3:29pm: As expected, Rodgers is now on the Jets’ IR list. Saleh confirmed Tuesday afternoon the future Hall of Famer will require surgery. Although the Jets are in discussions with free agents — Chad Henne among them — the third-year HC made it clear Wilson is the unquestioned starter.
10:04am: The Jets’ worst fears regarding Aaron Rodgers have been confirmed. An MRI revealed on Tuesday that he has indeed suffered a torn Achilles, Tom Pelissero of NFL Network notes. His season is over as a result.
Rodgers exited his regular season Jets debut after just four snaps, and it was learned shortly thereafter that an Achilles tear was the expected diagnosis. With that now having been confirmed, New York is poised to move forward with Zach Wilson at the helm of an offense which was expected to take a dramatic step forward in 2023. Rodgers’ performance was set to play a major role in that improvement, but much will now depend on Wilson’s ability to rebound from his previous struggles. 
SI’s Albert Breer notes that Jets decision-makers are set to meet today discuss their plans going forward at the QB position. At least a depth addition will be required with Rodgers headed to injured reserve, but head coach Robert Saleh confirmed after last night’s game that Wilson is in line to serve as the starter moving forward. The latter will be tasked with keeping the Jets (a team with Super Bowl aspirations in 2023) competitive with the help of an impressive skill-position corps and a strong defense.
Rodgers, 39, was the subject of considerable speculation regarding his future with the Packers this offseason. After giving serious thought to retirement, he ultimately went public with his intention of continuing his career with the Jets, a team which devoted much of its efforts to creating familiarity on the field and the sidelines for the four-time MVP. After the blockbuster trade sending him to New York was finalized, Rodgers and the Jets became the central storyline around the league entering the 2023 campaign.
The Jets’ package sent to Green Bay to acquire Rodgers included a conditional 2024 draft pick. That selection would have been a first-rounder had the 10-time Pro Bowler logged a snap share of at least 65%, but that will not be the case given the news of his injury. As a result, New York will send a second-rounder to the Packers as the former team contemplates its long-term future under center next spring.
Rodgers initially declined to make a commitment to playing beyond 2023, but his decision to take a $35MM pay cut over the remainder of his contract suggested he was willing to remain in place for at least a few years. He said as much in August, though he admitted that unforeseen developments could alter his thinking with respect to continuing his career. A massive injury such as this one would certainly qualify in that regard.
Attention will turn to Rodgers’ ability to rehab his Achilles, a process which could threaten his ability to return to full health given his age and the severity of the injury. Questions will be raised regarding whether or not Monday’s contest will represent the final one of his decorated career. For time being, though, the Jets will need to proceed with Wilson and Tim Boyle (who is currently on the practice squad) as the organization’s top passers. Who they target as an addition via trade or free agency will be worth watching closely.
Hug a Jets fan today everyone.
I don’t imagine Giants fans feel like hugging anyone after that 40 point spanking they got.
I didn’t think anyone looked worse than the Bears. I was wrong.
J E T S…sigh
Jets Twitter finna be immaculate today
If I have to hear the word “finna” 13 or 14 more times the rest of my life I might lose it.
Finna finna finna finna finna finna finna finna finna finna finna finna finna finna
Finna use up another one of those times.
I’m finna lose it if I hear it again as well.
We have lots of Charles Dickens fans here I see.
Should have held onto Mike White
Joe Flacco on Line 1; Tom Brady on Line 2
With the rumors that Phillip Rivers was interested in a comeback last year I thought of him. Also even Brees
Ha Brees isn’t coming back
Brees is interesting proposal.
however Brady I think can only play for the Raiders now that he’s an owner.
.. or only would.
Brett Favre on Line 3…lol.
Joe Namath on line 4! He can’t hit a WR anymore, but he can still hit on chicks!
Carson Wentz is smiling somewhere
forgot about him
Flacco makes most sense tbh
J! E! S! T! JEST! JEST! JEST!
I mean, who could have seen this coming?
The Jets can always sign a veteran off a practice squad. Rodgers’ injury aside, they beat Buffalo’s Super League QB with defense and a memorable punt return TD. No different from the way Cleveland beat another Super League QB on Sunday.
Ben “Gucci” DiNucci here we go…
He only dialed his contract back $35,000,000.00 to help get the deal done with the Jets and allow them to put some pieces around him.
“As was the case when Rodgers rumors first started, his contract was reported to be something of a “roadblock” for an acquiring team, with a hefty $60 million number due for 2023. While that figure was a little bit smoke-and-mirrors, Rodgers’ future money was not.
Soon after Rodgers was traded to the Jets, reports broke that he would sign a reworked deal that was deemed team-friendly. It took some months to get it done, but Rodgers did put pen to paper on a new deal — and he gave up a fair amount of green in the process.
