Jets drop 4-time MVP Aaron Rodgers after 2 disappointing seasons

Aaron Rodgers' disappointing two-year stint with the New York Jets is over. And the team's only Super Bowl trophy is still standing by itself.

The Jets announced Thursday they told the 41-year-old quarterback they are moving on without him next season.

While Rodgers hasn't said whether he intends to continue playing for a 21st NFL season, the Jets — with new general manager Darren Mougey and coach Aaron Glenn in charge — have officially ruled out a return to New York.

In a joint statement issued by the team, Mougey and Glenn said they met with Rodgers last week and informed him "that our intention was to move in a different direction at quarterback."

"It was important to have this discussion now to provide clarity and enable each of us the proper time to plan for our respective futures," Mougey and Glenn said in the statement. "We want to thank him for the leadership, passion, and dedication he brought to the organization and wish him success moving forward."

We have informed Aaron Rodgers that we will be moving in a different direction at quarterback.

The four-time MVP, who's the fifth player in NFL history to throw 500 touchdown passes in the regular season, has one year left on his contract, worth a non-guaranteed $37.5 million US.

New York would absorb a $49 million dead money charge next season unless it designates Rodgers a post-June 1 cut and can spread out that charge over two years. If the Jets do that, Rodgers would remain on their roster — while carrying a $23.5 salary cap charge — until the start of the NFL's new league year on March 12.

In April 2023, Rodgers was traded to the Jets after 18 seasons with the Green Bay Packers — looking to help the franchise end a Super Bowl drought that dates to the glory