monday, Rodgers alluded, with a smile, to being released by a teenager:
“I have a first time for everything and there’s been a few of those this year. I’ve never been released before. Being released would be a first. Being released by a teenager, that would also be a first. I’m open to everything. I find the comedy in all of it. If that happens, it’s a great story.”
Rodgers is currently wrapping up his second season with the Jets, a tenure that has seen the team go 4-11 with him under center after he missed all of last year with a torn Achilles.
Very little has gone according to plan since bringing him, even as the franchise grants him no shortage of control by bringing in preferred teammates (e.g. Davante Adams, Allen Lazard). And with Rodgers now 41 years old, there’s not much reason to expect an improvement next year.
Aaron Rodgers might be playing his final games with the Jets. (Photo by Emilee Chinn/Getty Images)
Should the Jets release Rodgers after this season, they would incur $66.2 million in dead money, costing them $49 million in cap space. They…
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Publish date : 2024-12-24 23:21:00
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