Here’s what to know about Rodgers’ new deal, and why he took a pay cut to help the Jets out:
Aaron Rodgers contract details
On Aug. 1, Aaron Rodgers signed a new, two-year, $75 million deal. Somewhat surprisingly, Rodgers took a pay cut: He was originally due $110 million guaranteed on his prior deal, meaning he took a $35 million pay cut with his new contract (more on that below).”
Well shoot…what a disaster
You know can’t feel bad for a quarterback that hogs all the salary cap. If they make their salary decent maybe they could have enough to sign a good lineman to protect you lol
Terrible take as always from you. Players are one hit away from being cut or their careers ending. They should try and seek as much money as possible in an industry that has no problem releasing them if injured or under-performing for no consequences other than a cap hit.
Tom Brady’s 7 superbowls disagrees..
Not every qb can open up their own version of TB12 and have the team pay them as a client. Maybe if they all did, the NFL would’ve actually looked into whether the Patriots were averting the salary cap.
You have got to be kidding me.
Lol, still trying to minimize the Patriots SBs. Maybe in 25 years they will put that asterisk you guys want so much.
Tom Brady took major pay cuts. He won 7 superbowls with 2 teams.
Original post stated that players should get theirs first v. team friendly deals.
Tom Brady gave team friendly deals, won and made more money than anyone. So which is best? I wonder how much of TB12’s money went to offensive linemen?
Those who follow the Foxboro Cheatriots forget that Brady tore his knee in 2008/Week 1. New England went with a backup and were in line to win the AFC East going into Week 17. NE won, but so did Miami — Dolphins took the AFC East and NE went home.
You whine about his terrible take and then offer up that brain fart?
Being one hit away is exactly why you take a little less and let the team save you from those hits.
He took a paycut when he went to NY to help bolster the rest of the roster.
Yeah, only $35 million, but some people just like to make dumb comments
Yeah, and Brady does deserve credit for not pressing the envelope like most players, but the narrative does need a little context. He left money on the table, absolutely. He didn’t play for nothing, though. I don’t think most of us think that, but he did make good money later in his career. Brady took good deals for NE since his second extension in 2005 (by the time of this extension, Brady was firmly one of the top or the top QB in football), but he ditched that approach in Tampa. He was never at the bottom of the league-normally top fifteen to top ten, but rarely top five. The Pats usually paid Brady in signing bonuses, keeping his actual salary very low. Obviously, there was never a threat that Brady wouldn’t make the roster, so it’s not a big bet for him.
Most of Brady’s money came from football, of course, but he made a lot off the field later in his career, leading all known professional athletes in his final year in Tampa (Dak, interestingly, beat him out the year prior, $87 million total to Brady’s $72 million). In Brady’s final year, he made an estimated $75 million. Second was Stafford, at $65.5 million, and then Rodgers at $53 million, and then Mahomes at $51.5 million. Mahomes edged out Josh Allen at $51 million. I think we all noticed Brady’s profile rising in his final years in NE, and especially in Tampa. I don’t know how much of these totals include his TB12 group, but that’s another thing he has. It’s a high profile group compared to other QBs’ investments or business ventures to have while still playing. And yes, his teams have used his company, but how much of that was compensated business and how much was just branding I don’t know. Theoretically that could be a way to offer a quid pro quo in lieu of salary, but that’s a hard accusation to make as fact without having facts. It also helps to have had the world’s most successful modeling CEO as a spouse, not that Brady needed more money.
At the end of the day, yes, Brady could afford it, but he also did leave a lot on the table in a comparative sense, especially early in his career. Later, especially when moving to Tampa, Brady started to angle more for that. His reputation was enough to get other players to take lower deals than they may have otherwise as well, which we really need to account for. It helped in two ways in that manner. Every legendary quarterback has that effect, from Manning to Rodgers, but we have seen that was more pronounced with Brady. PFF did an interesting study a few years ago, before Brady retired, attempting to estimate the actual value of wins added by comparing Brady’s estimated on field value to the percentage of the cap he took up. They estimated that contractually it was about the value a good, not elite player most years (very generally speaking; it’s a long article using a lot of empirical data, but also some suppositions), which was the best in the league.
He literally cut his paycheck by 33 percent when traded… this take is borderline braindead
Original comment about hogging the salary cap eerily similar to reply comments posted to my comment about Rodgers taking a cut from another story that was written back in early August. Same person, different “handle”?? …so that no one would notice?
Jets gonna Jet
I feel bad…for the Packers only getting a second
Yeah but assume he never plays again which could happen….that means they got to move up in the first round in 2023, and acquire 2 second rounders for 4 plays and 1 incomplete pass.
Also not to mention they essentially dumped his boat anchor contract (they’re free of his cap hit after this year) and the diva attitude as well.
It will go down as one of the biggest fleecings of all time.
Can I interest you in one Trey Lance?
