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There are tons of questions facing the New York Jets as they enter another offseason of change, and arguably none of them are bigger than the future of quarterback Aaron Rodgers. Earlier this week, the 40-year-old four-time MVP said that he “thinks” he wants to play next season.
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The Jets’ future is uncertain beyond Aaron Rodgers and whoever the team’s next head coach is. They might also be undergoing a change in ownership—sort of.
During Donald Trump’s first term as President from 2017 to 2021, Jets owner Woody Johnson served as the administration’s ambassador to the United Kingdom. With Trump winning the 2024 Presidential Election, there’s been recent speculation that Johnson could return to that role.
If Johnson returns to the public sector, his brother Christopher Johnson, who served as Jets’ chairman and CEO from 2017 to 2021, would likely return to that role, which will reportedly increase Rodgers’ chances of returning to the team
Author Ian O’Connor, who wrote the recently released Rodgers biography Out of the Darkness: The Mystery of Aaron Rodgers, says that Woody Johnson’s brother Christopher taking over the team would improve Rodgers’ changes of returning next season.
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“If Christopher Johnson ends up running the Jets again, it seems that would improve the chances of Aaron Rodgers playing for them next year. Rodgers said in my book: ‘I love Chris, I really do. I feel like I’ll have a lifetime friendship with him regardless of what happens,'” O’Connor posted on social media.
If Christopher Johnson ends up running the Jets again, it seems that would improve the chances of Aaron Rodgers playing for them next year. Rodgers said in my book: “I love Chris, I really do. I feel like I’ll have a lifetime friendship with him regardless of what happens.”
— Ian O’Connor (@Ian_OConnor) November 14, 2024
As the owner of the Jets, the Johnsons are currently overseeing a 13-year-long (soon to be 14 years) playoff drought, the longest active postseason drought in the four major American sports leagues.