Aaron Rodgers is “all in” for Jeff Ulbrich

During his first news conference in a week of organizational upheaval, Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers appeared to hinge his future with the team on whether interim coach Jeff Ulbrich becomes the permanent head coach.

“If a new GM comes in and he doesn’t keep ‘Brick,’ I have to fit into those plans,” Rodgers said.

Rodgers also made it clear that he wants Ulbrich to get the job.

“I’m definitely all in on ‘Brick,'” Rodgers said. “I love ‘Brick.'” But that’s also out of my control. I mean, I’m not going to say, “Bricks or nothing.” You know, I’ll have to see how I feel. Of course I would like to play for “Brick” again. He is a fantastic person. But you know, there’s a lot of things that can change in the next six weeks. This could create really good feelings, or it could lead to major changes.

Bet on the big changes. Ulbrich hasn’t won enough games to be a serious candidate for the job. And with owner Woody Johnson hiring an outside firm to lead the search, there’s little chance the end result will be “let’s keep the guy we got.”

And then when a new regime is put in place, the chance that the Jets will want to keep Rodgers is even slimmer.

The Rodgers experiment failed even worse as Peter Brady’s Vulcan. This is not a new coaching staff taking over a franchise quarterback. This is a new coaching staff cleaning up a mess. Rodgers is part of this mess.

Maybe he’ll go somewhere else in 2025 and play well. Still, at this point, it’s impossible for the Jets to begin a fresh start without closing the book on Rodgers.