Video: Aaron Rodgers Jokes Being Released By Jets Owner’s Son Would Be ‘Great Story’

Last week, Zack Rosenblatt, Dianna Russini and Michael Silver of The Athletic dropped a bombshell exposé on the New York Jets and team owner Woody Johnson, outlining the various examples of dysfunction within the organization.

That report included a number of details about the increasing involvement of Johnson’s teenage sons, Brick and Jack, within the organization. The pair reportedly are invited to meetings in team facilities; send articles to their father regarding the team that are believed to influence his decision-making process by some within the organization; are allowed into the locker room on game days (and allowed to invite friends); and Brick even presented a game ball to Garrett Wilson after an October win before quarterback Aaron Rodgers could present one to interim head coach Jeff Ulbrich after his first win upon taking over for the fired Robert Saleh.

With that report making the rounds, Rodgers joked on Monday during his weekly appearance on The Pat McAfee Show that he wouldn’t be upset if he was released this offseason by Brick Johnson:

“I’ve never been released before, so being released would be a first. Being released by a teenager, that would also be a first,” he said. “Hey, you know, I’m open to everything, and I find the comedy in all of it. If that happens, it’s a great story.”

It wouldn’t be surprising if the Jets cut ties with Rodgers, namely because he would be due a $35 million option for 2025 and would carry a dead cap charge of $63 million into the 2026 season.

Cutting him this offseason, meanwhile, would carry a dead cap charge of $49 million, which they likely would spread out over two seasons by making him a post-June 1 designation—$14 million in 2025 and $35 million in 2026.

Expensive, no doubt, but less restrictive than what they’d be facing in 2026 by keeping him around. It will ultimately depend on when, exactly, Brick Johnson is comfortable absorbing the dead cap charge.