Aaron Rodgers to the New York Jets? Discussion, Odds.

It feels as if the Super Bowl was played only yesterday, but the NFL is a well-oiled machine and knows how to garner attention during the offseason. It may be the professional sports league that plays the least – only five and a half months – but it can generate news all year round.

The latest chapter in the Aaron Rodgers saga sounds like the biggest curve ball of them all. The Green Bay Packers re-signed the future Hall of Famer just last offseason after rumours of his departure and possible retirement. Now, following one of if not the most disappointing season since donning the green and mustard yellow, the latest rumours are that he may be joining the Gang Green in New York. That’s right, the Jets may have yet another starting quarterback next season, only this time it wouldn’t be an untested newbie. Green Bay gave Rodgers permission to speak to the New York Jets earlier this week.

As a result, the New York Jets’ Super Bowl odds just received a jolt. They aren’t at the top of the list, mind you, but these whispers have enticed oddsmakers to move the Jets from about +2200 earlier this week all the way up to seventh at +1166. The Packers check in at +2306.

As always, check out our NFL futures as they develop.

Argh-ron Rodgers

No one would dispute the player’s attributes. The 18-year veteran has a career 65.3 completion percentage, thrown for 59,055 yards (averaging a strong 7.7 yards per toss), and mustered 475 touchdowns throws to only 105 interceptions. He is a Super Bowl winner and MVP (Super Bowl XLV) and four-time league MVP, most recently in back-to-back seasons (2020 and 2021). The Green Bay Packers have dominated the NFC North since his arrival, winning the division seven times, more than any of their closest competitors in the North.

Why would Green Bay want to let go of that?!? Suffice it to say that since the glorious Super Bowl run 13 ago, he and the Pack haven’t accomplished that much in the postseason. Granted, there have been four NFC Championship game appearances, but all ended in defeat. Two were disastrous outings (Falcons and 49ers), another was one of the oddest playoff collapses in NFL history (Seahawks) and the most recent was arguably the most bitter: at home, with a trip to the Super Bowl on the line, against the G.O.A.T. Tom Brady. Two seasons ago, despite sporting an NFC-best 13-4 record, they went one-and-done in the Divisional round to San Francisco. They couldn’t be a Californian team in the snow.

Odd post-game media sessions in which coaches and teammates were unsubtly thrown under the bus. His “immunization” story. Back-handed compliments during training camp. And of course, the annual “I don’t know what decision I will make with regards to football this offseason” tradition. Push may just have come to shove for the Packers.

Time will tell what comes of this, but it does look as if the incomparable player’s time at Lambeau may indeed be at an end.