Aaron Rodgers' next team has become painfully obvious for Packers fans

In case you were off the internet for one (1) single day, good news: the Aaron Rodgers mess got way worse! In a bit of shocking-but-not-totally-surprising news, the New York Jets decided to fire Joe Douglas, their GM, on Tuesday. It comes just barely a month after they decided to fire Robert Salah, which, of course, Rodgers totally, definitely, absolutely had nothing to do with.

Now the Jets are without the head coach who *supposedly* signed off on the trade that sent Rodgers from Green Bay to New York, and the GM who actually got it done. Almost makes you wonder who's calling the shots there! Almost.

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And outside of just being a generally entertaining afternoon full of classic Jets behavior, the move presents an interesting question: if the Jets are doing a massive organizational overhaul this offseason, wouldn't part of that include getting rid of the 40-year-old QB who is somewhat obviously not very good anymore?

Is it possible that Rodgers doesn't actually finish his career in New York and is forced to another random team to spend one season being a Jeopardy! answer? Surely there's no precedent to a Packers quarterback going to New York and then finishing his career elsewhere?

Andy Herman, who runs the Pack-a-Day Podcast, floated an idea about Rodgers' (presumptive) last season that I'm now personally obsessed with. It's so, so good.

Would Aaron Rodgers pull a Brett Favre and finish his career with the Vikings?

"We are way closer to Aaron Rodgers the Minnesota Viking than I think people realize. The scenario is actually crazy possible," Herman wrote. "JJ McCarthy is the Vikings future QB, but he just had to have a second surgery on his knee... not ideal and he would be inheriting a very good team as a rookie QB who probably isn't quite ready and is coming off a major injury in 2025."

Herman also notes that the Vikings may need a stopgap quarterback if Sam Darnold hits free agency in the offseason.

I'll start with the downside first: Vikings coach Kevin O'Connell has gotten All-Pro caliber performances from Kirk Cousins and Sam Darnold, not to mention the way he got the most of out Josh Dobbs in 2023. Even if Aaron Rodgers is only, like, 45% of peak Aaron Rodgers, that'd probably be more than enough to give the Packers hell next season. So in that sense, this would be awful. Maybe so awful that it's not even worth talking about the upside?

No, just kidding, it's absolutely still worth talking about the upside. The upside is that this would be hilarious in so many different ways. Rodgers could never quite outrun the shadow of Brett Favre, so it'd be fitting that he ended his career in the same sad way that his predecessor did.

Also, him backing up JJ McCarthy – which I guess shouldn't be the assumption, but whatever – would be funny in its own light. Overall, it's a high-risk/high-reward move for both Vikings and Packers fans, but for very different reasons.

And actually, by the time I've finished writing this, I've sorta talked myself out of it. I think the downside is too great. But it would be very on-brand for everyone involved, which makes me nervous.

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