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The Aaron Rodgers era of the New York Jets has proven to be one of the most disastrous in the team’s history, as they not only fell wildly short of expectations, but it also cost the team both assets such as draft picks and money. Lots and lots of money.
Earlier this week, with the NFL’s 2025 league season beginning, the New York Jets officially released the 41-year-old Aaron Rodgers. While the move allows the Jets to move into a new era, it’s also going to cost them quite the pretty penny, as they signed the conspiracy theorizing signal-caller to a 3 year, $112,500,000 after trading for him in April 202.
According to the New York Post, cutting Aaron Rodgers is costing the Jets a whopping $49 million in dead cap. The Jets spent all of that money and dealt with all of the Rodgers-induced headaches for just five measly, meaningless wins.
During the 2024 season with the Jets Rodgers completed 63% of his passes for 3,897 yards, 28 touchdowns and 11 interceptions in 17 starts. 2024 wound up being Rodgers’ lone season as the Jets’ starting quarterback and it was a wildly disappointing one, as the team won just five games and missed out on the playoffs for a 14th straight season.
In recent weeks, reports have indicated that Rodgers could land with either the New York Giants, Pittsburgh Steelers, or Minnesota Vikings. The Steelers and Giants both have betting odds of about +125 to lan the controversial future Hall of Fame quarterback.
As for Friday, March 14 — NFL teams were allowed to begin negotiating with free agents on March 10 and sign contracts with players on March 12 — Rodgers has yet to land with a new team. If he did ultimately decide to retire this year, that would make him eligible to enter to Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2029.