Aaron Rodgers went radio silent on Packers in offseason before trade request, GM suggests

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Aaron Rodgers is in limbo until the Green Bay Packers and the New York Jets figure out the right compensation to make a deal.

Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst explained the organization’s thinking on a potential deal for the four-time NFL MVP and said he even reached out to the quarterback multiple times before being told by his representatives he wanted a trade.

Gutekunst said he and Rodgers met after the team failed to make the playoffs during the 2022 season, and the general manager planned to have more talks during the offseason, but it never came to fruition.

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Aaron Rodgers, #12 of the Green Bay Packers, warms up prior to the game against the Tennessee Titans at Lambeau Field on Nov. 17, 2022 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. (Patrick McDermott/Getty Images)

"Those never transpired," Gutekunst said. "So there came a time where we had to make some decisions, so we went through his representatives to try to talk to him (about) where we were going with our team. And at that point, they informed us that he would like to be traded to the Jets."

Rodgers told a different story during his appearance on "The Pat McAfee Show" earlier this month. Rodgers said he wished the Packers told him early in the offseason they planned to move him. He also said that after he returned from his darkness retreat last month, he "heard from multiple people that I trust around the league — players mostly –— that there was some shopping going on, that they were interested in actually moving me."

"The Packers would like to move on," Rodgers said. "They’ve let me know that in so many words. They’ve let