Exclusive | Aaron Rodgers’ final days as a Jet: Pleading to stay before accepting his fate ‘like a man going to the gallows’

Exclusive | Aaron Rodgers’ final days as a Jet: Pleading to stay before accepting his fate ‘like a man going to the gallows’

This future Hall of Fame quarterback pleaded with the Jets not to break up with him to no avail.

Answer: Who is Aaron Rodgers?

Concerned that his career could end with a whimper, Rodgers, 41, aggressively urged the Jets to stick with him for another season or two over the course of multiple conversations last week, a well-placed source told The Post.

When the Jets decided to move on anyway, Rodgers accepted his fate “like a man going to the gallows,” the source said, and slipped into the darkness for a few days.

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