Team will take $49 million dead money hit, likely spread over 2 years
Jets announced that they “informed Aaron Rodgers that we will be moving in a different direction at quarterback.” The Jets will face $49M in dead money when they eventually release Aaron Rodgers. They can take the full hit this year or, more likely, designate him as a post-6/1 cut.
As a 6/1 cut, they’d carry his $23.5M cap hit until June 1, when it drops to $14M?”saving $9.5M. However, they’d then absorb a $35M cap hit in 2025 (Adam Schefter on X)
Nerdy Football Analysis: Rodgers is now 41 years old and will have to decide if you wants to continue playing or call it a career. He finished as the QB24 in fantasy points per game this past season and won’t have much fantasy value in 1QB leagues regardless of what team he lands with in 2025.
