Jets primary supervisor Joe Douglas knowledgeable followers at a radio event ultimate week that Aaron Rodgers is “gonna be right here.”
Nevertheless, followers of the Jets and Packers are nonetheless prepared, as there’s nonetheless no current exchange.
On Tuesday, sooner than he left for the Packers’ annual bus tour of Wisconsin, president and CEO Mark Murphy remained silent on if the Packers are prepared on the Jets to only settle for the workers’s commerce request.
“I can’t actually get into that,” Murphy said. “I do know Brian and Joe have been speaking.”
“That’s one thing [Packers general manager] Brian is engaged on. I’ve been actively concerned. There’s actually nothing extra to say.”
Tuesday was the first time Murphy answered questions from reporters since Rodgers said on The Pat McAfee Present that he intends to play for the Jets. Since then, there hasn’t been quite a bit traction referring to a commerce.
Gang Inexperienced reportedly spoke to the Packers all through the NFL Annual Leagues Conferences, nevertheless Douglas said both facet weren’t the place they wished to be.
The NFL Draft begins April 27, two weeks from Thursday. So the clock is ticking for both facet to return to an settlement. Up thus far, the Jets and the Packers have however to position a deadline on getting a deal achieved.
Inexperienced Bay wants further weapons to embody quarterback Jordan Love. The Jets wish to have Rodgers present for his or her offseason program, which begins April 17.
Each side have been at a stalemate referring to compensation.
Gutekunst knowledgeable reporters on the annual conferences that the Packers mustn’t demanding the Jets’ No. 13 whole select. However the Packers will certainly want one among many Jets’ second-round picks (No. 42 and No. 43) if no extra compensation. So, every teams could wait until the second day of the draft (April 28) to agree on a deal.
Then there’s moreover the reality that the Jets would likely want some security if Rodgers retires after just one season. Rodgers said he was 90% leaning in the direction of retiring this offseason sooner than his darkness retreat.
Nevertheless, Rodgers entertained his selections as quickly as he stumbled on the Packers have been actively buying him following an 8-9 season whereby the workers missed the playoffs for the first time since 2018. On March 8, Douglas, Saleh, Jets proprietor Woody Johnson and Nathaniel Hackett visited Rodgers at his California dwelling to see if the earlier four-time MVP was fascinated by being traded to the workers.
In full, the Jets have six draft picks this yr (No. 13, 42, 43, 112, 143 and 207 whole).
The Packers have been in an an identical state of affairs in 2008 after Brett Favre unretired, nevertheless the workers was ready to maneuver on with Rodgers as their starter. After both facet agreed it was time to maneuver on, the Packers traded Favre to the Jets for a conditional fourth-round select all through teaching camp that yr.
Favre carried out just one yr for the Jets as they accomplished 9-7 and missed the playoffs after beginning that yr 8-3. In the meantime, Rodgers lastly became a future Corridor of Fame quarterback in Inexperienced Bay as he later led the workers to a Tremendous Bowl title in 2010.
The Packers chosen Love throughout the first spherical of the 2020 draft. However he’s sat behind Rodgers for the first three years of his career.
Now they’re hoping Love can proceed the an identical quarterback superb Favre and Rodgers confirmed all through their time with the Packers.
“Effectively, I’m actually glad that Aaron Rodgers turned out to be such a superb quarterback and I’m hopeful that Jordan Love seems to be an analogous quarterback.”
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