Jets sign another player connected to Aaron Rodgers as trade remains in works with Packers

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As the New York Jets work on a trade for four-time MVP quarterback Aaron Rodgers, the team continues to bring in pieces to complement their hoped-for signal caller for next season. 

The Jets did so again on Thursday, as veteran backup quarterback Tim Boyle was reportedly signed to a one-year deal, the team announced. The NFL Network first reported the deal. 

Boyle, 28, spent his first three seasons in the NFL with the Green Bay Packers after going undrafted out of Eastern Kentucky in 2018. He impressed Packers brass during the preseason that year, making the 53-man roster as the team’s third-string quarterback behind Rodgers and DeShone Kizer. 

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Tim Boyle of the Chicago Bears warms up before the Lions game at Ford Field on Jan. 1, 2023, in Detroit. (Nic Antaya/Getty Images)

But Boyle wouldn’t get into an NFL game during his rookie year. He found his first NFL action in 2019 instead during a Week 7 win over the then-Oakland Raiders. Boyle took over for Rodgers in that game as a courtesy, kneeling three times to run out the clock. 

It would be 2021 with the Detroit Lions when Boyle finally got some real NFL action. He earned three starts that season, but none of them resulted in a win. He’s 0-3 in his five years in the NFL, all coming from that stint with the Lions, where he was 61-for-94 for 526 yards with three touchdowns to six interceptions. 

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Boyle spent the 2022 season with the Chicago Bears, seeing time in just one game. 

Despite the numbers, Boyle knows the offense