Joe Douglas seems to think that an Aaron Rodgers trade to the Jets still remains a guarantee — or as close to one as it can be at this point, Andrew Crane of the New York Post reports.
Friday night, at a WFAN event in Jersey City, Boomer Esiason asked Douglas, the Jets’ general manager, about Rodgers: “When’s he coming?”
Douglas’ answer can be viewed as more of a reassurance than a surprise.
“He’s gonna be here,” Douglas replied, with a smile on his face as Esiason and the crowd started celebrating and cheering.
Gregg Giannotti, Esiason’s “Boomer & Gio” co-host, had described the event at White Eagle Hall as an “off-air, on-stage, uncensored version of the show, only for the people in the room. Absolutely not going to be broadcast. We are going to be drinking, we are going to be cursing, we are going to be doing all sorts of crazy things.”
Douglas’ response wasn’t quite like Packers president and CEO Mark Murphy, who gave perhaps the most substantial Rodgers update while on a broadcast of the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association, but the strange setting for the update came close.
When Murphy spoke on March 10, Green Bay appeared ready to move on from Rodgers and insert 2020 first-round pick Jordan Love into its starting quarterback spot.
Murphy said that a scenario with Rodgers back as starting quarterback would happen “if things don’t work out the way that we would want them.”
Less than a week later, Rodgers, during an appearance on “The Pat McAfee Show,” declared his intention to play for the Jets in 2023.
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