Adam Schefter, ESPN Senior WriterDec 16, 2023, 09:01 PM ET
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After recently being cleared to practice, New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers is likely to be medically cleared to play this week upcoming, league sources told ESPN.
But being medically cleared doesn’t necessarily mean that Rodgers automatically will take the field on Christmas Eve against the Washington Commanders.
Rodgers and the Jets organization still need to get together to discuss if returning next Sunday is the next step they want to take. Much could depend on the outcome of the Jets’ Week 15 game Sunday in Miami against the Miami Dolphins and if New York still has any chance — even infinitesimal — of making the postseason.
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Rodgers has acknowledged that he won’t be 100 percent until after the season but has said he’d be willing to play if the Jets are in the playoff race. The four-time MVP has also said it wouldn’t “make a ton of sense” to return if the Jets (5-8) are mathematically eliminated.
But the fact that Rodgers, 40, is even in