Interesting statistic on Christmas Eve 2024: Both the Patriots and Jets have a) a "Woody" at the top of the of the organization chart and b) $6 million in dead cap money in 2025 but the Patriots have $100 million more in projected cap space in 2025 to spend on veterans according to Spotrac. Happy New Year!
A key difference is we have a talented young QB on the roster, they don't.
On top of that, it's not a particularly good season to be drafting a QB, there aren't going to be any good vet QBs on the market, and they don't have enough cap space to sign a big-time vet at the same time as filling all the holes on their roster.
Even if it was a good season to be drafting a QB, they are currently drafting 8th and don't have a lot of draft assets to use to try to move up.
In short, they are where they were when they decided to sign Ahole: no decent young QB on the roster and no assets to draft one, but now the young talent they did find is two years older and they have the corpse of Ahole Rodgers to deal with.
For Joe Douglas the swing and a miss on Punky Wilson was a career-ending disaster. It closed their window before it even opened.
Now, the Jete Cycle of Suck is all ready to repeat itself once again, but with Ahole's contract creating a HUGE cap hit if they keep him OR if they release/trade him.
In short, they're screwed.
EDIT: More thoughts added...