Numerous analysts and critics noted Rodgers spent much of the season playing like a veteran who didn't "want to get hit anymore" coming off the torn Achilles he suffered in September 2023.

Aaron Rodgers made it sound Thursday like the Jets' incoming new general manager and coach, not owner Woody Johnson, will determine whether he's back with the team in 2025.

Rodgers returned from a torn Achilles this season to high hopes, with many experts predicting the Jets would end their playoff drought. The team instead stumbled to a 5-12 record, struggling on both sides of the ball and enduring internal turmoil that included the firing of both the head coach and general manager.

Just to preface this: it is a prediction and Aaron Rodgers has not announced any decision at this time and frankly could end up doing anything. Rodgers and the New York Jets had an up-and-down 2024 season and finished the year with a 5-12 record.