The New York Jets have decided concerning Aaron Rodgers, and it’s not an affordable one.
The Jets will be releasing Rodgers as of Wednesday. The transfer means the Jets should eat $49 million in lifeless cash in opposition to their wage cap over the subsequent two years. Since they’re designating Rodgers as a post-June 1 lower, they’ll take a $14 million lifeless cap hit in 2025 and a bigger $35 million lifeless cap hit in 2026.
In the end, Rodgers’ tenure with the Jets will go down as a bust.
Rodgers was traded to the Jets in April 2023 amid nice fanfare. However he tore his Achilles tendon on his first drive of the opening recreation and ended up lacking all the season. Then in 2024, Rodgers was working his approach again and looking for his footing with the crew. Although he handed for 3,897 yards, 28 touchdowns and 11 interceptions, his Jets went 5-12. New York even made massive strikes, reminiscent of firing head coach Robert Saleh and buying Davante Adams in a commerce, however nothing helped.
Although these are massive numbers for the Jets to take, the standard work round is to discover a rookie quarterback to start out. The Denver Broncos efficiently maneuvered this after they took a giant lifeless cash cap hit to launch Russell Wilson final yr. They changed him with rookie Bo Nix, who turned in a robust rookie season.
Relatively than go together with a rookie although, the Jets signed Justin Fields to a two-year, $40 million deal. If you add up the sum of money they’ll owe Fields plus Rodgers’ lifeless cap cash, you find yourself with the equal wage of a extremely paid quarterback.
