New York Jets make decision on Aaron Rodgers' role in pre-season

28 July 2023 , 15:14

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Aaron Rodgers will not take much part in the pre-season games for the New York Jets (Image: Rich Schultz/Getty Images)

New York Jets head coach Robert Saleh has revealed the team’s plans for Aaron Rodgers during pre-season.

Rodgers is preparing for his first season with the Jets following his trade from the Green Bay Packers in April. In doing so, he called time on an 18-year career in Wisconsin after being selected No.24 overall in the 2005 NFL Draft. The 39-year-old is set to be the starting quarterback for the Jets going into the 2023 NFL regular season. It will be the 19th year that Rodgers will have played in the league, as he nears a two-decade-long career at the top level of the sport.

The Jets have a busy pre-season schedule ahead of them, as well as the training camps which began this week. The Hall of Fame game against the Cleveland Browns on August 3 will be followed by friendlies against the Carolina Panthers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and the New York Giants.

Rodgers has been taking part in the training camp with his new Jets teammates this week. However, it’s not likely that the veteran quarterback will be taking the field during the pre-season games. Saleh has revealed that the plan for Rodgers will be not to take much part during the pre-season games. But the Jets head coach did explain that there is the possibility that the quarterback could take to the field in one game before the season begins.

"We'll see. If he does, it will be the Giants game,” Saleh said on The Michael Kay Show for . “[It’s] the last game, just a quick tune-up. He added: “I haven’t talked to him about it yet, but I think we’re going to get so much good work with Tampa, Cleveland, and practice that our [starters] aren’t going to need that.

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Aaron Rodgers is preparing for his first season with the New York Jets (Rich Schultz/Getty Images)

“It’s a great opportunity for us to check out the young guys in the roster who are still trying to learn. So utilising that time, the Hall of Fame Game and the first two weeks of the pre-season to see who we have. So we’ll see, if our starters play it’ll be in that Giants game.”

There has been a fair amount of attention on the Jets following the trade for Rodgers back in April. All eyes will be on the 18-year veteran QB, Saleh and the whole Jets roster in the Week One opener against AFC East rivals the Buffalo Bills this September.

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