I think it’s more of a dance about the arduous lengths he’s going to to make sure no one breaks it before it’s time, and all the insiders being all pissy about being made the bad guys. But until there’s a trade, there isn’t one.
Do the Jets care when they get him? It's not like Rodgers cares about joining the off-season programs at this point. Getting Rodgers now doesn't mean you get a guy eager to be in the building working with his new team.
Deals get done all the time even block busters without all the drama.. it's Aaron's MO
But the drama seems to be in the information being put out. Sure he has his own version and the way he wants to present it (or more accurately, not let others do it), but the process he’s taken in doing it isn’t different than mostly anyone else who needs a trade facilitated. There’s just a whole mess of information exacerbated given the personality involved.
Aaron Rodgers proved during the pandemic that he will lie to serve his own narrative.
He’s lying about a trade not being done? He’s either traded or he isn’t.
What you say is true , but Aaron needed time to think about the future..ok.. why tell the world I'm dropping acid and locking myself in a cave for a week. Like the media isn't going to run with that. Everything he says is either cryptic or vague like " my intention it to play for the jets: meaning that can change tomorrow ,or provided he gets what he wants ,or decides to retire .. but today my intentions are to be a jet.. everything said is provoking and he f***ing knows it.
He’s allowed to do what he’s allowed to do and disclose that. He had already exposed them because they couldn’t even get right when he was going into the darkness.
He has a contract that likely has to be reworked, but yeah they could. But if he doesn’t retire and shows up to camp, then what
It’s what quarterbacks do. It’s a quarterback league. Quarterbacks hold great power for very specific reasons. Brady got Gronk and AB in Tampa. Manning got Emmanuel Sanders and Wes Welker. How often have we seen these legendary quarterbacks struggle when they move because it takes half the season to develop a rapport with their receivers and nail down all the nuances? It’s why you’ve started to see that addressed with young QB’s in the draft. Also why when you get a backup into games, they tend to elevate the reserve receivers they get the most reps with in practice.
Here's a key question, who's more pressured to make a deal? Green Bay because they dont want Rodgers and he wants to leave or the Jets because they basically have to trade for him now with all thats been said publicly, the Lazard move and the lack of QB options left? The trade should be interesting.
I have no problem with him being involved or asking to be involved in personnel decision. As you said, star QBs have that power.
Because the report drops and everyone’s reaction is that he’s demanding these things. Maybe he is. Or more likely, the Jets asked him.
