Rodgers reportedly disgruntled, does not want to return to the Packers

[Magooch]

It doesn't say imminent parting. It says amicable parting.

...what comes right before "amicable"?

 

[tynimiller]

...what comes right before "amicable"?

A ,

LOL

 

[rmontro]

If Rodgers goes to the Jets, doesn't that mean he'll be playing for the Vikings next year?

 

[OldSchool101]

If Rodgers goes to the Jets, doesn't that mean he'll be playing for the Vikings next year?

You’d think so.
My take is the Jets will want a reasonable 2yr commitment. Hopefully the Vikings won’t be looking for a QB around then

 

[Zartan]

I dont think Rodgers will go to an NFC N rival. He doesnt hate the FO like Favre did.

 

[longtimefan]

I milked a cat once.

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I milk almonds

 

[longtimefan]

I think they wanna move on personally. I think if they trade him then Rodgers decides what he wants to do at that point. I don’t think he retires. All I know is that he has informed them he intends to return. And thats 100 percent a fact I just dunno why the front office has said that yet.

So why is he meeting with J-E-T-S jets jets jets if he doesn't want to be traded?

 

[Mondio]

Wanting to be traded and being open to it as being a possibility if he wants to keep playing or to have a situation be the best it can be for all involved are two different things.

 

[Pkrjones]

So why is he meeting with J-E-T-S jets jets jets if he doesn't want to be traded?

I think that because he's open to the idea the Jets are talking up how close they are to contending & that they have a 2 year window if he's onboard. I don't think they want any part of this if he can't/won't give a 2 year commitment.

 

[longtimefan]

I think that because he's open to the idea the Jets are talking up how close they are to contending & that they have a 2 year window if he's onboard. I don't think they want any part of this if he can't/won't give a 2 year commitment.

Snoops said he doesn't wanted to be traded.

 

[Pkrjones]

Snoops said he doesn't wanted to be traded.

Who do you trust more, LTF?

 

[Pokerbrat2000]

I milk almonds

Do you know why they call it almond milk?

Few would drink it, if they called it nut juice.

 

[AKCheese]

I think that because he's open to the idea the Jets are talking up how close they are to contending & that they have a 2 year window if he's onboard. I don't think they want any part of this if he can't/won't give a 2 year commitment.

and his commitment is good until the next nourishing mystery hits Lol

 

[Snoops]

So why is he meeting with J-E-T-S jets jets jets if he doesn't want to be traded?

They clearly wanna move on

 

[Magooch]

Wanting to be traded and being open to it as being a possibility if he wants to keep playing or to have a situation be the best it can be for all involved are two different things.

yep. Can certainly be both. Rodgers has said a number of times now he’d prefer to retire a Packer but also that it just might not work out that way and the team might want to move on. Was he lying when he said that? I don’t think so.

I think if he had his druthers Rodgers would like to retire in GB. But I also think that if GB wants to move on and/or if they are going to enter a phase that isn’t exactly favorable to a 39-y.o. QB to play out the twilight of his career then he’s not going to force us to keep him around and not going to be too hurt if we want to move on (and he has said this, too). In the event that happens I’m sure he’d also like to ensure that he’d be joining a situation he finds favorable in New York, too.

So talking with the Jets certainly doesn’t mean he would prefer to be traded or that he doesn’t want to stay in GB, but that he’s wanting to be prepared for a variety of possible outcomes.

 

[Snoops]

Rodgers wants to stay in Green Bay that’s all I know…personally looks like the front office wants to move and if Rodgers wants to keep playing he knows it’s somewhere else? I haven’t heard anything since this morning hoping to have something tmrw it’s gonna drag out I know that

 

[Pokerbrat2000]

At this point, I have a hard time seeing Rodgers remaining a Packer. The Packers have obviously worked out some of the details with the Jets on a trade, the Jets went to visit Rodgers. How does that all get walked back and everyone in GB, including Rodgers himself, is happy with everything that just happened? I suppose if the Jets say "on second thought, pass", then the options dwindle. Hopefully, there are other teams still interested in Rodgers.

 

[Magooch]

At this point, I have a hard time seeing Rodgers remaining a Packer. The Packers have obviously worked out some of the details with the Jets on a trade, the Jets went to visit Rodgers. How does that all get walked back and everyone in GB, including Rodgers himself, is happy with everything that just happened? I suppose if the Jets say "on second thought, pass", then the options dwindle. Hopefully, there are other teams still interested in Rodgers.

