Aaron Rodgers wasn’t quite ready for the chapter with the Jets to close. At 41, he was eager to avoid ending his illustrious career in an anticlimactic fashion. A source familiar with the situation shared with The Post that Rodgers persistently pleaded with the Jets during several discussions last week, urging them to keep him around for a couple more seasons.
Nevertheless, the Jets decided to part ways. Rodgers, despite the inevitability of it all, faced his circumstances with somber acceptance, much like a man resigned to his fate, as the source poignantly described. He withdrew for a brief period, distancing himself from the world to come to terms with the new reality.
Signs of change were evident even before Rodgers got the final word. He found himself in New Jersey for reasons unrelated to football when the call came. He was summoned to the Jets’ Florham Park headquarters for his inaugural in-person sit-down with the freshly appointed leadership duo—new general manager Darren Mougey and head coach Aaron Glenn. The direction they were headed became undeniably clear during that meeting.
