Aaron Rodgers Teases What He’s Looking for in Next NFL Team After Jets Exit
The future looked bright for Aaron Rodgers and the New York Jet at the start of the season – but now the veteran quarterback is left to wonder if he even has a future at all. Rodgers, 41, and the Jets lost 40-14 to the Buffalo Bills on Sunday, December 29, the team’s 6th loss in 7 games which dropped their overall season record to a wildly disappointing 4-12.
During the CBS broadcast of Sunday’s game, legendary play-by-play analyst Jim Nantz revealed how Rodgers responded when he asked him about his future in New York. “He looked us right in the eye and said, ‘I really don’t know. I’ll take some time,'” Nantz, 65, said. Rodgers is still under contract with the Jets through the end of next season.
The team could decide to move on from the legendary quarterback, which would come at a great financial burden to the franchise. There’s also a chance Rodgers could simply decide to walk away himself. After Sunday’s game, Rodgers told reporters the loss was a microcosm of the Jets entire year. “I mean, it’s kind of like the season, it just got away from us,” he said. “Too many games got away from us. We were moving the ball and then we just hit a wall and that’s kind of been the season.”
The Jets fired head coach Robert Saleh in October after a 2-3 start, but the team has only won two games since under interim head coach Jeff Ulbrich. The team traded for Rodgers’ friend and former Green Bay Packers teammate Davante Adams later that month, but the Jets offense has continued to sputter since the trade.