Sincerely,
Jerrah
A good use of that 1st rounder they now hold. From a Cowboy perspective at least
He was 4th string in SF and 3rd in Dallas, they need a starter or at least a solid QB2.
wow it just has to be a kick in the nuts if you’re a Jet fan. since the season ended last year it was always there in Rogers going to the Jets this this and that and it finally happened then all you heard from draft day until the beginning of training camp was about how great was going to be and they get on Hard Knocks and everything and all of a sudden all the all season High All Summer Long of everything and it’s for only four plays. I actually feel bad for Japan and I usually don’t feel bad for other fans of other teams when he had injury but I actually feel bad for a Jet fans
nah, don’t feel bad for Japan – they started it
Say what?
I can’t feel bad for the diva queen
Cam Newton’s actually not playing right now.
Hasn’t been the same since he tested positive for Covid-19 in the pandemic season of 2020.
Being a Jets QB is like being a Spinal Tap dummer; and even without the ’24 1st Rd it still gets the 2nd, so GB has nothing but Love for the trade
ijs
I feel bad for Rodgers. He really invested his all in the Jets. I wish him a speedy and successful recovery. I hope to see him on the sidelines continuing to mentor Zach Wilson.
Rutgers Law Newark Class ’07
This Packer fan is sending some love to the Jets. Just terrible news. No football fan wants to see this.
I will be pulling for you guys the rest of the year.
sending some “love” eh?
I see what you did there
QB is the Jets’ Achilles heel.
Tearible news
Rippable too.
A 40 year old quarterback who has lost his mobility behind the worst offense line in the NFL snaps his Achilles while be smothered under continued pressure. Not surprising. Feel bad for anyone who didn’t see this coming.
Yeah, in a way, they deserve this and I’m a Jets fan.I see Becton on the OL with Rodgers and I think “What are they thinking!?”
This sucks for the packers now.. they’re not going to collect that 1st round pick in 2024
I already predicted this when I saw this last night.
Nice!!!
Treat yourself to a cream filled cookie.
Wow aren’t you special?
Looks like the value of those “darkness retreats” could be somewhat overstated.
crosseyedlemon If you’re a diehard Jets fan, your life is a darkness retreat.
Bears fan which is equally depressing…lol.
As a Steelers fan, I think we’ll give a fair price in exchange for Mason Rudolph. Like, maybe a blocking sled?
Zack Wilson is arguably as good as Rudolph already.
very sad about this, as much as I hate the Packers, My respect for Rodgers is alot, I hope he recovers from this
Zach Wilson looked better than last year. He has better playmakers around him. With their D, it might be enough.
Now have Aaron Rodgers call all the players on the field into Zach Wilson. There’s a big chemistry between those two.
Maybe the Bears can trade Nathan Peterman to the Jets and finally put to rest the backup QB question mess they created when they resigned him after cutting him.
BTW, I’m predicting the Bears to finish dead last in their division this year.
No, the Packers were the designated last place team, remember? Vikings won the division; Lions were/are everyone’s favorite up-and-coming team; and the Bears?? Well the Bears had the 1st overall pick; traded it for a good WR, got some additional draft capital and Wha La, they were going to be a team to watch. The Packers? Just missed the playoffs, changed QBs, and were obviously a last place team. I think people, analysts and “experts”, sometimes gets way ahead of themselves.
Actually, no I don’t remember seeing anything about the Packers finishing last but I don’t pay attention to those kinds of things anyways. But remember, we’re talking about the Cubbie Bears. They’ll never have a winning team until the team is wretched from the McCaskey family and managed correctly.
I thought Chad Henne announced his retirement.
Jihad Ward gets the last laugh. And on 9/11, no less.
Can Detroit interest you in a nice Teddy Bridgewater?
Okay so I’m going to cry myself to sleep until Christmas.
The only guys the Jets should be looking to bring in are Matt Ryan and Colt McCoy. There’s no one else the Jets could acquire that would be worthy of the draft pick compensation. If they were to trade for a QB and suffer more key injuries, we would be even further in a hole. I’m dead inside but I’m also being realistic.
Colt McCoy could sit on the bench as Zach Wilson’s backup. The Jets will only get a few games out of McCoy before he’s injured but he can certainly play for a quarter here and there after Wilson has his hand bruised or the wind knocked out of him.
My hope is that with Rodgers coaching him, Wilson can improve his game enough to make the Jets competitive.
Curiously exactly the same thing happened with former Jet Ryan Fitzpatrick when the Redskins signed him. Six passing attempts and out for the season. Signing veteran QB’s on their last legs doesn’t seem to be a good plan. LA got one season out of Stafford (a Super Bowl), Tampa Bay got two seasons out of Brady (a Super Bowl). Philip Rivers played poorly in Indie, Matt Ryan played poorly in Indie, Carson Wentz played poorly in DC.
Hoping the light bulb turns on for the #2 pick in his third year with a Superbowl caliber roster is a lot to ask for. I agree sign Colt or Matt Ryan in case Zach stinks up the joint isn’t a bad idea
Sorry Jets fans. This must have been like getting kicked in the marbles. We all wish it had been Deshaun Watson instead.