Aaron Rodgers Leaving Green Bay Packers, Traded to New York Jets

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Aaron Rodgers of the Green Bay Packers accepts the award for the moment of the year at the 8th Annual NFL Honors at The Fox Theatre, in Atlanta
8th Annual NFL Honors, Atlanta, USA - 02 Feb 2019 — Image Credit: Jeffrey Phelps/AP/Shutterstock

It’s a tragic day in Wisconsin at present as a result of Aaron Rodgers will now not be a member of the Green Bay Packers. After seventeen years with the workforce, Aaron, 38, he will probably be hanging up the inexperienced and yellow jersey and be part of the New York Jets, ESPN Senior NFL Insider Adam Schefter reported on April 24. According to Adam, the Packers will ship the quarterback to NY in change for a bunch of draft picks, together with two second-rounders. Adam Schefter went on to report that Aaron will swap from No. 12 to No. 8 when he formally arrives in New York.

Aaron’s future in Green Bay grew to become a scorching subject after the Packers’ elimination from the 2022 NFL Playoffs. Aaron began the 2021-22 season in a standoff with the Packers over his present contract, and ESPN reported that the 2023 season can be voided on his deal. The workforce additionally reportedly agreed not to train the franchise tag on him, permitting Aaron to enter free company on the finish of the season.

Instead of flying residence to Los Angeles following Green Bay’s loss to the San Francisco 49ers, NFL.com’s Ian Rapoport reported that Aaron stayed in Green Bay for just a few further days “to plot out the team’s future, huddling with coach Matt LaFleur and others and mapping out what’s next.” Rapoport mentioned that his sources claimed that the group had “cautious optimism” that Aaron would return to the Packers.

However, followers and armchair quarterbacks alike figured that Aaron’s time in Green Bay was coming to an finish when Packers offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett grew to become the brand new head coach of the Denver Broncos. Their working relationship led many to suppose that Aaron would observe that working relationship to Mile High Stadium. The Broncos can even have round $47.6 million in cap house this season, per Spotrac, permitting Aaron to get an honest paycheck,

Adding extra gasoline to the “Aaron Rodgers to Denver” fireplace was the truth that he bought his San Diego residence for $5.13 million, in accordance to the Green Bay Press-Gazette. Aaron, a California native, additionally has properties in Hobart and Malibu.

The Packers picked Aaron within the 2005 NFL Draft, and he has remained with the workforce ever since. While Rodgers has racked up quite a few private accolades and information throughout his time with the workforce, he’s solely performed in a single Super Bowl – Super Bowl XLV, in 2011. He and the Packers gained that sport however haven’t been to the Big Dance since.

“I think some of the factors are the direction of the team and the organization, and how I feel like I fit in in the future,” Rodgers instructed The Pat McAfee Show in January 2022, per Sports Illustrated. “Mentally, do I still have the passion, the competitiveness, the desire to keep playing? I think it’s a feeling, and you just kind of know when the offseason has started. When you’re a hyper-competitive individual, you also dream or think about what the fairy tale ending is. It doesn’t mean Super Bowl necessarily, but that’s a pretty damn good fairy tale.”