Jets head coach Robert Saleh is loving Gang Inexperienced’s progress — particularly with their possibilities of getting Aaron Rodgers.
Saleh reminisced with NFL Community’s Judy Battista on Sunday concerning the Jets’ evolution because the head coach arrived in New York in 2021.
“Two years in the past once we first acquired there, simply excited about the place we had been and the way far we’ve come, to have a man like him need to play for us is fairly cool and reveals how far we’ve come,” Saleh stated.
The Jets emerged as having among the finest defenses within the league final season however couldn’t discover the precise quarterback to guide their offense, which led to their 7-10 document.
Alternative has arisen, nonetheless, with Rodgers on the commerce market.
Gang Inexperienced has been attempting to formally land the disgruntled 39-year-old quarterback whereas being caught in commerce limbo because the begin of free company.
The negotiations have seemingly stalled since Jets brass is uncertain whether or not it needs to incorporate subsequent month’s No. 13-overall choose for a Rodgers rental that will solely final a yr or two.
A commerce could even embody a much bigger package deal for the four-time MVP, together with a number of draft picks — a package deal that’s just like what the Broncos acquired of their blockbuster commerce for quarterback Russell Wilson final offseason.
Rodgers even stated on “The Pat McAfee Present” earlier this month that he “intends” to play for the Jets, however commerce compensation is the one factor stopping him from touchdown in New York.
“I haven’t been holding something up. At this level, it’s been compensation that the Packers try to get for me, form of digging their heels in. It’s fascinating at this level to step again and try the entire image,” Rodgers stated.
Gang Inexperienced has enticed Rodgers by following the quarterback’s “want listing” via signing his greatest weapon on the Packers final season — Allen Lazard.
Jets’ proprietor Woody Johnson and Saleh even visited the quarterback in Malibu, Calif. in an effort to woo him.
Regardless of his age, Rodgers stated he nonetheless has extra fuel left within the tank.
“I nonetheless have that fireside and I need to play and I wish to play in New York, it’s only a matter of getting that achieved at this level,” he stated.
