Relaxation assured, Jets followers, Aaron Rodgers remains to be on monitor to land in New York this offseason.
No less than that is the message Jets normal supervisor Joe Douglas shared Friday, whilst a commerce nonetheless hasn’t been agreed upon after weeks of discussions with the Green Bay Packers.
“He is gonna be right here,” Douglas mentioned at an Audacy WFAN Sports activities Radio occasion when requested if Rodgers was going to be on the Jets.
Douglas’ response drew a loud roar from the New York crowd.
The quote from the final supervisor got here after a few attention-grabbing developments surrounding Rodgers’ attainable future with the workforce earlier within the week. First, the Jets signed quarterback Tim Boyle to a one-year deal on Thursday. Boyle backed up Rodgers for 3 seasons in Inexperienced Bay, so New York signing him offers it an possibility at backup that is accustomed to Nathaniel Hackett’s system.
Additionally on Thursday, Allen Lazard shared photos of a training session with Rodgers. The huge receiver, who performed with the Packers for the final 5 seasons, signed a four-year deal to hitch the Jets in March because it seems to be increasingly more seemingly that he’ll nonetheless play with Rodgers.
Rodgers acknowledged in March that his intention is to play for the Jets in 2023 after he met with among the workforce’s high officers at his house in California. That received the ball rolling for the commerce that hasn’t occurred but.
Douglas instructed reporters on the annual league assembly in late March that there had been “some productive conversations” with the Packers at that time however he did not set a tough deadline to get a deal accomplished. Jets coach Robert Saleh expressed confidence a deal would get executed throughout the identical week.
“You guys know me, I am a constructive thinker,” Saleh mentioned. “I am positive ultimately they’re going to determine one thing out.”
Packers normal supervisor Brian Gutekunst instructed reporters on the similar conferences that it is not a “necessity” for them to amass the Jets’ first-round decide, which is No. 13 general, in a deal for Rodgers. Nonetheless, Gutekunst additionally mentioned that he thinks the workforce can afford to let negotiations bleed into Could and June, when the majority of the offseason applications happen.
“There’s not a lot occurring proper now,” Gutekunst mentioned. “So, I believe it has to work for each events, and we’re each dedicated to figuring that out. It is actually form of of their courtroom proper now, so we’ll form of see the place it goes.”
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