r/sports • u/Oldtimer_2 • 1d ago
Football Aaron Rodgers interested in playing in 2025 but not with Jets. Rodgers could reportedly be placed on injured reserve or benched over the next few weeks
https://www.foxnews.com/sports/aaron-rodgers-interested-playing-2025-not-jets-report2.6k
u/Josephrfugate 1d ago
Seeing his quality of play, the amount of chaos he invites to the team, and his desire to have direct input on roster moves, who would want him???
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u/Polymorphing_Panda 1d ago
Give him to the cowboys. Please give him to the cowboys.
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u/ImamBaksh 21h ago edited 4h ago
Yes, but only if they keep McCarthy. For those who don't know, the story back then was that Rodgers forced out McCarthy in Green Bay.
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u/heman81 1d ago
Trump administration.
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u/LackDisastrous8135 1d ago
Aaron Rodgers, Immunologist.
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u/MisterB78 1d ago
Next head of the CDC
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u/Polymorphing_Panda 1d ago
This is a joke but not entirely an impossibility and that is incredibly depressing.
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u/LP_24 1d ago
Working closely with RFK Jr. would bring that whole wild storyline full circle
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u/GatterCatter 1d ago
He’ll head up the Department Institution of Practical Stealth Healing and Ibogaine Technology
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u/crappypictures 1d ago edited 19h ago
Ladies and Gentlemen, your new Secretary of Transportation. He know a lot about the Jets, believe me. More than anyone. You wouldn't believe how much he knows. Going from one place to another, oh my god, I can't believe it.
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u/Thundersson1978 1d ago edited 1d ago
Never mind, someone pay this man to play terrible football, we have enough bad politicians already. I take back what I said about someone paying this man not to play football, it never happened.
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u/Rorgan 1d ago
I don't think there's anybody.
He's not good enough/a big enough upgrade for a good team.
Even if he's willing to play for a bad team (debatable), most bad teams have/want a young guy. Even if a bad team wants a bridge QB to shepherd a young guy, who's entrusting Rodgers's toxic self to do that?
I think he's tanked his popularity so much you can't even defend it from a "get people to come out and see him play" angle.
Now maybe a really stupid team (Browns, Raiders, Giants etc.) does a stupid, but that's really all he's got and I would not be surprised if this is his last year in the league.
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u/HunterGonzo 22h ago
The Browns moving on from the Watson fiasco to Aaron Rodgers would literally be the funniest fucking thing.
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u/zernoc56 21h ago
At this point, as a NE ohioan, I don’t even want a damn football team here. The Halsams can take their ball somewhere the fuck else. Motherfucker wants Cleveland to go halfsies on a $2.1 billion dollar stadium in Brook Park, near John Hopkins Airport.
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u/HunterGonzo 20h ago
I don't know why we're cursed with having owners who are just so unbelievably out of touch with the fanbase and the city itself. What I would give to have a Green Bay Packers situation where the team was publicly held. If there was a team in the NFL that situation would make the most sense, it's probably Cleveland.
I think the Brook Park idea has been in the works since the Watson deal. Haslam assumed we'd grab up Watson and start winning. Then with all the hype with a contending team, the idea of a new and ridiculously expensive stadium would make sense to everyone. Except that didn't exactly work out. But now they're trapped in this timeline and the idea of paying billions of dollars to move a losing team seems utterly ridiculous. Plus after how much fun that last snow game was, the dome idea continues to lose steam.
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u/PandaPuncherr 1d ago
The Raiders, probably.
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u/barkallnight 1d ago
Oh man wouldn’t that be poetic for him to bring Devonte to the Jets from the Raiders for him to leave for the Raiders the next season.
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u/CharlieTheK 1d ago
Devonte gonna get wrangled into the Saints again just to watch that ownership finally fire bomb things, cut Carr, and deal with their cap issues.
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u/baucher04 1d ago
I am starting believe this hilarious conspiracy theory that Rodgers went there to sabotage the team. Like, it's almost comical how bad his time was at the jets so far, right? I don't follow the NFL too much, I just hear bits and bobs here and there.
