Whatever the final decision is, at least fans of the Green Bay Packers know it’s almost here. By most accounts, it appears that Aaron Rodgers’ realistic options at this point are to either retire or agree to a trade to the New York Jets.
Considering a report from this morning that the Jets feel that they are “on the brink” of landing Rodgers, that appears to be the likeliest scenario. Still, there remains a possibility that Rodgers may just hang up the cleats, as Ian Rapoport of NFL Network notes.
Rapoport was on TV Thursday morning discussing that as one of Rodgers’ remaining options, which implies that the Jets’ dogged pursuit of him may be more to convince him to come back and play, period, than necessarily trying to convince him to leave the Packers:
From @NFLTotalAccess: The #Jets are regrouping after a successful meeting with Aaron Rodgers, though they — like all of us — await word on what he’ll choose to do.