GMs for Packers, Jets focus on standing of Rodgers commerce talks

[ad_1]

PHOENIX — Inexperienced Bay Packers common supervisor Brian Gutekunst stated he’s not requiring a first-round decide in a possible commerce sending four-time MVP quarterback Aaron Rodgers to the New York Jets however added he’d need “truthful worth.”

Gutekunst was requested Monday on the NFL annual assembly if there was any means during which he might really feel snug buying and selling Rodgers with out getting a first-round decide in return.

“Yeah, I feel that’s not a necessity,” Gutekunst advised reporters. “However on the similar time, the worth of the participant – he’s a premier participant, so getting premier picks again for (premier) gamers is necessary.”

Gutekunst and Jets common supervisor Joe Douglas each mentioned commerce talks involving the 39-year-old Rodgers, who stated March 15 throughout an look on “The Pat McAfee Present” on SiriusXM and YouTube that he intends to play for the Jets in 2023.

var adServerUrl = “”;
var $el = $( “#video_container-237732” );
var permalink = $el.closest(‘.snet-single-article’).information(‘permalink’);

/*
if ( “1” == true && ‘undefined’ !== typeof window.getIndexAds ) {
var so = {preroll:{1:{1:{siteID:191888},2:{siteID:191889}}}};
adServerUrl = window.getIndexAds( ‘http://pubads.g.doubleclick.internet/gampad/adverts?sz=640×360&cust_params=domainpercent3Dsportsnet.ca&iu=%2F7326percent2Fen.sportsnet.netpercent2FVideo&ciu_szs=300×250&impl=s&gdfp_req=1&env=vp&output=huge&unviewed_position_start=1&ad_rule=1&vid=6322624019112&cmsid=384’, so, permalink);
} else {
adServerUrl = “http://pubads.g.doubleclick.internet/gampad/adverts?sz=640×360&cust_params=domainpercent3Dsportsnet.ca&iu=%2F7326percent2Fen.sportsnet.netpercent2FVideo&ciu_szs=300×250&impl=s&gdfp_req=1&env=vp&output=huge&unviewed_position_start=1&ad_rule=1&vid=6322624019112&cmsid=384”;
}
*/
adServerUrl = “http://pubads.g.doubleclick.internet/gampad/adverts?sz=640×360&cust_params=domainpercent3Dsportsnet.ca&iu=%2F7326percent2Fen.sportsnet.netpercent2FVideo&ciu_szs=300×250&impl=s&gdfp_req=1&env=vp&output=huge&unviewed_position_start=1&ad_rule=1&vid=6322624019112&cmsid=384”;
var adServerUrl_result = adServerUrl.consists of(“cust_params”);
var queryString=”;
if(adServerUrl_result){
var gettheDUFI = localStorage.getItem(“theRED_loc”)

if(gettheDUFI){
queryString += “dufiid=” + gettheDUFI + ‘&’;
queryString += “ppid=” + gettheDUFI + ‘&’;
var ppid = “ppid=” + gettheDUFI + ‘&’;
}

var DUFI_IP = sessionStorage.getItem(“DUFI_IP”)

if(DUFI_IP){
queryString += “dufiip=” + DUFI_IP + ‘&’;
}

adServerUrl = adServerUrl.exchange(/cust_params=/, ppid + ‘cust_params=” + encodeURIComponent(queryString) );
}

$el.after( unescape(“%3Cscript src=”” + (doc.location.protocol == “https:” ? “https://sb” : “http://b”) + “.scorecardresearch.com/beacon.js” %3Epercent3C/scriptpercent3E”) );

$( doc ).one( “prepared’, perform() {
$( “#video_container-237732” ).SNPlayer( {
bc_account_id: “1704050871”,
bc_player_id: “JCdte3tMv”,
//autoplay: true,
//is_has_autoplay_switch: false,
bc_videos: 6322624019112,
is_has_continuous_play: “false”,
adserverurl: adServerUrl,
part: “”,
thumbnail: “https://www.sportsnet.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/6322624019112-1024×576.jpg”,
direct_url: “https://www.sportsnet.ca/nfl/video/rodgers-declares-intention-to-play-for-jets-i-would-like-to-play-in-new-york/”
});
});

var adServerUrl = “”;
var $el = $( “#video_container-211379” );
var permalink = $el.closest(‘.snet-single-article’).information(‘permalink’);

if(gettheDUFI){
queryString += “dufiid=” + gettheDUFI + ‘&’;
queryString += “ppid=” + gettheDUFI + ‘&’;
var ppid = “ppid=” + gettheDUFI + ‘&’;
}

var DUFI_IP = sessionStorage.getItem(“DUFI_IP”)

if(DUFI_IP){
queryString += “dufiip=” + DUFI_IP + ‘&’;
}

adServerUrl = adServerUrl.exchange(/cust_params=/, ppid + ‘cust_params=” + encodeURIComponent(queryString) );
}

