Aaron Rodgers set for New York as Jets and Packers reportedly agree trade

Aaron Rodgers appears to finally be the quarterback of the New York Jets, after the team reportedly agreeing a trade with the Green Bay Packers for the four-time NFL MVP.

ESPN reported on Monday that the Packers agreed to trade Rodgers along with their 2023 first-round pick (No 15 overall) and a 2023 fifth-round pick (No 170). In return they will receive the Jets’ 2023 first-round pick (No 13 overall), a 2023 second round pick (No 42), and a 2023 sixth-round pick (No 207). The Packers will also receive a conditional 2024 second-round pick that will become a first-rounder if Rodgers plays 65% of the Jets’ offensive snaps this season.

The Jets will also acquire Rodgers’ contract, which includes nearly $60m in salary and bonuses this season. However, that can be spread across the next two seasons, meaning it will count a manageable $15.8m and $32.5m against the Jets’ cap in 2023 and 2024 respectively. The Packers must eat $40.3m in dead money on their salary cap.

Rodgers said in March that he wanted to join the Jets, and the two teams have been locked in talks to agree terms since then.

It had been reported that Rodgers gave the Jets a “wish list” of players he wanted alongside him, many of them former Packers teammates. One of those players, receiver Allen Lazard, has since joined the Jets. His former back-up in Green Bay, Tim Boyle, also joined the Jets in recent weeks. Rodgers has said reports of a wish list are “ridiculous” but added the Jets had asked him about former teammates. “My only demand is for transparency,” he said.

Rodgers, one of the most talented quarterbacks in history, is a four-time NFL MVP, an honor he won twice when Jets offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett was part of the coaching staff in Green