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It's been clear for quite some time that the New York Jets are an abject disaster. Whatever hopes this franchise had of Aaron Rodgers saving them, at least in the 2024 season, have been in the dirt for a long while. What remains unclear looking ahead to the future in 2025 and beyond, however, is if the Jets will elect to run it back with Rodgers, especially with the quarterback showing marked improvement down the final stretch of this season. Rodgers presents a fascinating conundrum for the Jets. The organization has succumbed to many of his whims since his arrival prior to the 2023 campaign, including instituting a regime change that now has New York searching for a new head coach and general manager. Do they want a clean break from that with the new regime, whoever they may be, or do they want one more shot? We don't have a definitive answer to that question, so it's worth considering what the offseason, the 2025 NFL Draft in particular, could look like for the Jets both with and without Rodgers returning. The process could be quite different, so let's dive into both scenarios with a 3-round mock draft projection for New York for Rodgers' return and for a post-Rodgers roster.