Aaron Rodgers will break his silence on Wednesday

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Packers (for now) quarterback Aaron Rodgers hasn’t said much lately. He’ll say plenty on Wednesday.

Tomorrow, Rodgers will appear on Pat McAfee’s show at 1:00 p.m. ET.

Rodgers will undoubtedly be asked about his plans, given that the segment begins three hours before the start of the league year.

Here’s what we currently know. Sources connected to Rodgers (and, yes, Aaron, they talk) believe it’s a matter of when not if he becomes a Jet. The situation currently comes down to whether the Packers and Jets can finalize a deal. The belief is that they eventually will.

It’s asinine, frankly, that the Packers allowed the Jets to talk to Rodgers without having a firm commitment as to what they’d surrender. Even if parameters were discussed (and it would be malpractice if they weren’t), they apparently didn’t go far enough.

So how much of that will Rodgers delve into? Will he pressure the Packers to blink? Will McAfee play the Mark Murphy comments from last week and invite Rodgers to respond?

It will be very interesting to see what he says, what he doesn’t say, what he’s asked, what he isn’t asked, and whether he addresses the reality that he will in time be working for a team owned by a family that got their money directly from Big Pharma.

135 responses to “Aaron Rodgers will break his silence on Wednesday

  1. Mcafee is the king right now.

    This feels planned. Rodgers in studio I don’t think that’s ever happened on Pats show.

    Very interesting

  2. If it wasnt for Cleveland, the Jets would be the biggest laughing stock in the NFL.

  3. I definitely will not be tuning in, but I’m sure you’ll have plenty to say about it here.

  4. He’s taking his talents to south beach…..oh wait that was another drama enjoying athlete

  5. As much as Florio likes to push the Johnson & Johnson angle, Woody Johnson’s only employment with Johnson & Johnson was a summer job 50 years ago. It’s a publicly held company. Woody likely inherited a lot of shares in the company, but he isn’t involved running the company at all.

  6. Not a political post, but wouldn’t it be awesome if Trump got indicted the same day and sucked up all of the attention he wants so badly?

  7. The bottom line is, you and no one else in the media really know anything. The deal could have been done days ago…or not. All the talk is just that. Find out tomorrow.

  8. I will be outside of Woody’s house tomorrow looking at his chimney for white smoke.

  9. louisoliver25 says:
    March 14, 2023 at 8:17 pm
    If it wasn’t for Cleveland, the Jets would be the biggest laughing stock in the NFL.
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    Green Bay doesn’t look great in this either. They are bluffing because Rodgers holds all of their cards.

  10. I really don’t care, and as a Dolphins fan, I am not even worried about him being in the division.

  11. He’s a complicated fella, no doubt. But this delay is probably more on the Jets and Packers. Jets needing to take steps to meet Rodgers terms, and the Packers needing to accept the Jets terms of a trade (or negotiate details thereof).

  12. “As far as my decision on playing next year, I guess We’ll see…but I didn’t come here to talk about that, let’s talk about the symbolic meaning of the grapes of wrath and how it relates to the possible existence of lizard people, now if you would all get out your journals and bare with me as I go over some slide shows…”

  13. If GB gets a haul, the Packers win. If Aaron is traded for a half a pack of smokes and a 7 Oz can of Pabst we all win just to hear him try to justify his low value.

  14. Why was it . . . for the Packers to let Rogers talk to the Jets without a trade deal?

    Time helps the Packers. NY is now invested. Other options have evaporated and the Jets keep jumping at Roger’s wish list.

  15. Does the value of my autographed jersey of Karen Rodgers go up once he is traded?

  16. After all this time; people actually think Rodgers will make a decision at the times he says he will? He was supposed to make a decision after pulling his head out of … er … I mean after finishing his darkness retreat. My money is on Rodgers saying nothing more than the likes of “I’m close to deciding, but I need more time to consult with my OUIJA board. Which I’ll get to right after I finish my peyote spirit walk.”

  17. He spends an awful lot of time searching for life’s answers in dark places, and even more time on Pat’s podcast, but not very much time working on his body, or his game. Enjoy the overrated diva New York he’s all yours!!

  18. I think someone just gave McAFee’s podcast a nice free commercial. His rating will be huge for tomorrow.

  19. For a guy that more times than not, fail to show up in the most important games, he sure gets a lot of attention.

  20. This has all been meticulously planned out by the puppet master. McAfee gives Aaron the soapbox and attention he craves and will allow him full control to announce his plans to the entire world immediately before the official start of free agency. By this time the Jets will have acquired all those players on Rodger’s wish list and this spectacle will be over until next year. Does anybody think the Jets are actively pursuing Lazard, Cobb, and Lewis based on their talent alone?

