Hall of Famer Steve Young weighs in on Aaron Rodgers' NFL future as possible divorce with Jets looms

Aaron Rodgers' clip successful a New York Jets azygous could soon travel to an end. It is "unlikely" the Jets volition "move forward" with the four-time NFL MVP quarterback, FOX Sports reported earlier this week.

The study connected Rodgers' future surfaced soon aft the Jets brought successful Aaron Glenn arsenic the team's adjacent caput manager and named Darren Mougey the wide manager. Rodgers and the Jets divorcing could beryllium a motion that Gang Green wants to spell into the offseason with a cleanable slate.

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If Rodgers' stint successful New York does officially scope an endpoint astir the commencement of the NFL's caller league twelvemonth successful March, helium volition permission the Jets with 18 starts implicit 2 seasons. Rodgers suffered a season-ending wounded successful the archetypal week of the 2023 campaign. 

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While an unceremonious exit from the Jets could spark questions astir whether the 41-year-old Rodgers volition determine to measurement distant from the NFL, Pro Football Hall of Famer Steve Young believes the backmost inactive has the tools to beryllium an effectual player.

"In today’s game, Tom Brady said it best. The flats are ever open, the mediate of the tract is unpatrolled, and nary 1 tin deed me," said Young during a caller quality connected "The Dan Patrick Show."

"And by the mode I marque $50 cardinal dollars. So I deliberation that Aaron due to the fact that he’s steadfast a afloat year, look the mobility is down and everything else, but if helium tin get to a spot that understands the position, has innovative mindsets of much and much places similar that, that you tin get to wherever you tin instrumentality vantage of the caller shot that’s being played. If helium tin get to 1 of those spots I’m definite he’d inactive emotion to spell play immoderate large football, particularly with a much innovative mind."

Rodgers threw 28 touchdowns against 11 interceptions implicit 17 games successful 2024. While Rodgers is overmuch person to the extremity of his vocation than helium is to the beginning, helium did person moments this past play wherever helium played well.

However, it remains improbable that Rodgers volition regain his MVP-caliber form. But with respective NFL teams being successful hopeless request of competent backmost play adjacent season, Rodgers could gully involvement if helium does extremity up connected the escaped cause market. 

The Jets parted ways with caput manager Robert Saleh successful October and went connected to decorativeness with a 5-12 record.

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