The Jets have one more day to activate Aaron Rodgers from injured reserve. With the team officially out of playoff contention and Rodgers having torn an Achilles tendon barely three months ago, a comeback always seemed unrealistic.

After multiple reports placed the future Hall of Famer returning this season as unlikely, Rodgers confirmed he does not expect medical clearance this season. Rodgers said during his latest Pat McAfee Show appearance he would still be pushing the Jets to play had he been 100% (h/t NFL.com’s Ian Rapoport), but even after the speed-bridge surgery he underwent, the 40-year-old passer does not view himself as fully healthy.

That said, the Jets can still expect the recent trade acquisition to be back in 2024. Not only
does Rodgers — who was close to retirement before the trade — expect to be back next season, the 19th-year veteran said
he does not anticipate the ’24 campaign being
his last. Rodgers hinted at playing beyond his 20th season this summer, but he had taken a year-to-year approach
in his final seasons with the Packers. Even amid Achilles rehab, Rodgers indicating he is planning to play multiple
seasons past 40 is notable.

More pertinent for the Jets’ plans regarding their power structure, Rodgers said he believes in the Joe
Douglas–Robert Saleh–Nathaniel Hackett trio. Referring to Saleh as a “fantastic” coach
(via ESPN’s Rich Cimini), Rodgers
has delivered what is expected to be a pivotal endorsement of a leader who will finish with a third straight sub-.500
season in New York. Jets ownership, however, has been viewed as being fine with writing off this season due to Rodgers’
injury and giving Saleh another shot.

Rodgers’ proclamations could represent great news for a coaching staff that has been unable to generate consistency —
particularly on offense, where the Jets have submitted a historically woeful effort — following their
quarterback’s season-defining injury. Not many modern-era HCs have been given a chance to return after starting a tenure
0-for-3 in winning seasons, but it is looking like the Jets will lean on Rodgers’ views here and stay the course. Saleh
and Douglas would certainly enter the 2024 season on hot seats, while Hackett will be coming off two dreadful seasons as
a primary play-caller. But the superstar QB’s injury is pointing to a mulligan.

One of the players to have rejoined Rodgers after a Green Bay stay, Allen
Lazard said recently (via Cimini) Zach Wilson looks to understand he only has a few weeks left with
the team. The Jets have been considered likely to separate from the disappointing No. 2 overall pick in 2024, but despite
a number of benchings over the past two years, the team is hoping Rodgers’ backup can start the rest of this season. The
Jets would take on an $11MM-plus dead-money hit by moving Wilson off the roster in 2024, but given his role in this
disastrous season, it certainly looks like the team is finally ready to cut bait.

Wilson appears to be on his way out of New York, but Rodgers endorsing the team’s GM-HC-OC trio may well lead to it
remaining in place. Hackett will be attempting to come off one of the modern NFL’s worst HC stays (in Denver last year),
though Rodgers has long endorsed the former Packers non-play-calling OC. Douglas is now the GM overseeing the longest
active playoff drought in major North American sports. Douglas was obviously not in town for the Jets’ entire drought,
but he has been in place since 2019.

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