  21. Jets get Rodgers…and his merry band of demands….and if no superbowl win….none of them get paid…. would be the only way id do the deal at this point

  22. Pretty clear he or the Jets were delaying the deal to maximize their leverage to sign some older, end of their prime Packers that Rodgers couldn’t win with last year. Brilliant!

  23. It’s gonna be Rodger’s “Imma take my talents to South Beach” moment(even through the Jets are the only suitor).

  24. Woody got his dough from big pharma? Of course he did. Was it just left to him or did he actually have to do something that resembles work along the way?

  25. The Packers are staying true to their word of allowing Rodgers to make this decision on his schedule.

  26. Mcafee, Rodgers, and Hawk look like they need a Jerry Lewis telethon. The 3 stooges.

  27. I could care less. The sporting media has been keeping this story in the news for so long, by making up all these different scenarios, etc. I would bet that Rodger’s is just doing what he is doing because he likes to pull the chains on all of media types. Anyway, can’t wait for this to be over one way or another.

  28. He’s going to announce his retirement and thank the jets for giving big money contracts to his boys

  29. welldunn says:
    March 14, 2023 at 8:13 pm
    Frankly Scarlet….

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    LOL! Great post, welldunn. I’m still laughing. You summed it up perfectly. Bravo!

  30. ” And that’s not all Arron, you also win a free life time supply of synthetic Mushrooms!!”

  31. I wonder if Vegas has odds on who will be the next “Queen of Drama” once Rodgers is gone.

  32. Jet’s should be careful what they wish for. He’s already running the team 🤦🏽‍♂️.

  33. Drama queen is waiting for the finishing touches on his tiara.

  34. Rodgers makes the Jets instant contenders. Rodgers is getting his cash regardless. Rodgers is getting out of Green Bay and instantly making the Packers non-contenders. Rodgers picks and chooses the media he engages.

    Rodgers does what Rodgers wants and deservingly so. He is one of the best QB’s to ever play the game. I’m a Lions fan who hates Rodgers. One of the select few I hoped each game would leave with injury (not proud of that) My hate for him does not blind me of respecting his game though…Like most

  35. The Only way this Drama can be justified is if they are waiting for the new league yr.
    In order to accelrate the Option bonus for 2025.
    which GB would have to eat a whole lot of cash without a restructure.
    then that would give them ammunition to get a boat load of picks.
    Then the jets would avoid Cap Hell for the couple of yrs.

  36. I’ll be the first to admit that I don’t understand all the arcane rules and detailed contractual stipulations that underpin the Rodger’s scenario, but can’t the Jets pull the plug at any moment?

    That is, if the Jets have even formally presented an actual offer to Rodgers & the Packers?

    Is there ANY actual evidence that a formal official offer has been tendered, from the Jets to GB?

    Is it within the Packers’ ambit to hold Rodgers’ feet to the fire on a decision timeline?

    Various common simple customary somewhat-frequently-ocurring business and/or legal transactions (buying a car, buying a house, mortgages, divorces, employment, etc) often involve contracts that articulate & set forth time-lines, terms, benchmarks, deadlines, etc….. presumably to ensure clarity & eliminate confusion, so that all concerned parties remain in alignment on the path towards equitably achieving their (hoped for) objectives.

    Again, I’m no expert, but if the Jets are the only team which GB granted permission (to discuss a trade about/with Rodgers), doesn’t it stand to reason that the Packers communicated, in advance, at least a general idea of what the acceptable terms of a contemplated transaction would look like?

    Anyone ?

    Anyone ?

    Bueller ?

    Bueller ?

    Anyone ?

    Fully aware that the monstrous media machine lives (and loves) to engorge itself on these kinda situations, but the speculative frenzy is absurdly hyperbolic, and as far as I’m aware, has not moved the needle even slightly on actual verifiable facts. No evidence, nothing carved-in-stone, nada, zip, zilch, nuthin.

    Nothing, that is, save for an enormous amount of bloviating and hot-air hogwash. There are a few reliable trustworthy sources & outlets, but mostly just a bunch of “look-at-me-first” chest-thumpimg dimwits, with a grand sum total of zero evidence to report.

    Possible that Trey Wingo jumped the gun? Or is just fabricating stories for entertainment value and Twitter clicks?

    Howz about all you sports media geniuses & swami prognosticators get back to us when you have some actual relevant news; until then, please just shut yer pie holes 👍 🤣

  37. In a related story, Rodgers plans to conduct all of his post-game interviews during the 2023 season on the Tuesday following each game.