$el.after( unescape(“%3Cscript src=”” + (doc.location.protocol == “https:” ? “https://sb” : “http://b”) + “.scorecardresearch.com/beacon.js” %3Epercent3C/scriptpercent3E”) );

$( doc ).one( “prepared’, perform() {
$( “#video_container-211379” ).SNPlayer( {
bc_account_id: “1704050871”,
bc_player_id: “JCdte3tMv”,
//autoplay: false,
//is_has_autoplay_switch: false,
bc_videos: 6322624019112,
is_has_continuous_play: “false”,
adserverurl: adServerUrl,
part: “”,
thumbnail: “https://www.sportsnet.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/6322624019112-1024×576.jpg”,
direct_url: “https://www.sportsnet.ca/nfl/video/rodgers-declares-intention-to-play-for-jets-i-would-like-to-play-in-new-york/”
});
});

.acf-block-preview .br-video-thumbnail::earlier than {
content material: “”;
place: absolute;
prime: 45%;
left: 50%;
rework: translate3d(-50%, -50%, 0);
-moz-transform: translate3d(-50%, -50%, 0);
-ms-transform: translate3d(-50%, -50%, 0);
-o-transform: translate3d(-50%, -50%, 0);
-webkit-transform: translate3d(-50%, -50%, 0);
width: 20px;
top: 0px;
border-top: 14px stable clear;
border-left: 22px stable #fff;
border-bottom: 14px stable clear;
margin-left: 3px;
}

Rodgers stays below contract with Inexperienced Bay however stated he wished the Packers to “do the proper factor.”

“There’s been some productive conversations. Clearly, we’re not the place we have to be but. However really feel like we’re in a very good place.” Douglas stated, including he’s “very optimistic.”

Gutekunst stated that “hopefully, we are able to come to an settlement before later” however indicated he might afford to attend till Could or June to make a commerce if needed.

“Yeah, I feel so,” Gutekunst stated. “Once more, there’s not a lot occurring proper now. So, once more, I feel it has to work for each events and I feel we’re each dedicated to figuring that out. It’s actually form of of their court docket proper now. We’ll form of see the place it goes.”

Gutekunst additionally stated he tried unsuccessfully to talk with Rodgers on a number of events this offseason earlier than the quarterback’s representatives advised him the four-time MVP was requesting a commerce.

Rodgers and Gutekunst met shortly after Inexperienced Bay’s season ended with a 20-16 loss to the Detroit Lions that snapped the Packers’ string of three straight playoff appearances. Gutekunst stated they’d deliberate to have follow-up conversations.

“These by no means transpired,” Gutekunst stated. “So there got here a time the place we needed to make some selections so we went by his representatives to attempt to discuss to him (about) the place we have been going with our workforce. And at that time, they knowledgeable us that he wish to be traded to the Jets.”

That account conflicts with what Rodgers stated throughout his look on “The Pat McAfee Present.”

Rodgers stated he wished the Packers had advised him early within the offseason that they meant to maneuver on from him within the 2023 season. Rodgers stated as an alternative that after getting back from his isolation retreat final month, he “heard from a number of those that I belief across the league — gamers principally — that there was some procuring occurring, that they have been inquisitive about truly shifting me.”

“The Packers wish to transfer on,” Rodgers stated. “They’ve let me know that in so many phrases. They’ve let different individuals know that in direct phrases.”

Gutekunst stated he wished to have extra discussions with Rodgers earlier within the offseason to debate how the veteran quarterback might match within the Packers’ future plans.

“(With) our incapability to achieve him or for him to reply in any means, I feel at that time, I needed to do my job and form of attain out and, understanding {that a} commerce could possibly be potential and see who was ,” Gutekunst stated.

A commerce of Rodgers would clear the best way for 2020 first-round decide Jordan Love to take over as Inexperienced Bay’s beginning quarterback.

Gutekunst was requested if there’s any situation during which Rodgers begins one other sport for the Packers.

“I feel proper now all choices are on the desk,” Gutekunst stated. “It’s not trending that means, and we’re very hopeful we are able to facilitate this (commerce) and get this completed. However he’s come again below sure circumstances earlier than the place possibly he wasn’t the happiest with every part that was occurring and performed very nicely. So we’ll simply form of see how all of this transpires.

“I feel it’s trending hopefully in the proper course for what all people needs, and we are able to conclude this hopefully.”