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Former New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick isn’t ready to give up on New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers just yet. Belichick recently said that Rodgers, whose been enduring a miserable season with Gang Green, could “easily” rebound and play well next year.
According to reports, if Aaron Rodgers does decide to play next season, it likely won’t be with the New York Jets (despite his public insistence otherwise), as the organization is cleaning house and going into full rebuild mode with a new general manager and head coach.
And should Rodgers land somewhere else, Belichick believes the future Hall of Famer could rebound and “have a good year” next season.
“[Rodgers] could easily rebound from that and be ready to play and have a good year next year,” Belichick said on a recent episode of the Let’s Go! podcast. “You look at all the quarterbacks in the league that are kind of on their second teams and they’re doing pretty well, Russell Wilson and Geno Smith and [Sam] Darnold, Baker Mayfield, you go right down the line, [Matthew] Stafford for that matter, Jared Goff.”
“These guys that switch teams, they get in a different system, things are a little bit different for them, maybe they learn some things from whatever it was their previous experiences were. It changes,” the legendary former New England Patriots head coach continued. “When a guy has a long career and a good career, sometimes one season is just a bump in the road. It’s not necessarily the end of the road.”
So far this season — his first healthy campaign with Gang Green after tearing his Achilles just four snaps into the 2023 season — Rodgers has completed 62.5% of his passes for 2,627 yards, 19 touchdowns and 8 interceptions.
Rodgers isn’t the only one likely thinking about where they’ll spend next season, as Belichick, having not landed a head coaching job this offseason, will likely also be a name frequently tossed around as a potential candidate this offseason, particularly if the Cowboys fire Mike McCarthy or if the Giants sack Brian Daboll.