Aaron Rodgers debunks reports saying he doesn't want to play for Jets in 2025: '100% false'

With the New York Jets' play looking grim astatine 3-8, the aboriginal of Aaron Rodgers arsenic the team’s backmost remains a cloudy subject. 

The four-time MVP, however, decided to remark connected the rumors and reports regarding his aboriginal with Gang Green during his play quality connected "The Pat McAfee Show" connected Tuesday. He said his caput isn't made up astir whether helium wants to play successful 2025. 

"I don’t adjacent cognize if I privation to play yet, but New York would beryllium my archetypal option," Rodgers told McAfee and the crew. 

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New York Jets backmost Aaron Rodgers smiles arsenic helium walks disconnected the tract aft the Houston Texans game, Oct. 31, 2024, successful East Rutherford, New Jersey. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Rodgers besides debunked reports that helium wants to play elsewhere adjacent play alternatively of with the Jets.

"As acold arsenic my aboriginal goes, I haven’t told anybody successful my beingness that I privation to play successful 2025 and not connected the Jets," helium said. "That’s 100% false. I really said the opposite. I said that I’m going to hold and spot what happens astatine the extremity of the season, and if they privation maine back, what happens with [interim caput manager Jeff Ulbrich], what happens with the violative staff, evidently the GM astatine the time. They conscionable fired Joe. 

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"There’s a batch of things retired of my power erstwhile it comes to that, but I’ve truly enjoyed my clip successful New York. Obviously, we haven’t had the occurrence we each wanted to have. But I’ve made immoderate large friendships connected the team. I’ve enjoyed surviving successful Jersey, I’ve enjoyed my clip successful the city, I’ve enjoyed getting to cognize the fans. And I came present to triumph here. So I’m not jumping disconnected vessel like, ‘Oh, I decidedly privation to play and not successful New York.’"

Before making those comments, McAfee broke down the reports, which included strained relationships astatine One Jets Drive with Rodgers, portion others said the Jets are looking to determination connected from the soon-to-be-41-year-old awesome caller heading into adjacent season. 

"It’s each true," Rodgers sarcastically said portion laughing. "…when it comes to me, my ellipse is truly small. I’m not talking to radical who are talking to [reporters] similar that. At best, it’s a 3rd crippled of telephone with maine and I don’t person relationships with reporters who are going to interruption stories similar this."

Reports oregon not, Rodgers is good alert that a caller authorities is incoming for the Jets, truthful similar helium said, determination are things retired of his control. 

The Jets inactive person six games remaining connected the docket pursuing the bye week, but Rodgers volition beryllium taking things a measurement astatine a clip erstwhile it comes to what 2025 has successful store for him. 

Quarterback Aaron Rodgers aft the New York Jets mislaid to the Indianapolis Colts, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024, successful East Rutherford, New Jersey. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)

"When you’re 40 going connected 41, you’re evidently astatine the extremity of your vocation so, evidently if it’s New York, they person to privation maine to beryllium here, and past caller GM, caller staff, each person to privation maine to beryllium with the Jets. And past body-wise, got to spot however I’m feeling, and if I privation to motion up to spell backmost to the grind," helium said.

Rodgers has been battling galore injuries pursuing his Achilles teardrop from 2023, including ankle, hamstring and genu injuries this year. NFL Network adjacent reported that Rodgers doesn’t privation to bash immoderate scans "out of fearfulness of having to travel disconnected the field."

Rodgers said determination has been nary mandate to get scans for his injuries, but alternatively his bully narration with the Jets’ aesculapian unit has led to conversations astir however his assemblage feels. Being successful the league for 2 decades, Rodgers is assured helium knows erstwhile he’s bully to play oregon not.  

It's been a whirlwind play for Rodgers and the Jets, who are much than apt heading to their 14th consecutive year without a playoff berth. The deficiency of occurrence has led to the firing of caput manager Robert Saleh and GM Joe Douglas, arsenic proprietor Woody Johnson tries again astatine bringing successful the close authorities to crook the tide. 

New York Jets backmost Aaron Rodgers connected the tract for the Cardinals game, Nov. 10, 2024, successful Glendale, Arizona. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

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Whether that blueprint involves Rodgers for different twelvemonth remains to beryllium seen, but it’s clear, portion the Jets volition marque their assessment, the backmost volition besides beryllium reasoning astir his aboriginal aft this tumultuous campaign. 

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