Jets’ Pursuit of Aaron Rodgers Might Hit A Snag
If Aaron Rodgers isn’t dealt before next Saturday, it doesn’t look good for the New York Jets.
New York is eager to sign Rodgers since he has expressed interest in playing for the team. However, the New York Jets and Green Bay Packers are still allegedly at odds about trade compensation.
This is more of a collection of reports than a single, solid talk, if Aaron Rodgers isn’t dealt before next Saturday, it doesn’t look good for the New York Jets.
New York is eager to sign Rodgers since he has expressed interest in playing for the team. However, the New York Jets and Green Bay Packers are still allegedly at odds about trade compensation.
“[Green Bay] wants a premium package of draft picks in exchange for [Rodgers], presumably over multiple years,” Fowler stated on Saturday’s SportsCenter. “The Jets are just not ready to take it to that level right now.”
ESPN’s Adam Schefter recently revealed that if Green Bay doesn’t trade for Rodgers by Friday night, they could just wait on him.
“The line of demarcation, the soft deadline, is next Friday night, picks 42 and 43,” ESPN’s Adam Schefter said on SportsCenter on Thursday.
To paraphrase, “because if picks 42 and 43 come and go without Aaron Rodgers being traded to the New York Jets, then the wait for him to become a Jet could be an awful long time.”
The value of a team’s draft selections in the next cycle is often lower than the current cycle. It may be more challenging for the Jets to make a transaction involving draft capital in 2024 if New York utilizes their two third-round picks for Rodgers instead of trading them.
And if that occurs, there will be no pressing need for Green Bay to make a deal. An option bonus of $58.3 million is owed to Rodgers, but it won’t be payable until the start of the regular season.
The Jets would be in a disadvantageous position if the Packers waited until August to trade Rodgers, while simultaneously dangling him before other quarterback-needy clubs.
Although Rodgers is familiar with offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett and wide receiver Allen Lazard from their time together in Green Bay, his absence from the majority of New York’s offseason program would be disastrous. New York could lose interest if things reach that stage.
If a trade isn’t finalized by this Friday, the Jets’ fans’ hopes of a Super Bowl run in 2023 with Rodgers are likely doomed.
Aaron Charles Rodgers
NFL quarterback Aaron Charles Rodgers was born on December 2, 1983, and he currently plays for the Green Bay Packers.
While playing college football for the California Golden Bears, Rodgers achieved numerous passing records, including the lowest single-season and career interception rates, after beginning his career at Butte College in 2002.
The Packers used their first-round pick from the 2005 NFL Draught to acquire him.[3] Rodgers is widely considered not only to be one of the most talented quarterbacks of all time, but also one of the best quarterbacks of all time.
Rodgers was the Packers’ backup quarterback for the first three years of his NFL career until taking over for Brett Favre as the starter in 2008.
In 2010, he was the most valuable player in the Super Bowl triumph over the Pittsburgh Steelers. In 2011, he was selected Athlete of the Year by the Associated Press, and in 2011, 2014, 2020, and 2021 he was voted NFL MVP by the Associated Press.
Rodgers joins Peyton Manning, Brett Favre, Joe Montana, and Jim Brown as the only players to win NFL MVP back-to-back.