Try not to spend much time thinking about whether Aaron Rodgers, right, would replace Sam Darnold as Vikings quarterback. (Elizabeth Flores/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

The Jets slammed the door on the 41-year-old quarterback potentially returning to the team when new head coach Aaron Glenn and general manager Darren Mougey issued a joint statement Thursday saying they told Rodgers last week “that our intention was to move in a different direction at quarterback.”

The Minnesota Vikings have been increasingly linked to New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who just got good news about his future.