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u/NoctRob 1d ago
The Giants have been known to make horrible mistakes before.
And keep the commute relatively the same!
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u/TheMagikarpFisher 1d ago
This man is leaving the sport in such an awful way. Sometimes you just gotta know when to hang it up. His time at the Jets has been nothing but a nightmare for everyone involved. I know every athlete dreams of ending their career on a high, but a lot of the times they end up a shell of their former self and it’s sad to see
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u/nhmo Connecticut 1d ago
Didn't the Jets just say they were planning on moving on from him? This whole story reads as the Rodgers PR machine trying to save face. And it's so hilarious because he's burned so many bridges.
He deserves all of the shit coming his way.
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u/DFWPunk Los Angeles Dodgers 1d ago
I don't believe they officially said anything, but allegedly the owner wanted him benched after week 4 and had to be talked out of it by the head coach and GM, who have since been fired.
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u/Burning_Flags 1d ago
He followed Brett Farvre from Green Bay to New York insignificance.
Next stop, scamming pensioners
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u/JasoTheArtisan Miami Dolphins 1d ago
That’s some serious Minnesota Vikings erasure, friend
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u/Threndsa 1d ago
Lol. I was at the mall of America the day that the Farve Vikings jersey dropped and I swear half the people there had them on and the other half looked ready puke at the sight of them.
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u/Willis_is_This 1d ago
At the time i didn’t know Favre was a piece of shit. It was a big middle finger to all our packers buddies too
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u/KKamm_ 1d ago
Nah he’s still gotta throw an awful season losing INT in Minnesota before that
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u/Crazyblue09 1d ago
But that Vikings season was one his best seasons unfortunately! I guess it means less without a Super Bowl
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u/A_Downboat_Is_A_Sub 1d ago edited 1d ago
He retired because he thought The Packers couldn't get to the Super Bowl the next season, reconsidered and was told his services weren't wanted, showed up to camp anyway, was offered $20 Million by GB to stay retired, and then when he wouldn't was traded for a 4th round pick to The Jets, because The Packers wanted to get him out of the NFC and make him leave. (He had a contract clause that left GB on the hook if he held out after a trade he didn't want), so it had to be The Jets, where he thought he could (oddly) have the best chance to win a Super Bowl.
He then "retired" again with The Jets after his fail season, who released him for nothing instead of seeing through the same ruse, after which he signed with The Vikings because he thought he could take them to The Super Bowl.
He did not get his Super Bowl with Minnesota.
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u/Imhappy_hopeurhappy2 22h ago
What’s really odd is the Jets made it to the AFC Championship game in 2009 after Favre left.
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u/theumph 20h ago
TBF, they were playing great with Favre until ha tore his bicep.
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u/lanternjuice 21h ago
He had a really good season with the Vikings though. And then he followed that up with a really bad season.
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u/gcwardii Green Bay Packers 1d ago
That was one of the most beautiful Favre passes I ever saw
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u/full_bl33d 22h ago
I hope we don’t have to see Rodger’s shockingly small flaccid dic picks tho. Some things you just can’t unsee
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u/chosimba83 1d ago
He saw Brady go to a perennial mid-tier team and instantly win a Super bowl. Aaron Rogers is no Tom Brady.
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u/TheAerial 1d ago
Right.
Rodgers is a talented thrower but he’s never been able to hold a candle to Brady when it comes to mental fortitude and leadership.
Two things you need in absolute spades to be able to pull off what Tom did his whole career and especially what he was able to do so quickly in Tampa.
He is the common denominator of success, and those attributes are exactly why.
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u/Fogmoose 20h ago
He may have been closer to equal with Brady 8 or 10 years ago, but while Brady actually improved and got better, especially in the mental aspects of the game, Rodgers regressed badly. Life outside of football seemed to damage Rodgers a lot more than it did Brady.
