UPDATE — 2/13/25, 11:50 a.m. ET: The New York Jets have made their Aaron Rodgers breakup official.
“Last week we met with Aaron and shared that our intention was to move in a different direction at quarterback,” Jets head coach Aaron Glenn and general manager Darren Mougey said in a joint statement on Thursday, February 13. “It was important to have this discussion now to provide clarity and enable each of us the proper time to plan for our respective futures. We want to thank him for the leadership, passion, and dedication he brought to the organization and wish him success moving forward.”
Jets’ chairman Woody Johnson also issued a statement, thanking Rodgers for his time with the organization.
“His arrival in 2023 was met with unbridled excitement and I will be forever grateful that he chose to join us to continue his Hall of Fame career,” Johnson, 77, said. “From day one, he embodied all that it meant to be a New York Jet, embraced our fans, and immersed himself in our city.”
Johnson continued, “That is what I will remember most when I look back at his time here. He will always be welcome and I wish him only the best in whatever he chooses to do next.”
Original story below:
The Aaron Rodgers saga with the New York Jets has finally come to an end.
After two highly publicized, underwhelming seasons, the Jets intend to move on from Rodgers, 41, as the franchise’s quarterback, according to multiple sources.
The news was first reported by Fox Sports’ Jay Glazer in the thick of Super Bowl LIX coverage on Sunday, February 9.
“I have learned that Aaron Rodgers flew back to New Jersey to meet with the Jets about his future,” Glazer, 55, said live on air from a Bourbon Street rooftop. “Met with the team’s head coach and the GM only to be told that they want to move on from him.”
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In January, following a disastrous 5-12 season, the Jets hired new head coach Aaron Glenn, formerly the defensive coordinator for the Detroit Lions, and new general manager Darren Mougey, formerly the Denver Broncos’ assistant GM.
Glenn, 52, replaced former Jets interim head coach Jeff Ulbrich, who took over the job after the team fired head coach Robert Saleh in October 2024.
Glazer’s report was then corroborated by other NFL insiders, including ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
“I think we got a situation here where you got a new general manager, a new head coach, and when new general managers and new head coaches come in, they typically like to make changes and bring in their own people,” Schefter, 58, said Monday, February 10, on ESPN’s The Pat McAfee Show. “There’s a reason that a team’s in the market for changing its general manager and head coach. So when that happens, they like to reset the culture and establish their own culture.”
Schefter said “there’s no doubt” that Rodgers can still be a productive NFL quarterback “at a high level.” Whether or not Rodgers will want to start over with a new team — or if a new team will want him in the first place — remains up in the air.
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During a December 2024 interview with McAfee, 37, Rodgers admitted the Jets moving on from him was a “possibility.”
“I’m going to take some time after the year — unless I get released right away,” Rodgers told McAfee in a separate December 2024 interview. “But I’ll still take some time whether or not I want to play. I’ll take some time to get away from it, either way.”
Rodgers was traded to the Jets in April 2023 after spending the first 18 seasons of his NFL career with the Green Bay Packers. Just four plays into his Jets debut in September 2023, he tore his Achilles tendon and missed the remainder of the season.
He started all 17 games for the Jets in 2024-2025, but the team wildly underperformed after beginning the season with Super Bowl aspirations.
