Former players share bleak outlook on future of Jets’ Rodgers

Whereas it definitely looks like the New York Jets and quarterback Aaron Rodgers will half methods in the course of the upcoming offseason (if not sooner), a number of experiences have indicated he needs to play at the least yet one more season despite the fact that he turns 41 years outdated in early December. 

For a chunk printed Tuesday, a number of former gamers recommended throughout chats with Wealthy Cimini of ESPN that Rodgers might battle to discover a new NFL house when the following league yr opens in March 2025. 

“I do not know if there is a staff on the market the place you could possibly level on the roster and say, ‘Hey, they simply want one good quarterback for one strong yr,'” retired fullback John Kuhn, Rodgers’ former teammate, stated concerning the signal-caller’s unsure future. “We thought the Jets have been that staff two years in the past. We thought the Jets have been as shut a staff as you could possibly must being one piece away.”

Followers will perpetually surprise if the 2023 Jets have been “one piece away” from reaching at the least the wild-card spherical of the playoffs, as Rodgers suffered a torn Achilles 4 offensive snaps into his first season with the group. He has since largely didn’t impress together with his play this fall, and ESPN stats present that the 3-8 Jets head into Week 13 ranked twenty seventh within the league with a median of 18.5 factors scored per sport. 

In line with Professional Soccer Reference, Rodgers started Tuesday ranked twenty sixth within the NFL amongst certified gamers with a 51.4 complete QBR and twenty first with an 88.9 passer ranking for the marketing campaign. He tossed 17 landing passes with seven interceptions over New York’s first 11 video games. 

“I see a man in Aaron, he seems like a man who does not need to get hit anymore,” former Jets sort out and present analyst Damien Woody advised Cimini. “He seems outdated. He does not push the ball down the sector in any respect. He cannot run. He seems like a 40-year-old quarterback. That is what he seems like.”

Jets interim head coach Jeff Ulbrich confirmed on Monday that Rodgers will begin when Gang Inexperienced hosts the 6-5 Seattle Seahawks this coming Sunday. Whether or not or not that proves to be Rodgers’ closing sport as an energetic New York participant shall be seen.