FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- It wasn't just a quarterback trade. When the New York Jets acquired Aaron Rodgers in April, they committed to a new way of doing business. They built everything around one player -- personnel, scheme and culture -- and it unraveled in spectacular fashion.
Unofficially, Year 1 of Rodgers ended Tuesday, when he announced on the "Pat McAfee Show" his 2023 comeback bid is over.
A healthy Rodgers will be back in 2024, but only a naïve observer would believe that a 40-year-old quarterback, coming off Achilles surgery, could singlehandedly transform a franchise that has suffered for the better part of a half-century.