RODGERS WANTS BACK IN DECEMBER: WHY IN THE WORLD WOULD JETS LET HIM?
By Max Harper
Aaron Rodgers still wants a late-season return from the Achilles tear he suffered four plays into his Jets career.
Reinjury risk obviously introduces a complication, but the Jets would not stand in his way.
The Jets are banking on Rodgers coming back for the 2024 season, after the parties reached an agreement in which the 19th-year QB gave back money.
Now attached to a two-year, $75 million deal, Rodgers remains attached to a fully guaranteed 2024 sum. Rather than ensuring the most expensive QB investment in team history will be 100% for the offseason program, the Jets would give Rodgers the final say about returning late this season.
“Aaron’s a big boy, a grown man, and no one’s going to know Aaron’s body like Aaron knows his body,” Robert Saleh said, via ESPN.com’s Rich Cimini.
“And if he feels after all the doctors clear him — I’m sure there’s a million of them, I have no idea — but if Aaron says he wants to play, he’s going to play.”