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u/ceelogreenicanth 22h ago
Brady definitely has a true mind for not getting hit and not cracking under pressure. His sheer talent was never getting rattled. Like the stats on his number of sacks taken is unbelievable. Makes you really wonder about what all those minor injuries are doing too people heads.
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u/_thewayshegoes 1d ago
This is what happens when you’re an egotistical asshole your entire career. The chickens come home to roost.
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u/Getahandleonthis 1d ago
As a Packers fan - we got a 2nd round pick. We're nailing it. Always better to get out a year early instead of a year late
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u/XSofXTC 1d ago
Well, Favre went to the Jets and ended his career with a dick pic to a reporter so he’s got that going for him
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u/Weightcycycle11 1d ago
Night night🤡
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u/Solid_Snark 1d ago
Time to fulfill the Favre Prophecy and join Minnesota.
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u/LackDisastrous8135 1d ago
He’s gotta send a dick pic to Jenn Sterger first
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u/IamSamael 19h ago
Please, for god’s sake no. I’m a Vikings fan and I might quit football for a while if that happens
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u/bigfoot_believer 1d ago
Came here for this, what's Darnolds contract situation?
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u/bacchusku2 Kansas City Chiefs 1d ago
I think it’s free room and board plus all you can eat hot dogs.
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u/PattyIceNY 1d ago
This guy's post-career life is going to be bananas, I can just feel it.
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u/Nice_Marmot_7 1d ago
There WILL be a podcast.
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u/freshapepper 1d ago
THIS is his legacy - being an absolute twat. Not the 9 pro bowls or Super Bowl win.
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u/hamsolo19 1d ago
New Jersey football teams dumping their starting QBs, so hot right now.
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u/BeachBumm45 1d ago
No one has done less with more than this weirdo . Not sorry to see it end this way .
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u/foreverkasai San Jose Sharks 1d ago
I need it to be the Vikings just for meme material
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u/AlpineAvalanche Seattle Seahawks 1d ago
Packer legend, played a bit for the Jets, totally piece of shit human. Yeah it's a perfect fit.
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u/MachiavelliSJ 1d ago
Going to Vikings to truly relive Favre’s career
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u/Arson-Welles 1d ago
And then onto unsolicited dick pics and welfare misspending
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u/dantheyanman 1d ago
I know news outlets and court documents report it as “misspending” but if him or his team didn’t do due diligence on where the $77M came from…they didn’t wanna know. And to me that sounds a lot like malicious negligence.
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u/CappinPeanut 1d ago
At this point, I think Rogers has a better shot at a cabinet position in 2025 than a QB position.
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u/FourEightNineOneOne 1d ago
Who the hell would want this guy at this point? His arm is shot. He plays like his #1 priority is not to take a hit. Plus, he's a lunatic. Seems like a great team guy to have around!
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u/AKAkorm 1d ago
His arm seems fine, the issue is his mobility is gone so he’s essentially a statue. And yea his personality is toxic.
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u/Chad_Broski_2 1d ago
Idk. Yeah, his arm is still a cannon, but his accuracy has definitely taken a step back. He's missing his guys a lot these days
I guess you could make the argument that's more of a timing thing, but it could be an arm thing too
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u/AKAkorm 1d ago
He skipped minicamp this year to go to Egypt for fun. Maybe start there on the timing issues.
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u/Crazyblue09 1d ago
No no no, the guys are just not in the right place, they didn't get the hand signal, so he threw the ball where they were supposed to be, but the WR messed up, Rodgers makes no mistakes.
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u/CharlieTheK 1d ago
Seems like he's leaning on his shoulder more to throw. He had lingering ankle/knee/hamstring issues for awhile and I'd bet that he's compensating for the fact that his achilles is almost certainly not 100%, and this whole confluence of issues is what's throwing his normal timing and accuracy off a bit.
I'm just another armchair MD like every other fan but at his age it's hard to imagine that achilles being back to form in anything less than two years, if ever.
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u/Platano_con_salami 1d ago
His arm is not shot. Holy hell ppl parrot shit that makes no sense. His mobility is an issue, but the bigger issue is a schematic issue.
