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The Jets find themselves navigating through a complicated web of financial burdens due to Rodgers' contract. With only non-guaranteed money remaining, the implications of dead cap space loom large as the franchise contemplates its next steps. The optimistic projections that peppered the arrival of Rodgers have quickly devolved into a messy fallout, where the question remains: what now for the Jets? Suggested routes include possibly resurrecting a former quarterback in Sam Darnold—a hypothetical that, while tinged with humor, leans heavily into the franchise’s long history of mismanagement.