Tuesday can’t come soon enough.

That’s when Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers will talk to Pat McAfee and AJ Hawk, barring a change in Rodgers’ profile. regular schedule. With Rodgers absent during Tuesday’s bye week, when the Jets fired general manager Joe Douglas, there will be plenty to discuss when Rodgers next discusses all things Jets.

In the meantime, the situation will be stirred up by anonymous sources. And with Jets sources divulging nuggets like owner Woody Johnson suggested benching Rodgers and a growing feeling that the Jets don’t and won’t want Rodgers back next year, Rodgers (or anyone close to him) ) grows back. On Saturday, a report came out that while Rodgers wants to play in 2025, he doesn’t want to play for the Jets.

At the bottom of an article from Ian Rapoport of NFL Media is another piece of news aimed at reinforcing the perception of Rodgers’ remaining abilities.

The suggested narrative is that he is not in trouble because he has lost his high-end skills. He’s struggling because he’s more hurt than you think.

“As for Rodgers, he’s been banged up this seasonbattling hamstring, knee and ankle injuries while out and listed on the injury report,” Rapoport writes. “How hurt is he?” It’s not clear. . . . A source said Rodgers resisted testing, not wanting to reveal the severity of his injuries for fear of having to leave the field. He insisted that he continue playing.

Rapoport notes that Rodgers suffered a hamstring injury in Week 4 against the Broncos. (Coincidentally or not, this was the play that sparked the meeting in which Johnson suggested sending Rodgers’ hamstring — and the rest of him — to the sideline.) The current narrative is that his hamstring injury “was considered particularly significant”; However, Rodgers does not appear in the week 5 report with a hamstring problem. (The hamstring was finally revealed before Week 8.)

This leak seems aimed at making it seem like Rodgers still has it, despite all indications to the contrary. Additionally, the report could lay the groundwork for Rodgers to be opted out at some point between now and Week 18, citing his cocktail of chronic injuries.

And now we play the waiting game until Tuesday with McAfee and Hawk and Wednesday with the New York media. Will Rodgers downplay the situation? Or will he unload like he did in July 2021 with the Packers?

Our hypothesis is the first. Rodgers needs to attract a new team next year. Publicly attacking one’s current employer could deter potential employers from potentially being the target of one’s wrath.