  38. So Rodgers complained GB didn’t give him any weapons yet wants his new team to have the same players as his old team.

  39. Aaron hasn’t been the same since Anthony Barr ate Rodgers’ collar bone for lunch.

  40. I don’t necessarily agree with this article I believe the Packer organization has already told the jets what their firm asking price is. I think it’s up to the jets and Rodgers to sort the rest out now.

  41. Set aside the fact that one’s a defensive minded coach and the other is an offensive minded coach; Robert Saleh and Matt Lafleur are the same coach.. Meaning, it’s Deja vu for Aaron if he goes to the Jets. Don’t do it Aaron!

  42. Just think, in 2 years we won’t have to hear about this guy again…unless he hosts Jeopardy, which I thought he was pretty good at.

  43. spikeit2times says:
    March 14, 2023 at 8:59 pm
    Aaron hasn’t been the same since Anthony Barr ate Rodgers’ collar bone for lunch.

    You are right – he only won two MVPs since that time.

  44. Flike Morio says:
    March 14, 2023 at 8:54 pm
    I’ll be the first to admit that I don’t understand all the arcane rules and detailed contractual stipulations that underpin the Rodger’s scenario, but can’t the Jets pull the plug at any moment?

    That is, if the Jets have even formally presented an actual offer to Rodgers & the Packers?

    Is there ANY actual evidence that a formal official offer has been tendered, from the Jets to GB?

    Is it within the Packers’ ambit to hold Rodgers’ feet to the fire on a decision timeline?

    Various common simple customary somewhat-frequently-ocurring business and/or legal transactions (buying a car, buying a house, mortgages, divorces, employment, etc) often involve contracts that articulate & set forth time-lines, terms, benchmarks, deadlines, etc….. presumably to ensure clarity & eliminate confusion, so that all concerned parties remain in alignment on the path towards equitably achieving their (hoped for) objectives.

    Again, I’m no expert, but if the Jets are the only team which GB granted permission (to discuss a trade about/with Rodgers), doesn’t it stand to reason that the Packers communicated, in advance, at least a general idea of what the acceptable terms of a contemplated transaction would look like?

    Anyone ?

    Anyone ?

    Bueller ?

    Bueller ?

    Anyone ?

    Fully aware that the monstrous media machine lives (and loves) to engorge itself on these kinda situations, but the speculative frenzy is absurdly hyperbolic, and as far as I’m aware, has not moved the needle even slightly on actual verifiable facts. No evidence, nothing carved-in-stone, nada, zip, zilch, nuthin.

    Nothing, that is, save for an enormous amount of bloviating and hot-air hogwash. There are a few reliable trustworthy sources & outlets, but mostly just a bunch of “look-at-me-first” chest-thumpimg dimwits, with a grand sum total of zero evidence to report.

    Possible that Trey Wingo jumped the gun? Or is just fabricating stories for entertainment value and Twitter clicks?

    Howz about all you sports media geniuses & swami prognosticators get back to us when you have some actual relevant news; until then, please just shut yer pie holes 👍 🤣

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    The best post I’ve ever read on this site. Period.

  45. Rodgers sure lives rent free in a lot of peoples heads. So what if it takes him until tomorrow or whenever to make his decision. What difference does it make to you except to give you something to grumble about?

  46. Calling my shot. Aaron will appear on Pats show wearing a Joe Namath jersey.

  47. Honestly our society has gone right down the crapper encourgaing this behavior by covering it.

    And, Rodgers isn’t the only oligarch who craves attention either. He’s learned well from another #12 very recently.

    Nauseating.

  48. He will also reveal that he wants Jordy Nelson and Greg Jennings to sign with the Jets!

  49. Aaron will still be with the Packers! The Jet’s will still be scratching their heads!

  50. If this wasn’t so pathetic,it would be comical,the way the Jets are falling all over themselves trying to fulfill the wishlist of Rodgers. Why would they want this headache? He hasn’t even announced his decision,yet he’s got the Jets turned inside out. Notice that no other team showed any intetest in him. Wonder why?

  51. I predict that by the end of the show, we’ll know nothing more then that we do know now. Because he is waiting for the Packers to announce a deal, because he doesn’t want the narrative to be that it was he who left Green Bay, but Green Bay who gave up on him.

