There isn’t any longer an official relationship between the New York Jets and future Corridor of Fame quarterback Aaron Rodgers.
If it looks like it was all the time going to finish this fashion, you would be forgetting the hype of the summer time of 2023. Rodgers was traded by the Inexperienced Bay Packers to the Jets because the supposed lacking piece for a Tremendous Bowl run.
One torn Achilles and a 5-12 report later and it is over for this marriage. The Jets introduced on Thursday that they have been formally releasing Rodgers, although proprietor Woody Johnson did thank him for the joy.
“I personally wish to thank Aaron for his time on the New York Jets. His arrival in 2023 was met with unbridled pleasure and I’ll ceaselessly be grateful that he selected to affix us to proceed his Corridor of Fame profession,” Johnson stated in a press release. “From Day 1, he embodied all that it meant to be a New York Jet, embraced our followers, and immersed himself in our metropolis. That’s what I’ll keep in mind most after I look again at his time right here. He’ll all the time be welcome, and I want him solely one of the best in no matter he chooses to do subsequent.”
Whether or not Rodgers decides to play in 2025 continues to be unsure, and even he’s at midnight about it (pun supposed). Nevertheless, the Jets can pay a hefty value for the correct resolution to provide new head coach Aaron Glenn and new basic supervisor Darren Mougey a contemporary begin at quarterback.
The Jets are chopping Rodgers with one 12 months remaining on his contract, so he’ll carry a dead-cap hit of $49M. They might eat that every one in 2025, however greater than seemingly they will designate him as a post-June 1 launch, which is able to enable them to hold simply $14M of dead-cap cash for 2025 whereas absorbing $35M of useless cap in 2026.
