In his farewell statement to Rodgers, Johnson said Rodgers “embodied” the Jets, a description that could be read a number of different ways, given the team’s record over the last decade.
The New York Jets’ brief and unhappy Aaron Rodgers era is over after the team told him they are moving on at quarterback.
The 41-year-old returned for 2024 but the Jets slumped to a 5-12 record, fired their head coach, were dogged by reports that owner Woody Johnson’s teenage son Brick had a say in team decisions and missed the playoffs for a 14th successive season.
Rodgers’s struggles with the Jets were a stark contrast to his career with the Green Bay Packers, where he won a Super Bowl and built a reputation as one of the most talented quarterbacks in NFL history.
“Last week we met with Aaron and shared that our intention was to move in a different direction at quarterback,” head coach Aaron Glenn and general manager Darren Mougey said in a statement.
