Jets QB Aaron Rodgers concedes he won't play again this season, says 2024 won't be last in NFL

With the New York Jets officially eliminated from postseason play, Aaron Rodgers has conceded he won't see the field again in 2023.

During his weekly Tuesday appearance on The Pat McAfee Show, Rodgers said if he were 100%, he'd be "definitely pushing to play," but it isn't realistic 14 weeks post-surgery.

"I think the whole time it's been hoping that we're still in it because it was unrealistic to think that I would be 100 percent to be medically cleared at any point during the regular season," Rodgers said. "I do feel like in the next three to four weeks, it would have been very possible to get to 100 percent, but obviously not there. So the conversation was a way from 100 percent medical clearance to willingness to play, and that's never been a problem for me."

In the immediate aftermath of the Week 1 Achilles tear, the hope was Rodgers might be able to return if the Jets could make the playoffs. In the following months, we learned that the MVP quarterback had a "speed bridge" placed on his torn Achilles to help the healing process. Rodgers pushed the discussion, suggesting he could possibly return before the playoffs if everything fell correctly.

Ultimately, Rodgers returning early felt like a pipe dream, and the Jets' efforts to remain in the hunt to keep those hopes alive proved to be too tall a task.

After opening the practice window for the QB on Nov. 29, the Jets have until Wednesday to activate him to the roster or shut him down for the duration of the season.

With Rodgers acknowledging he won't return this season, thoughts spin to 2024 and beyond.

The four-time NFL MVP on Tuesday called 2023 a "lost year," playing only three official snaps, and therefore doesn't believe next season will be his last in New York, aiming