Jets Mailbag: Does it make sense to part ways with Aaron Rodgers?

Welcome to the Super Bowl bye week, folks.

We officially person 1 crippled remaining successful the NFL season, which is apt making galore shot fans sad.

However, contempt what immoderate fans mightiness say, the Eagles and Chiefs Super Bowl rematch successful New Orleans should marque for an breathtaking game. With nary shot crippled this week, aboriginal prospects anticipation to amended their banal during the 3 Senior Bowl practices successful Mobile, Ala., with the crippled to beryllium held connected Saturday astatine 1 p.m.

The Jets besides held an introductory property league connected Monday with caller manager Aaron Glenn and wide manager Darren Mougey.

As we participate February and inch person to the NFL Scouting Combine, it’s clip to reply a fewer instrumentality questions successful this week’s mailbag.

In your sentiment does it marque much consciousness to portion ways with Rodgers oregon support him and spell for it adjacent year? — @Gustoon

Before I reply that, radical person to recognize that the determination to support Aaron Rodgers has some a shot and concern aspect.

Most Jet fans lone see the shot facet of keeping Rodgers for different season. Sure, Rodgers tin inactive beryllium a starting backmost for a fewer teams. In 2024, Rodgers passed for 3,897 yards, 28 touchdowns and 11 interceptions.

But with a caller manager successful Glenn and a wide manager successful Mougey, bash they privation to statesman their tenure with a subordinate similar Rodgers, who comes with a batch of baggage?

After the 2023 season, Rodgers told reporters, “Anything successful this gathering that we’re doing that has thing to bash with winning needs to beryllium assessed,” but helium is portion of that. Going connected “The Pat McAfee Show” each week during the season, throwing a teammate nether the autobus publically and releasing a Netflix documentary during the play are things that person thing to bash with winning oregon football.

So, no, I would not bring backmost Rodgers. He would outgo the Jets $63 cardinal successful 2026, and helium would number against the wage headdress for 2027 done 2029. The Jets would besides beryllium Rodgers a $21 cardinal bonus for 2027.

Rodgers did archer reporters helium would consider taking a wage cut, but the Jets don’t privation to extremity up successful wage headdress hell, overmuch similar the Saints presently are. Gang Green tried the Rodgers experimentation for 2 seasons, and it didn’t work. It’s clip to determination on.

Are determination immoderate escaped agents with ties to Mougey and/or Glenn you expect the Jets to covet successful escaped agency? — @connor_long15

According to Over The Cap, the Jets volition person astir $21 cardinal to walk connected escaped agents and to motion their draught class. More wealth volition beryllium freed if the Jets merchandise C.J. Mosley and Allen Lazard.

To reply your question, a feline similar Broncos antiaircraft tackle D.J. Jones could beryllium connected the Jets’ radar. They request different antiaircraft tackle other Quinnen Williams, and Jones would beryllium a coagulated fit.

Lions antiaircraft extremity Marcus Davenport is different subordinate the Jets could prime up. Although helium has not lived up to expectations, Davenport is simply a subordinate Glenn is acquainted with, and the Jets could usage immoderate antiaircraft enactment depth.

In your estimation, who’s getting re-signed, restructured and released with this caller Jets regime? — @MrEd315

I won’t sermon each 28 escaped agents successful this nonfiction — I volition bash that successful a aboriginal article. However, I wouldn’t expect D.J. Reed or Tyler Conklin to re-sign.

The penning was connected the partition for Reed aft Michael Carter II was fixed a three-year, $31 cardinal declaration hold successful September. Now, Reed volition trial escaped agency, and I’m definite helium volition beryllium a blistery commodity.

I judge Conklin volition privation to spell to a franchise that is adjacent to contending and could usage immoderate assistance astatine the choky end.

Morgan Moses could spell either way. The Jets should find a mode to re-sign him portion besides trying to find a semipermanent replacement astatine close tackle successful the draft.

Do you deliberation the squad volition re-sign Jamien Sherwood? — @TripleBoogie

Since we are talking astir escaped agents, it is bully to reply this question.

In Mosley’s lack owed to toed and cervix injuries, Sherwood had a vocation twelvemonth aft finishing with 158 tackles, 10 tackles for nonaccomplishment and 2 sacks successful his archetypal afloat play arsenic a starter. After past season, Sherwood surely is successful enactment for a raise.

I’m definite the Jets would similar to support him, but I ideate teams similar the 49ers and Falcons whitethorn besides beryllium interested. Ex-Jets manager Robert Saleh is backmost successful San Francisco arsenic the team’s antiaircraft coordinator. Jeff Ulbrich, who was the Jets’ antiaircraft coordinator and aboriginal their interim coach, is the Falcons’ caller antiaircraft coordinator.

If I had to guess, Sherwood would beryllium elsewhere successful 2025, but this is simply a toss-up.