Aaron Rodgers is 41 years old with an uncertain future in the NFL, but he wouldn't be against mentoring a rookie if he is still on the New York Jets in 2025.

"So if [the Jets] asked me back and they drafted a guy, I'd mentor the hell out of him if I was playing and I'd try to play as well as I could to keep him on the bench," he said Wednesday, per ESPN's Rich Cimini.

That attitude seems to be somewhat different than the one he had as a 36-year-old on the Green Bay Packers when the NFC North team selected Jordan Love with a first-round pick in 2020. Rodgers responded by winning league MVPs in 2020 and 2021, which delayed Love's ascension to the role of franchise quarterback.

"When they drafted Jordan, I felt like I was one bad stretch from being benched—and I won MVP a couple of years, so that's the way the league is," Rodgers said. "You have to prove you can play every single week and through stretches."

It doesn't seem like there are any more MVPs in his future, as he is 4-10 as a starter this season for a struggling Jets team. New York already fired general manager Joe Douglas and head coach Robert Saleh this season and could undergo a significant overhaul during the upcoming offseason.

That might mean moving on from Rodgers, although he sounded unsure about his own future.

"I'm going to take some time after the year—unless I get released right away—but I'll still take some time whether or not I want to play," he said. "But I'll take some time to get away from it, either way."

Uncertainty and future change is looming over the Jets as the end of the 2024 season approaches, and that could mean finding a new franchise quarterback.

And that new franchise quarterback could have a future Pro Bowler mentoring him if Rodgers returns in 2025.