Aaron Rodgers wants to play for the Jets. The Jets only want Aaron Rodgers. The Packers no longer want Aaron Rodgers.
So what’s stuck?
According to Yahoo Sports, negotiations continue behind the scenes to seal the quarterback’s departure to the Big Apple. The tendency would be to send two draft picks high against the player.
ESPN specifies that the Jets would not really want to give up their first choice of the 2023 vintage, which is the 13th general. The good news for them is that Brian Gutekunst doesn’t seem to want to negotiate firmly through the media…
“It’s not a necessity,” the Packers manager assured ESPN on Monday about this 13th choice. “I think it’s important to have fair compensation at the value of the player. There are risks for everyone. But I hope and trust that we will find a way out. »
The Jets want guarantees and conditions
For Yahoo, it is rather the guarantees claimed by the Jets that would slow down the operation. The Packers would like to recover Draft picks directly and unconditionally. New York leaders, they would like to protect themselves from a possible retirement of Rodgers in a year. They would therefore like to condition the value of the picks sent to the Packers on their team’s performance in 2023 and a possible additional season for Rodgers in 2024.
Jets executives were reportedly troubled by recent comments from Rodgers, explaining that he was 90% thinking about retiring in the offseason before he wanted to play for them. Hence the idea of not sending several unprotected picks to Green Bay.
Even before having him in the workforce, the Jets are therefore already experiencing the daily joy of the moods and uncertainties of Aaron Rodgers.
Robert Saleh at least has the merit of keeping a better poker face than Gutekunst.
“There really is no rush,” the coach assured ESPN on Monday. “The Quarterback [que nous aurons] understand the system. The quarterback knows. It’s just about honing the talent and that kind of stuff. So we are in no rush at all. »
Saleh even went so far as to say he can see himself waiting until the end of July and the start of training camp.
No Lamar Jackson
Lamar Jackson officially a candidate for departure, he could have represented a new option for the Jets.
No. No question of using it to put pressure on Rodgers.
“First thing, Lamar Jackson is a fantastic player,” Joe Douglas (GM) told SNY. “But on this point, it would be dishonest and to negotiate in bad faith if we were to engage on this side. For now we have our plan, we have our procedure and we leave it at that. »
