The Aaron Rodgers experiment has been a failure for the Jets. He’s been needling ownership of late, possibly hopeful that he’ll be released.
The Jets should give him what he wants.
Technically, they can’t cut him until the waiver period opens, after the Super Bowl. They should. And they should make it clear that it’s coming.
It’s hard to imagine the new G.M. or coach, whoever they might be, wanting to run it back with Rodgers. It’s even harder to imagine Rodgers wanting to return.
His concerns about a leaky organization won’t change simply because there’s a new General Manager and head coach. The dysfunction runs all the way up to ownership. Until that changes, the team won’t change much, if at all.
He wants out. He wants the Jets to make the move. They could call his bluff and welcome him back. It’s not worth playing games.
They need to take charge. Remove the Band-Aid, as produced by Johnson & Johnson. Move on. Move out.
Rodgers’s presence is a shining example of the shit show the team has been. If the organization wants anyone to think it’s changing, it will refuse to tiptoe around the delicate genius and tell him, very indelicately, that it’s over.
