News broke on Sunday that the New York Jets have informed Aaron Rodgers that they’ll be moving on at the quarterback position in 2025. And perhaps unsurprisingly, it took all of one day for the NFL’s preeminent insider to stir up speculation around the idea of Rodgers completing the Brett Favre career arc and signing with the Minnesota Vikings this year.
Ugh. Here we go.
“My guess would be that he ends up playing,” Adam Schefter said of the 41-year-old Rodgers on The Pat McAfee Show. “He’s gonna want to continue playing. I would guess he’ll want to do it at a place that wants him. Here’s a guy that, I think he’s made more money than any NFL player in history right now. So that gives him the ability to sit back and be selective about what he does and doesn’t want to do.”
So where could he land, Schefty?
“It’s a fluid, moving thing. Is Minnesota gonna lose Sam Darnold, or are they gonna bring him back?”
There it is. Sure, maybe that was just Schefter commenting on the biggest domino that has to fall in the quarterback market this offseason. But it can’t be overlooked that the Vikings were the first team he brought up when asked about Aaron Rodgers landing spots, even if he didn’t exactly come out and say he thinks it’s a realistic possibility.
“My guess would be that he winds up playing next season..
He can be selective and he can help a team..
What if Minnesota loses Sam Darnold”@AdamSchefter #PMSLive https://t.co/mpvvYTuQwV pic.twitter.com/4qqT5zVl5J
— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) February 10, 2025
Schefter wasn’t the first person to bring up the idea of Rodgers going to the Vikings, and he certainly won’t be the last. Heck, we wrote a somewhat tongue-in-cheek article about it back in November when the Jets fired their general manager. Because of the Favre parallels and the ability to actually talk yourself into it making sense, it’s not going anyway over the next few weeks.
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On paper, it’s not the craziest idea ever. The Vikings have J.J. McCarthy waiting in the wings if Darnold leaves, but he’s 22 years old and just missed his entire rookie season with a knee injury. Minnesota has a win-now roster and could theoretically give Rodgers a one-year deal before handing the keys over to McCarthy in 2026. There aren’t many other logical landing spots for Rodgers, if the criteria is a contending team with uncertainty at QB.
Still, it seems extremely unlikely. On the field, Rodgers is now several years removed from his MVP-level play. Off the field, he’s a unique personality with the potential to be a distraction and a difficult locker room presence. Do the Vikings really want to risk messing up their good vibes? It doesn’t seem like something that would make much sense for Kwesi Adofo-Mensah and Kevin O’Connell.
But you never know. If it happens, it would be one of the funniest and most chaotic moves of all time, with history coming full circle.
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