Jets’ Woody Johnson ‘excited and satisfied’ after Aaron Rodgers meeting: report

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New York Jets owner Woody Johnson was left feeling "excited and satisfied" about the prospect of acquiring Aaron Rodgers in a trade with the Green Bay Packers following their meeting with the four-time MVP this week, according to one report. 

Johnson, general manager Joe Douglas, coach Robert Saleh and offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett, who previously worked with Rodgers in Green Bay, flew out to California on Tuesday to meet with Rodgers in person, ESPN reported. 

Rodgers has yet to make an announcement on his future following his darkness retreat, and that includes the decision to either stay with the Packers or retire all together.  (Peter Joneleit/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Sources told ESPN’s Dianna Russini that the Jets' perception of the situation only grew more optimistic after the meeting. 

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"While optimism existed before the California meeting, Woody Johnson felt it was important to meet in person, sources said. Johnson left the meeting excited and satisfied about the potential match," Russini said on Twitter Thursday. 

New York Jets owner Woody Johnson looks on before a game against the Pittsburgh Steelers at Acrisure Stadium on October 2, 2022, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  (Joe Sargent/Getty Images)

"As the Jets internally are working under an optimism that this will happen, the Jets and the Packers remain engaged in conversations about compensation and contract, sources said. Those conversations already started before the meeting."

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