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Aaron Rodgers' past crippled for Green Bay was their location decision by the Detroit Lions successful January, which denied them a spot successful the play-offsAaron Rodgers - the NFL's four-time Most Valuable Player - volition articulation the New York Jets aft they agreed a commercialized woody with the Green Bay Packers.
The backmost said successful March that helium intended to extremity his 18-year spell with the Packers and join the Jets.
Rodgers, 39, had spent his full NFL vocation with Green Bay, helping them triumph the Super Bowl successful 2011.
"I cognize this, helium volition ever beryllium a Packer," said the team's wide manager Brian Gutekunst.
"I person truthful overmuch respect for Aaron and the idiosyncratic helium is. He has done truthful overmuch for this organisation."
As good arsenic Rodgers, Green Bay volition beryllium giving the Jets a fifth-round prime successful this year's NFL draft, which begins connected Thursday.
The teams person besides agreed to swap places successful the archetypal circular of the draft, with Packers present having the 13th wide prime and the Jets 15th.
In addition, the Jets volition springiness the Packers their picks successful the 2nd and sixth rounds, positive a second-round prime successful the 2024 draught that could go a first-round prime if Rodgers plays 65% of the Jets' plays this coming season.
"He'll beryllium missed," added Gutekunst. "Players similar that don't travel astir precise often. He'll beryllium 1 of the champion who has ever done it astir here.
"But we are precise excited astir wherever we are going. This has each got to get finalised to get done. But we person a large appreciation for him."
Gutekunst said that the contracts indispensable beryllium signed connected Tuesday.
"We've been moving connected this for a while," helium said. "To get beyond the draught would person been pugnacious for some teams."
More to follow.
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