Aaron Rodgers could convince NY Jets to hire this uninspiring coach

The NY Jets will be in the market for a new head coach this offseason, and given recent reports that Aaron Rodgers is expected to remain with the team in 2025, the expectation is that he will have significant influence in the hiring process.

Rodgers may only have one or two years left in a best-case scenario, but you'd better believe that whichever coach the Jets hire will be at least somewhat influenced by the four-time MVP. That's just the reality you sign up for when Rodgers is your quarterback.

With that in mind, the Jets need to find a head coach who's willing to accept Rodgers as their quarterback for at least one more season. That coach will preferably already have some degree of comfort level with Rodgers.

Who better to provide stability and experience to a dysfunctional organization than longtime Green Bay Packers head coach and former Rodgers ally Mike McCarthy?

Could the NY Jets hire Mike McCarthy to appease Aaron Rodgers?

The Athletic's Dianna Russini reported on Friday that there's been "some chatter" in league circles that McCarthy could go to New York to team up with Rodgers this offseason.

McCarthy is still under contract as the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys, but the expectation is that the two sides will part ways at the end of the season.

Russini isn't the first to report speculation about McCarthy and the Jets. The Athletic's Jeff Howe did the same earlier this week, noting his history with Rodgers dating back to the years they spent together in Green Bay.

Rodgers and McCarthy made eight consecutive playoff appearances together with the Packers, won five NFC North crowns, and reached the pinnacle of the sport when they emerged victorious in Super Bowl XLV in February 2011.

Of course, it wasn't always smooth sailing for the dynamic duo. Rodgers' relationship with McCarthy soured by the end of the latter's tenure, ultimately contributing to his departure from Green Bay in 2018.

McCarthy would go on to interview for the Jets' head coach job the following winter before the organization elected to bring in Adam Gase instead. He's spent the last five years as the head coach of the Cowboys.

The Jets are understandably going to give Rodgers some level of decision-making over their next head coach selection, but it would be wise for the team to avoid affording him full autonomy. After all, Rodgers is hardly a long-term answer to the quarterback position. He should not be heavily factored into future plans.

The Jets have already been connected to one retread head coach in Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Matt Nagy. You can add McCarthy to the list of uninspiring head coach options for the Jets this offseason.

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