Jets QB takes $35 million pay minimize in new deal
The New York Jets have reworked the contract of their prized offseason acquisition, quarterback Aaron Rodgers.
According to NFL Network, Rodgers has agreed to a two-year contract that’s price a fully-guaranteed $75 million and runs by means of the 2024 season. The transfer quantities to an almost $35 million pay minimize, as Rodgers had roughly $110 million remaining on his earlier deal, the one New York inherited from the Inexperienced Bay Packers when it traded for Rodgers in April.
The deal additionally comprises a no-franchise-tag clause and a no-trade clause, per NFL Community. The contract is technically a five-year deal that features two possibility years to assist create wage cap flexibility for the Jets.
Earlier on Wednesday, after the group’s coaching camp apply, Rodgers confirmed the settlement, although he didn’t present particular particulars.
“The group gave up important items for it to only be a one-year deal,” Rodgers said, according to ESPN. “I am conscious of that. … Something may occur with my physique or the success now we have this yr, however I am having a blast, so I actually do not see this as a one-year-and-done factor.”
Rodgers, 39, is spending the primary of his 19 seasons within the NFL exterior of the Packers group. Early indications are that the Jets, who’ve a reasonably younger roster, are taking properly to Rodgers’ leadership and precise style. New York has additionally put in mainstays from Rodgers’ days in Inexperienced Bay like receivers Allen Lazard and Randall Cobb and offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett.
Rodgers, a four-time AP Most Beneficial Participant award winner and 10-time Professional Bowler, has thrown for 59,055 yards and 475 landing passes.
The Jets will kick off the preseason with the Corridor of Fame Sport on Aug. 3 towards the Cleveland Browns.
