Aaron Rodgers is said to have ignored Green Bay Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst before being traded to the New York Jets.
After several months of speculation, Rodgers was traded to the Jets just days before the start of the 2023 NFL Draft in April. In doing so it ended his 18-year association with the Packers, who drafted him back in 2005.
Negotiations took several weeks to iron out before an agreement over a trade for Rodgers was agreed with the Packers eventually receiving several draft picks, including a conditional second round pick in 2024, which would be turned into a first-round pick should Rodgers take part in at least 65 percent of the Jets’ offensive snaps in the 2023 NFL season.