NY Jets believe Aaron Rodgers can still play at a high level in 2025

We continue to receive more and more fallout from the NY Jets' decision to move on from Aaron Rodgers. It seems that it's going to be hard for the Jets to rid themselves of all the Rodgers drama, as new reports continue to emerge.

According to Albert Breer of Sports Illustrated, the Jets believe that Rodgers can still play at a high level. Per Breer, "the Jets do believe Rodgers still has bullets left in the gun."

This is despite their decision to release him and look to new options at QB in 2025. He explains that they didn't decide to release him because they felt he was a liability. Instead, it was simply time to turn the page on a failed chapter.

It was time for the NY Jets to move on from Aaron Rodgers

The fact that the team that worked with him daily for the past two years still feels he can be effective in the right system speaks volumes. While some NFL fans might think he's done, the Jets seem to believe he can still be a starting-caliber quarterback.

What might be the most telling is that Rodgers himself appears to still have some fire in his belly. He has yet to publicly confirm his intent to play this season, but Breer's report suggests he still thinks he can produce at an NFL level.

It's fascinating that this is the result given both sides' tentative interest in one another. After the 2024 season ended, many believed Rodgers might not be back, but the assumption was that it would be either because the Jets thought he was done or Rodgers retired.

But that's not the case. New general manager Darren Mougey made the conscious decision to choose a new direction, fully knowing that his team would be moving on from a player they believe is still a good starting quarterback.

For all anyone knows, the Jets are wrong. Rodgers might join a team and prove that he is no longer an effective player at age 42. Or maybe no other teams will give him a look and he'll be forced to retire.

But it's worth noting that the New York Jets' chapter with Aaron Rodgers closes on unfinished business — what might have been remains a perpetual "what if."

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