It doesn’t happen often, but it’s not unheard of to watch a legendary quarterback spend a decade-plus with one team before departing to spend the twilight of his career somewhere else. Tom Brady, Peyton Manning and Joe Montana all retired wearing jerseys foreign to the fans who saw them through glorious highs in their 20s and early 30s.
Aaron Rodgers is primed to join them. A trade from the Green Bay Packers to the New York Jets has hung in the air over the 2023 NFL offseason like runoff from a rendering plant, tainting headlines and keeping the attention-heavy quarterback in the spotlight even when he’s not doing anything.