Yep. As others have mentioned, GB would have to give their consent to speak with Rodgers in the first place, and from what I can tell it sounds like in most circumstances a team would only do that if they already more or less had some rough framework agreed with the Jets (i.e. if GB and the Jets are miles apart on compensation, they're not gonna go ahead and let them convince Rodgers and hurt GB's bargaining position). But what I haven't seen said much....while it's technically true that Rodgers doesn't have a no-trade clause - at least not one that's formally written into his contract - practically speaking he does have one as he can simply threaten retirement and nix any deal he's not interested in. With that in mind I have to think that the Jets have already received some sort of signal from Rodgers and/or Rodgers' camp that he would be willing to entertain a deal; just like if GB and NYJ were miles apart GB wouldn't consent to allowing NYJ to talk to Rodgers - if Rodgers was absolutely uninterested in joining the Jets he would likely not bother meeting with them in any capacity.

All that to say that this meeting (meetings?) suggests to me that we are already at a point where GB and NYJ have at least a rough trade framework agreed to AND Rodgers has signaled to NYJ that he would potentially be interested in joining them. In other words, all three parties have signaled a willingness to get it done, at least in some capacity.

I suppose the alternative is that Rodgers isn't at all interested in joining the Jets and is just using them as leverage for reasons unknown but that seems unlikely to me at this point.

 

[Pokerbrat2000]

But what I haven't seen said much....while it's technically true that Rodgers doesn't have a no-trade clause - at least not one that's formally written into his contract - practically speaking he does have one as he can simply threaten retirement and nix any deal he's not interested in.

I've brought that up several times, as have a few other posters. Not having a No Trade Clause, is really moot point with Rodgers. Even if he bluffs and says "You trade me to the Browns and I will retire", the Browns aren't going to risk giving up a bunch of draft capital to see if he is bluffing or not.

Rodgers isn't at all interested in joining the Jets and is just using them as leverage for reasons unknown but that seems unlikely to me at this point.

I'm sure I will get blasted for saying this, but I wouldn't put anything past Rodgers, when it comes to deception and games, it is in his DNA and he likes to win.

I still wouldn't put it past Rodgers to simply retire now and then unretire in June or later and that puts the screws to the Packers to trade him really fast, since his cap hit would suddenly be on them.

 

[Deleted member 6794]

Atlanta is more vein of Lamar trade IMO.

According to several reports the Falcons aren't interested in pursuing Lamar.

But I could also see the Jets approaching him as a veteran piece to keep along with Olave and Moore on a restructured extension.

I think they need to send us Olave and Moore in the trade and the Jets can sign Lazard, Cobb and Amari Rodgers.

It would be a heck of a job by Joe Douglas if he would be able to trade Olave to the Packers in exchange for Rodgers as he's currently under contract with the Saints.

 

[tynimiller]

According to several reports the Falcons aren't interested in pursuing Lamar.





It would be a heck of a job by Joe Douglas if he would be able to trade Olave to the Packers in exchange for Rodgers as he's currently under contract with the Saints.

LoL meant Wilson - the other Ohio State prospect of late

 

[thequick12]

So why is he meeting with J-E-T-S jets jets jets if he doesn't want to be traded?

Because he wants to continue playing and the Packers FO has told him they want to move on to the Love era

 

[rmontro]

Because he wants to continue playing and the Packers FO has told him they want to move on to the Love era

That's probably the likely explanation, but not the only one. It's also possible GB wants to explore all its options and see what they would be able to get for Rodgers, and then make the decision from there.

 

[thequick12]

That's probably the likely explanation, but not the only one. It's also possible GB wants to explore all its options and see what they would be able to get for Rodgers, and then make the decision from there.

You really think Rodgers would go along with that so much so as to actually take time out of his life to visit with the Jets?

Haha I wouldn't and I don't...theres no way

The two options are what I said above or that Rodgers is in fact the one who wants to countinue his career outside of GB. And he has requested a trade and been granted permission to speak with other teams as part pf that process

 

[Pokerbrat2000]

You really think Rodgers would go along with that so much so as to actually take time out of his life to go visit with the Jets?

Haha I wouldn't and I don't...theres no way

The two options are what I said above or that Rodgers is in fact the one who wants to countinue his career outside of GB. And he has requested a trade and been granted permission to speak with other teams as part pf that process

If the rumors are true, Rodgers came back, wanting to play for the Packers. The Packers though have decided to move on. It wasn't Rodgers going to the Jets, it was the Jets going to Rodgers at his home.

Rodgers still holds 2 big cards. Rodgers can say that if the Packers trade him to the Jets, he will retire. The second card, Rodgers can merely tell the Packers that he plans on honoring his contract and showing up for the first required practice.