New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers discussed his NFL future during a Tuesday appearance on “The Pat McAfee Show.”
“I feel like I’ve been kind of year to year,” Rodgers said during the interview. “Obviously last year getting hurt, my whole focus was trying to get back to the end of the season and then getting back for this season. Again, when you’re 40 going on 41, you’re obviously at the end of your career.
“So there’s a lot of things that, obviously, if it’s New York, they have to want me to be here, and then the new GM, new staff all have to want me to be with the Jets. And then body-wise I’ve got to see how I’m feeling and if I want to sign up to go back to the grind and all that. But it feels good. I’m healthy now. It’s not as much fun when you’re dealing with the kind of rehab time all the time.”
Rodgers, who turns 41 on Dec. 2, is a four-time NFL MVP and Super Bowl champion with the Green Bay Packers, but his play has fallen off this season, his 20th in the NFL. He has started every game for the Jets in 2024, returning from an Achilles injury that ended his 2023 season after just four snaps. Rodgers has completed 63.4 percent of his passes for 2,442 yards, 17 touchdowns to seven interceptions through 11 games, putting him on a statistical pace far short of his best seasons. The Jets are 3-8 and likely to miss the playoffs for a 14th consecutive season, the longest playoff drought in the major North American sports leagues. The team fired general manager Joe Douglas last week after firing head coach Robert Saleh in October.
The Athletic’s Dianna Russini and Zack Rosenblatt reported last week that Jets owner Woody Johnson suggested to coaches that Rodgers be benched after the team’s Sept. 29 loss to the Denver Broncos dropped their record to 2-2.
“If I can stay healthy the rest of the year, and play the way I want to play and everybody feels good about bringing me back, then there’s a decision there,” Rodgers said on Tuesday’s show. “And if not, then there’s all the other options. I think this one I’m open to everything and attached to nothing, so it’s a good place to be.”
The Jets, who were on bye last week, host the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday.
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