Jets common supervisor Joe Douglas instructed followers at a radio occasion final week that Aaron Rodgers is “gonna be right here.”
Nevertheless, followers of the Jets and Packers are nonetheless ready, as there’s nonetheless no present replace.
On Tuesday, earlier than he left for the Packers’ annual bus tour of Wisconsin, president and CEO Mark Murphy remained silent on if the Packers are ready on the Jets to just accept the group’s commerce request.
“I can’t actually get into that,” Murphy stated. “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 primary time Murphy answered questions from reporters since Rodgers stated on The Pat McAfee Present that he intends to play for the Jets. Since then, there hasn’t been a lot traction relating to a commerce.
Gang Inexperienced reportedly spoke to the Packers in the course of the NFL Annual Leagues Conferences, however Douglas stated each side weren't the place they wanted to be.
The NFL Draft begins April 27, two weeks from Thursday. So the clock is ticking for each side to come back to an settlement. Up up to now, the Jets and the Packers have but to place a deadline on getting a deal finished.
Inexperienced Bay desires extra weapons to encompass quarterback Jordan Love. The Jets want to have Rodgers current for his or her offseason program, which begins April 17.
Either side have been at a stalemate relating to compensation.
Gutekunst instructed reporters on the annual conferences that the Packers usually are not demanding the Jets’ No. 13 total choose. However the Packers will definitely need one of many Jets’ second-round picks (No. 42 and No. 43) if no more compensation. So, each groups may wait till the second day of the draft (April 28) to agree on a deal.
Then there’s additionally the truth that the Jets would doubtless need some safety if Rodgers retires after only one season. Rodgers stated he was 90% leaning towards retiring this offseason earlier than his darkness retreat.
Nevertheless, Rodgers entertained his choices as soon as he discovered the Packers had been actively buying him following an 8-9 season during which the group missed the playoffs for the primary time since 2018. On March 8, Douglas, Saleh, Jets proprietor Woody Johnson and Nathaniel Hackett visited Rodgers at his California residence to see if the previous four-time MVP was focused on being traded to the group.
In complete, the Jets have six draft picks this 12 months (No. 13, 42, 43, 112, 143 and 207 total).
The Packers had been in the same state of affairs in 2008 after Brett Favre unretired, however the group was prepared to maneuver on with Rodgers as their starter. After each side agreed it was time to maneuver on, the Packers traded Favre to the Jets for a conditional fourth-round choose throughout coaching camp that 12 months.
Favre performed only one 12 months for the Jets as they completed 9-7 and missed the playoffs after starting that 12 months 8-3. In the meantime, Rodgers finally changed into a future Corridor of Fame quarterback in Inexperienced Bay as he later led the group to a Tremendous Bowl title in 2010.
The Packers chosen Love within the first spherical of the 2020 draft. However he’s sat behind Rodgers for the primary three years of his profession.
Now they’re hoping Love can proceed the identical quarterback wonderful Favre and Rodgers confirmed throughout their time with the Packers.
“Properly, I’m actually glad that Aaron Rodgers turned out to be such quarterback and I’m hopeful that Jordan Love seems to be the same quarterback.”
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