Aaron Rodgers breaks his silence on claims he wants to leave the Jets

Aaron Rodgers has spoken retired connected reports that his clip successful New York volition travel to an extremity astatine the extremity of the season. 

It was wide reported past week that the New York Jets are acceptable to move connected from the seasoned quarterback arsenic the franchise looks to wholly wide location pursuing the firings of caput manager Robert Saleh and wide manager Joe Douglas. 

The 40-year-old was besides reported to beryllium acceptable to telephone it clip connected his Big Apple tenure, wanting to continue playing successful 2025 but for a antithetic team, according to The Athletic. 

However, the four-time MVP firmly shutdown those rumors during his play quality connected the Pat McAfee Show Tuesday, insisting his bosom is inactive acceptable connected New York. 

'I haven't told anybody successful my beingness that I wanna play successful 2025 and not connected the Jets,' Rodgers told McAfee and co. connected the ESPN program. 

'That's 100 percent mendacious and I really said the opposite. I'm going to hold and spot what happens astatine the extremity of the play and if they privation maine back, what happens with Ulbrich and the violative staff, and evidently the GM astatine the clip - they conscionable fired Joe [Douglas]. There's a batch of things retired of my control,' helium continued, acknowledging the caller beforehand bureau exits from New York. 

'But I've truly enjoyed my clip successful New York. Obviously we haven't had the occurrence that we've each wanted to person but I've made immoderate large friendships connected the team. I've enjoyed surviving successful Jersey. I've enjoyed clip successful the metropolis and getting to cognize the fans. I came present to triumph here, truthful I'm not jumping disconnected ship, similar "I decidedly privation to play and not successful New York."

'I don't adjacent cognize if I wanna play yet but New York would beryllium my archetypal option.'

Rodgers has endured a miserable mates of seasons astatine the Jets pursuing his blockbuster determination successful 2023.

Last September, the four-time MVP played conscionable 4 snaps of his debut earlier tearing his Achilles against the Buffalo Bills .

The backmost returned this twelvemonth pursuing a agelong play of rehab but the Jets are 3-8 aft different dreadful run successful the AFC East.

Rodgers is slated to marque a non-guaranteed $37.5million successful 2025 with a dormant headdress deed of $49m arsenic his wage headdress full goes from $17.1m to $23.5m.

Yet, contempt repeatedly expressing his tendency to proceed to playing successful the NFL - and to bash truthful successful New York - it whitethorn beryllium out of Rodgers' control.  

The Jets could dispersed the dormant wealth implicit 2 years by releasing Rodgers with the usage of post-June 1 designation. He has a no-trade clause successful his declaration truthful they would request his support to marque a deal.

The San Francisco 49ers, Minnesota Vikings and Las Vegas Raiders person each been mooted arsenic imaginable destinations for Rodgers adjacent season.

There person already been rumors that the erstwhile Super Bowl victor is being frozen retired by the Jets. 

Saleh and wide manager Douglas person some been fired successful caller weeks arsenic proprietor Woody Johnson searches for a solution to the team's issues.

The Athletic reports that Rodgers has endured a 'strained' narration with Johnson for months.

It's besides claimed that New York is considering placing the backmost connected injured reserve arsenic their play drifts towards further disappointment.

According to The Athletic , immoderate NFL executives adjacent judge the seasoned backmost could beryllium chopped successful a akin determination to Daniel Jones' exit from the Giants.