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Jets common supervisor Joe Douglas says Aaron Rodgers is headed to New York.
At an occasion with WFAN Sports Radio on Friday, Douglas was requested if the star Inexperienced Bay Packers quarterback is coming to the Jets.
“He is gonna be right here,” Douglas responded.
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Earlier within the day, Jets broad receiver Allen Lazard posted a photograph of an offseason exercise with Rodgers on Instagram.
Rodgers performed for the Packers for 18 seasons and led them to a Tremendous Bowl championship on the conclusion of the 2010 marketing campaign. Final month on the Pat McAfee Show, Rodgers mentioned his “intention” is to play for the Jets subsequent season.
“I have never been holding something up at this level,” Rodgers continued. “It has been compensation that the Packers try to get for me and form of digging their heels in.”
Rodgers’ look on the present got here days after Packers president and CEO Mark Murphy confirmed the staff had given the Jets permission to talk with their star quarterback and would grant a commerce request if Rodgers requested to go to New York.
One month later, the deal “stays just about completed” aside from hammering out the offers of draft compensation issues, in line with ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler.
“Most individuals I talked to across the league imagine nearer to the draft, possibly even on day one, when groups are getting on the clock fairly quickly that this may shake out,” Fowler mentioned Friday on SportsCenter. “However I am advised the Jets have been planning with their draft prep to have their No. 13 general choose. That is not a serious consideration to have to surrender to the Packers in a commerce.”
On Thursday, the Jets signed Tim Boyle, who backed up Rodgers for 2 seasons in Inexperienced Bay, to a one-year contract. In 2021, Rodgers told reporters that Boyle was a “particular man” with a “big-time arm.”
Douglas’ statement to the raucous crowd Friday is the most recent reassurance that the Jets are planning to construct their 2023 squad across the veteran quarterback.
