These are uneasy times for New York Jets fans.
The anxieties of the fan base have been rising with each day the team’s quarterback situation remains unresolved.
Now, Derek Carr is no longer an option, leaving one possible answer on the table: the eccentric and unpredictable Aaron Rodgers.
As long as Carr was on the market, the Jets appeared to have leverage over the Packers in a possible Rodgers trade. After all, if Green Bay tried to hold them over a barrel, they could just pivot to Carr.
However, it appears that the Jets and Carr were mutually using each other: New York to try to pressure Rodgers into making a decision, and Carr to extract every last dollar from the Saints, the team that was reportedly his preference from the get-go.