Aaron Rodgers came to the New York Jets with a lot of hype. After a long and successful run with the Green Bay Packers, he arrived in New York promising a Super Bowl and significant changes to the team. But after two years, it seems like all the goodwill is gone.
Rodgers missed his entire first season with the Jets after tearing his Achilles on his first snap. In 2024, he returned but had one of the worst seasons of his career, with New York winning just two games. A breakup felt unavoidable, and that’s what happened early in free agency. But according to Rodgers, the Jets could have handled it better.
Aaron Rodgers Bashes New York Jets Exit
Before free agency, most people believed the Jets were ready to move on from the four-time MVP. Team owner Woody Johnson was reportedly done with him, and new head coach Aaron Glenn didn’t seem too interested either.
Still, Rodgers and the team had a meeting — and it didn’t go as he expected. On the Pat McAfee Show, Rodgers didn’t hold back when talking about it.
He started sarcastically: “That was an interesting two years to say the least. But I figured that when I flew across the country on my own dime, that there was going to be a conversation.” One moment in particular stood out to him.
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“The confusing thing and the strange thing was, ‘When I went out there — I meet with the coach, we start talking, he runs out of the room.’ I’m like, ‘That’s kinda strange.’ Then he comes back with the GM.” What followed was just as odd.
“So we sit down in the office, and I think we’re going to have this long conversation, I’ve flown across the country, and 20 seconds in — I’m talking to the GM and he [Glenn] leans to the edge of his seat and goes, ‘So you want to play football?’ I was like, ‘Yeah, I’m interested.’ And he says, ‘We’re going in a different direction at quarterback.’”
Rodgers called it a brutal moment. What shocked him most was the lack of respect. “I just flew across the country. You could have told me this over the phone.”
Instead of talking through options, the meeting had one purpose. Rodgers quoted Glenn as saying, “We just want to know how you want to be released. The messaging.”
Rodgers added that Glenn, formerly the Lions’ defensive coordinator, didn’t even know how he’d act in meetings or film sessions. Rodgers responded, “You don’t know me.”
In the end, what was supposed to be a long discussion lasted just 15 minutes. Rodgers closed out with one last thought about his time in New York: “What a strange meeting … I didn’t want to be a part of that, it was already a debacle in some cases.”
So if there were any chance Rodgers would play for the Jets again, it ended right then and there.