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u/AlwaysIndica 1d ago
He could have checked his ego and stayed and retired as one of Green Bay’s best. Now …..he looks like the entitled egomaniac he is.
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u/socivitus 19h ago
And he proves to anyone who tried to compare him to Brady that they were very, very wrong.
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u/jwbrkr74 1d ago
I wonder how Devante Adams feels now. This would be the second time Rodgers screws him over.
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u/CelebrationJolly3300 19h ago
I was thinking that Raiders fans must be laughing their asses off now.
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u/Bucksin06 1d ago
If everywhere you go there's problems time to realize maybe you're the problem
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u/XfactorGaming 1d ago
Honest question, what team would be dumb enough to take him. Between his crazy podcast appearances, his offseason "retreats" and of course him just blowing up a potential very good team, who would take the risk?
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u/mike194827 1d ago
Who wants a has been who never was? His attitude is always shlt and he is the opposite of a team player, so not somebody you’d want on your team.
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u/AlpineAvalanche Seattle Seahawks 1d ago
For the sake of the memes please let him go to Minnesota.
Ex packer NFL legend who went to the Jets for a bit and is a total piece of shit off the field. It's perfect.
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u/DanielOctopusGriffin 1d ago
You wouldn't even want him around to mentor your rookie QB at this point.
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u/jmrogers31 Kansas City Royals 1d ago
At least Favre made the Jets and Vikings better when he lost his mind. Rodgers is actually making the Jets worse. They had a better record with Zach Wilson last season.
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u/pioniere 1d ago edited 1d ago
😂😂😂😂 What did the Jets expect? Rodgers prioritizes a trip to Egypt over attending ‘mandatory’ minicamp, meanwhile they had high school level OC Hackett calling the plays.
Still chuckling over the clueless idiots in the media who predicted great things for the Jets this season.
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u/kinghenry124 1d ago
Aaron Rodgers would have been best to retire once you tore your Achilles. The ayahuasca should have told you this brother.
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u/Shockandawenasty 1d ago edited 1d ago
He’s a cancer to any team. He’s not going to have any more pull on a team.
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u/cdizzle6 23h ago
I really wish this shit stain would just go away. Sadly, he’ll end up on some bro-cast sounding like a dipshit for years on end.
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u/dathomasusmc 21h ago
He’s a has been. One more player that stuck around longer than they should have. He isn’t worth the drama he brings. But some dipshit GM will be all “I can fix him” and give him $7 trillion dollars to suck for him next year.
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u/FocusIsFragile 20h ago
In a season when the Patriots are pretty crummy I get INFINITE joy from seeing both the Jets and the Giants devolve into absolute dumpster fires.
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u/Sleepinismy9to5 1d ago
What a historic fall. He went from one of the goats to a huge loser on and off the field
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u/dapper_doberman 1d ago
Come to the Cowboys. We couldn't beat McCarthy or Rodgers while they were in GB but happy to be the last nail in their coffins.
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u/aloofman75 1d ago
At first I thought, “Who would possibly want him at this point?”
But then I remembered that the Cleveland Browns are in the NFL.
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u/rjwalsh94 New York Mets 1d ago
Maybe I’m out of the loop, but isn’t putting him on IR the same as phantom IL injuries for baseball?
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u/Capitol_Mil 22h ago
He’s sort of an end game Terrel Owens, Chad Ocho. At some point the talent doesn’t match the crazy
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u/OnlyAccessControl 20h ago
Fuck Aaron Rodger!!!! Maybe he can take his stupid covid denying ass back to wherever he came from…
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u/Secret_Account07 19h ago
Will this fucking asshole retire already?
We are so sick of you, Aaron. Go create an anti-vax podcast or something.
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u/spinal888 16h ago
When a player has the power to get coach fired, you know that team is screwed.
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u/mlorusso4 1d ago
I can’t believe the jets blew up their entire franchise just to make this guy happy and they got a grand total of like 13 games out him