PHOENIX – Since the moment 13 days ago, when Aaron Rodgers said his intent is to play for the Jets, a trade from the Packers felt like a complicated formality.
But after Monday at the NFL Owners Meetings, it feels like an inevitability.
There was no viable way for Rodgers to return to the Packers in 2023 after both sides made it clear that they wanted a divorce.
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But on Monday, Packers GM Brian Gutekunst went out of his way to make sure that not only the bridges back to Green bay were burned, but the roads leading up to them were bull dozed, when he told the world exactly how Rodgers’ exit from Green Bay went down.