Getty Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers celebrating after a big play during an NFL game.
New York Jets fans are officially on quarterback watch.
Things are heating up and news could seemingly break at any second. While we are waiting for all of that to transpire, Ian from Jets Central proposed a blockbuster deal on the Bleacher Report app.
Green Bay Packers receive: a 2023 second-rounder (No. 43 overall), a 2024 conditional second-rounder
New York Jets receive: quarterback Aaron Rodgers
If Rodgers played in 2024, that conditional second-round draft choice would elevate to a first-rounder.
Trade That Makes Sense for Both the Packers and the Jets
A lot of veteran quarterbacks have been traded over the last handful of years for some big hefty packages. On the surface, it would make sense that a player of Rodgers’ abilities would go for something similar.
However as is normally the case, things aren’t that simple with A-Rod.
Rodgers is 39 years of age and he will turn 40 near the end of the 2023 regular season. Is he still going to keep deciding his football future on a year-to-year basis? What about his contract situation?
Those complicating factors clearly affected the price in this proposed deal and likely will in real life as talks progress between the Packers and the Jets.
Whether it is a pair of second-rounders or what becomes a second and a first, that is a price the Jets should be willing to pay. The message has been clear from the top down, they believe this team is a quarterback away from competing.
Jets Making Full Court Press to Land Packers QB Aaron Rodgers
The Jets received permission to speak with Rodgers and they quickly set up an in-person meeting to talk about a deal.
Dan Graziano of ESPN was told that the Jets people that were on the private jet included owner Woody Johnson, general manager Joe Douglas, head coach Robert Saleh, and new offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett.
When you’re bringing over a contingent of that level to go visit with another player under contract, that isn’t an exploratory visit.
Although for what it’s worth NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport says, “Aaron Rodgers has always taken his time. Wouldn’t expect anything soon.”
For my money, I can’t possibly buy that report. The Jets are sending over the most important people in their building for this meeting.
When you send that kind of manpower you are looking to close the deal and get a trade done. The new league year starts on March 15.
Gang Green needs to know who the heck its starting quarterback is so they can start figuring out the rest of their important decisions this offseason.
Plus the sooner Rodgers decides if he is staying in Green Bay or heading to New York with the Jets, the sooner he can start recruiting.
Players in the league want to play with a guy of Rodgers’ talent level. If he can decide let’s say a week ahead of free agency, Gang Green will have an advantage heading into the open market.
This feels like a bomb that is set to drop very quickly here and change the very landscape of the NFL in 2023.