The unavoidable Aaron Rodgers Jets trade is so hard to predict because somehow neither side has leverage

Aaron Rodgers is going to be a New York Jet. The only thing standing in his way is whatever the Jets have to send back to the Green Bay Packers to complete that trade.

But while we’ve seen high-profile veteran quarterbacks get moved before, you can’t turn to deals for Russell Wilson or Matthew Stafford as a model. Those quarterbacks had been quietly put on the trading block and had a wide range of suitors bidding for their services. And neither was about to turn 40 years old with $185 million in salary cap obligations attached to his contract.

There’s a distinct difference with Rodgers. Top Packers executive Mark Murphy publicly stated he no longer considers the 15-year starter his top option…