After Glenn was hired, Rodgers said he flew to New Jersey from California on his own dime for a meeting only for it to be cut short and was told the team didn’t want him back. Rodgers thought it was disrespectful. The Steelers were happy to take him, even willing to give Rodgers a few months to make a decision on joining the team.

Rodgers was returning to the site of his ill-fated debut with the Jets in Week 1 of the 2023 season, in which he suffered a torn Achilles tendon in his left leg on the team’s fourth offensive play of a Monday night game against the Buffalo Bills. That was the inglorious beginning to his disappointing two-season stay with the Jets.