  52. With the Jets signing Allen Lazard to a 44 mil deal it would be a shame if he didn’t accept the trade. I have no idea if the Jets would have signed him otherwise. But maybe Rodgers just wanted his buddy to get a new contract somewhere. The odds of him wanting to go back to GB now that Lazard is gone are going to be pretty darn low. I could see him retiring and then laughing about how he got contracts for his buddies, but in the end, with 60 mil on the table, he’s going to hold his nose (literally) and go play in the Meadowlands. It’s just a matter of the compensation. It is shocking to think the Jets have gone as far as they have, holding a franchise staff meeting in Cali, then signing Lazard to a 44 mil deal, and they never had a deal in place with the Packers. Mind numbing really. If the Jets change course, what is GB gonna do? Either Love or Rodgers sits, unhappily I might add, and the Packers eat the 60 mil. Then there is the season long drama between Rodgers, the fans, and the media. Even if he goes to the Jets, the players, staff, and fans have to already be tired of this and if things don’t go smoothly, they may turn on him quickly. It seems like all three parties have been running their own versions of a clown show.

    BB is still out there…..lurking…..ready to add more salt to the festering wound that is the Belichick/Jets feud. He has the cap space, and he has the draft capital, and he could literally step in and crush the Jets hopes if he wants, and Kraft agrees. It’s the 11th hour though…..

    More will be revealed.

  53. Brett Favre didn’t need to eat mushrooms and sit in a dark room for days in order to make obvious decisions about his life. And he went to the Jets.

    Just sayin’.

  54. He’s retiring, he told Pat he’d be in studio and he would be the first to know his retirement.

  55. After smirking while saying that the Jets and Packers could break things off and therefore he’s not (Makes air quote marks) “holding them hostage, he will announce that he wants McAfee and Hawk signed to the team also.

  56. GB is so stuck at this point to get rid of him the Jets could probably get him for a 7th rounder only.

  57. lionsnati0n says:
    March 14, 2023 at 8:31 pm
    It’s not asinine, the Packers want him gone.

    EXACTLY! The Pack will consider it a major victory if all they get in trade is a used piece of gum. There will be a huge celebration in the Packer offices once the trade is official. Nice job Aaron.

  58. I firmly believe that Rogers loves the drama that he thinks his indecision generates. He likes that this is “All About Him”.
    I also believe that this perfectly demonstrates just how little of a team player Rogers truly is.

  59. nathanp2013 says:
    March 14, 2023 at 8:23 pm
    Green Bay doesn’t look great in this either. They are bluffing because Rodgers holds all of their cards.

    If Rodgers held all the cards he’d be in Green Bay preparing to once again do nothing this off-season, just like last year. The Packers finally drew a line in the sand and Rodgers is now busy saving face.

  60. louisoliver25 says:
    March 14, 2023 at 8:17 pm
    If it wasnt for Cleveland, the Jets would be the biggest laughing stock in the NFL.

    Danny Snyder says “hold my beer”…

  61. I’d hate to be standing behind Rodgers at a McDonalds as he makes up his mind what to get to eat.

  62. If I were running the Packers, I’d tell him he’s not getting traded. Instead, he’s going to be the highest backup QB of all time.

  63. It’s nice to see so many people take time out of their day to go on PFT to tell us how much they don’t care. Such a collection of original genius is rarely seen on the internet.

  64. Gold Blooded says:
    March 14, 2023 at 8:36 pm
    Just go away already, Erin.

    You’ve been washed for a while…
    _________________

    Two MVPs in the past three seasons.

  65. Go away just retire we had more then enough of your endless drama take your 60m and go away the Packers don’t want you and i’m betting the Jets are rethinking the trade better to drop out while the dropping out can still safely be done Zach Wilson option is looking better and better.

  66. bozobiden says:
    March 14, 2023 at 8:31 pm
    He spends an awful lot of time searching for life’s answers in dark places, and even more time on Pat’s podcast, but not very much time working on his body, or his game. Enjoy the overrated diva New York he’s all yours!!
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    AR’s game is just fine. He’s worked on it his entire life. That work and his ability has resulted in the best QB rating in NFL history.

  67. If I were Garret Wilson and Elijah Moore I’d be insulted by that divas demands for all those wr’s
    he sure put them low on the pecking order. One is ok but not top 30 WR the other should be entering in his 3rd year of retirement talk about over the hill and the 3rd is a diva to rival him talk about drama it would be every day non stop. Lastly you got a great guy a great blocking TE who also should be retired he’s as old as dirt . Paying Aarons overrated gang tens of millions of dollars is no way to build a team call his bluff tell them after Lazzard none are worthy of signing he’ll poupt for a few days so what get use to it.

  68. Guess this weird behavior is normal for the immunized folk versus vaccinated. Wonder how often he’s beamed up to the mothership.

