Rodgers “Intends To Play For New York Jets”
With over 475,000 viewers watching The Pat McAfee Show on YouTube.com on Wednesday afternoon, Aaron Rodgers announced his intentions to play for the New York Jets.
Rodgers expressed his love for Green Bay and dozens of people in the organization, businesses and fans. However, the deal is not done. The Jets and the Green Bay Packers must still complete a trade.
Rodgers expressed his disappoint to McAfee and co-host AJ Hawk about how the Packers handled his situation. He came out of his "darkness retreat." He was surprised that Green Bay moved on from him without telling him. The Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst made it clear earlier this month that the team was moving on from Rodgers.
Rodgers told McAfee that he told ESPN's Adam Schefter to "lose my number." The MVP quarterback said he did not give the Jets a "demand" list. Rodgers said he "didn't have demands." Rodgers did talk to the Jets coaches and Joe Douglas about players that he has played with.
My feeling on this situation is that the Jets nor the Green Bay Packers were surprised by Aaron Rodgers announcement on Wednesday. The Jets made wide receiver and Packers' teammate Allan Lazard a prime target in free agency this week and didn't seem to flinch as. The Packers were the team that lost a few days of free agency, not knowing their salary cap limits. This should be interesting for all of New York sports. The Jets are on the clock.