With Jets Trade, Aaron Rodgers Gets His Ask: A Team Desperate for Him

Aaron Rodgers departed Green Bay after 18 seasons as a Packer amid growing tension with the team’s management.Credit...Benny Sieu/USA Today Sports, via ReutersThe Green Bay Packers traded quarterback Aaron Rodgers to the Jets on Monday, ending a three-year power struggle between the Packers and one of pro football’s greatest passers.

After a relatively lengthy negotiation process, the Jets agreed to trade the No. 13 overall pick in this year’s draft, as well as two later-round picks and a conditional second-round pick in the 2024 N.F.L. draft, in exchange for Rodgers, the No. 15 pick and a later-round pick. The trade, which was confirmed by a person with knowledge of the terms who was not…