  69. So Rodgers complained GB didn’t give him any weapons yet wants his new team to have the same players as his old team.

    He says a lot of things, and does quite a lot, that make no sense whatsoever.

  70. hailtothe says:
    March 14, 2023 at 8:19 pm
    As much as Florio likes to push the Johnson & Johnson angle, Woody Johnson’s only employment with Johnson & Johnson was a summer job 50 years ago. It’s a publicly held company. Woody likely inherited a lot of shares in the company, but he isn’t involved running the company at all.
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    Florio did not say that Woody Johnson ever ran the company. He wrote:

    “he will in time be working for a team owned by a family that got their money directly from Big Pharma.”

    As you state in your post, Woody Johnson got his money “directly from Big Pharma.” And since Woody Johnson likely still owns plenty of J & J stock, he still makes money directly from Big Pharma. Johnson is the billionaire heir to the Johnson & Johnson fortune. His net worth was estimated at $5.7 billion in March 2022.

  71. “”It’s asinine, frankly, that the Packers allowed the Jets to talk to Rodgers without having a firm commitment as to what they’d surrender. Even if parameters were discussed (and it would be malpractice if they weren’t), they apparently didn’t go far enough.”

    Hmmm. Did anyone think to consider that the Packers and Jets had a deal settled but now the Jets might be trying to change the deal with the Packers?

  72. Aaron is making 110M guaranteed for 2 years. He has an entourage of players he wants coming with him. GreenBay apparently wants a haul for Aaron, even though this may be his last 2 years in the NFL.

    It seems silly that the Jets would do all this for Rodgers, when Lamar Jackson is out there.

  73. i would love for them to ask him why, if his supporting cast in green bay was so terrible, is he asking the jets to sign half the team

  74. We’ll soon learn if there’s anything to the rumor that he’s decided to sign with the Yankees as an observer.

  75. packers76 says:
    March 15, 2023 at 6:55 am
    If I were Garret Wilson and Elijah Moore I’d be insulted by that divas demands for all those wr’s
    he sure put them low on the pecking order.
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    Wilson and Moore getting paid the same regardless of how many of AR’s alleged demands are met. Why in the world would they be insulted?

  76. packers76 says:
    March 15, 2023 at 7:08 am
    Interesting how his gang of 4 are not high on any sane GM’s list .
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    Why do you care if the Jets sign any of AR’s alleged “gang”. That’s the Jets business,not anyone else’s.

  77. packers76 says:
    March 15, 2023 at 6:45 am
    Go away just retire we had more then enough of your endless drama take your 60m and go away the Packers don’t want you and i’m betting the Jets are rethinking the trade better to drop out while the dropping out can still safely be done Zach Wilson option is looking better and better.
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    Absolutely no one associated with the Packers has said that the organization does not want AR back. Not Murphy, regardless of how some have interpreted his recent interview. Not Gute, and certainly not Coach LaFleur.

  78. 66ray66 says:
    March 15, 2023 at 8:18 am
    “”It’s asinine, frankly, that the Packers allowed the Jets to talk to Rodgers without having a firm commitment as to what they’d surrender. Even if parameters were discussed (and it would be malpractice if they weren’t), they apparently didn’t go far enough.”

    Hmmm. Did anyone think to consider that the Packers and Jets had a deal settled but now the Jets might be trying to change the deal with the Packers?
    ——
    Your right it is 1 possibility but its also just as likely the Packers could be trying to change the deal.

  79. wasthatwrong says:
    March 15, 2023 at 9:07 am
    i would love for them to ask him why, if his supporting cast in green bay was so terrible, is he asking the jets to sign half the team.
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    If they were playing the same role on both teams I’d agree but their not. Lazard was his wr1 last yr in gb but is the 2nd or 3rd option with the Jets, Lewis was his te2 now ends up 3rd or 4th, Cobb is a 3rd down player who likely won’t get the same target share later in the yr when Rodgers has built a rapport with the newer receivers.

  80. BB is still out there…..lurking…..ready to add more salt to the festering wound that is the Belichick/Jets feud. He has the cap space, and he has the draft capital, and he could literally step in and crush the Jets hopes if he wants, and Kraft agrees. It’s the 11th hour though…
    ============

    I would LOVE to see that.

    There isn’t enough crow to go around for all the Brady slurping Rodgers bashers.

  81. I hear there will be a press conference on Wednesday, in which they will announce a press conference, where they hold a press conference, to tell us there’s going to be a press conference, and that press conference will give us all the details about next week’s press conference, including the time & date, & whether or not the groundhog saw his shadow.

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