When Aaron Rodgers was finally traded to the Jets in April, it was the final straw of a turbulent relationship between he and the Packers front office dating back to the 2021 offseason.
During the ’20 campaign, Rodgers earned his third NFL MVP award after leading Green Bay to a 13–3 record and an NFC North title. However, the Packers fell one game shy of earning a spot in the Super Bowl LV after losing to the Buccaneers in the NFC Championship game.
In the ’21 offseason, Rodgers did not shy away from expressing his frustration stemming from Green Bay not including him in the team’s personnel decisions and the drafting of now-starting quarterback Jordan Love. Even more, according to a report from Matt Schneidman of The Athletic, Dave Dunn—Rodgers’s longtime agent—requested that Packers president Mark Murphy either fire Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst or trade Rodgers that same offseason.
