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It may be time for another Aaron Rodgers Discount Double Check commercial.

The future Hall of Famer certainly seems to be in the giving mood.

Just ask his new team.

A week into his first training camp with the Jets, Rodgers has agreed to a new two-year contract with Gang Green that saves the team roughly $35 million off of what he was owed under his old deal with the Packers, a source confirmed.

Rodgers arrived with nearly $110 million remaining on his old contract, but in agreeing to this two-year, $75 million deal that carries only a $9 million salary cap hit in 2024, he gives the Jets flexibility next year — and there certainly appears there will be a next year for Rodgers and the team.

“Definitely some of it is how much fun I’m having. It’s all about the body and how the body feels,” the four-time MVP said after Wednesday’s practice. “The team gave up significant pieces just for it to be a one-year deal. I’m aware of that. I think there was an awareness of that. Now again, anything can happen, with my body or with the success we have this year, but I’m having a blast, so I don’t really see this as a one-year-and-done thing.”

Rodgers previously agreed to push his fully guaranteed $58.3 million option bonus to 2024 to facilitate the trade in the first place.

That left him with only $1.165 million this coming season and a mammoth $107.55 million next year.

Under the new terms, Rodgers will be given a $35 million roster bonus in four days and will receive a $1.838 million base salary for 2023 and $38.161 million next season, NFL Network reported.

It also includes a pair of option years, as well as no-tag and no-trade clauses.

Rodgers will turn 40 on Dec. 2 and is excited about playing into his 40s. It has been a goal of his to be a starter at that age.

“To put yourself in that position means you got to really take care of yourself in the offseason,” he said. “I’ve adjusted some things with that goal in mind. Obviously, Tom [Brady] set the standard playing at 45, which is crazy, but less crazy when you start to get closer to that because you still love the game, and you want to be there doing it.”

Rodgers certainly seems to be having fun so far with the Jets. He has said and done all the right things.

Teammates have raved about how friendly and accommodating he has been in terms of getting to know them.

That he has gone out of his way to become a fabric of the franchise, attending local sporting events and concerts with teammates.

He makes a point of talking to players on both sides of the ball during practice.

Sometimes, it’s trash talk.

Other times, it’s to point out a mistake or ask their thoughts on a certain play.

When he was intercepted by Tony Adams on Wednesday, Rodgers made sure to remind the safety that the play didn’t count, since the defense had gone offside.

But he also told him it was an impressive pick.

“There is a lot of time during the day,” Rodgers said. “I think part of the role as the guy in charge on offense is, it’s not just offense, it is the leadership of the football team. So there are opportunities throughout the day to find time to drop in with somebody, whether that is a breakfast, a lunch, in between a meeting, so I like to mix up where I sit, so I just get to know a lot of the guys.”

The Jets’ hopes for the coming season skyrocketed upon the acquisition of Rodgers, one of the sport’s premier quarterbacks who significantly raises the ceiling for the talented team.

On Tuesday, coach Robert Saleh joked that his new quarterback “glows in the dark.”

The Jets last reached the playoffs in 2010 and last had a winning season in 2015.

At his introductory press conference in April, Rodgers joked that the Jets’ lone Super Bowl trophy was “looking a little lonely.”

This is obviously a transition for Rodgers, who is going from small-market Green Bay to the big city.

He seems excited about it, though, determined to make it work. His new contract is an example of that.

“Change can be difficult for sure, especially when it is that drastic, 18 years in one spot,” Rodgers said. “But if you can lean into it and embrace it, there are some really beautiful things on the other side and I have been experiencing them so far.”

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