The Packers are officially closing the book on the Aaron Rodgers era after 18 years.Green Bay traded Rodgers to the Jets on Monday along with first- and fifth-round picks in the 2023 NFL Draft. In return, the Packers will receive three 2023 draft picks, including a first-rounder, and a conditional 2024 pick that could become a first-rounder.Rodgers was a 15-year Josh Reddick Jersey starter for the Packers and famously took over for Brett Favre during the 2008 season. That launched a terrific career for Rodgers, who would go on to win four MVP awards and a Super Bowl as the Packers' starting quarterback.Rodgers posted a regular-season record of 147-75-1 in Green Bay. He has the second-most wins and pa sing yards (59,055) in franchise history behind only Favre; he did, however, pa s Favre as the franchise's pa sing touchdowns leader during the 2021 season.So, the Packers are pivoting away from an era of succe s and venturing into the unknown by trading Rodgers. Why exactly are they doing it? Below are the details of the Rodgers trade and what prompted them to send him to the Jets.MORE: Jets receive:QB Aaron Rodgers2023 first-round pick (No. 15 overall)2023 fifth-round pick (No. 170 overall)Packers receive:2023 first-round pick (No. 13)2023 second-round pick (No. 42)2023 sixth-round pick (No. 207)2024 conditional second-round pick (becomes a first Carlos Beltran Jersey if Rodgers plays 65 percent of snaps)GRADES:The Packers traded Rodgers to the Jets largely because they want to move their franchise in a different direction.Green Bay spent a first-round pick in the 2020 NFL Draft on Jordan Love. He has now had three years to develop behind Rodgers, and the team is high on his potential."We're excited about him," at the 2023 NFL Combine. "I think I've expre Roberto Osuna Jersey sed to a lot of people that he needs to play. That's the next step in his progre sion. He needs to play."As Gutekunst said, the Packers need to get a look at Love sooner rather than later. Why? It's not just about his progre sion; it's also about a se sing whether he is going to be the team's long-term starter at quarterback.The Packers need to evaluate Love's performance before handing him any sort of lucrative contract extension. Their best chance to do that will be in 2023 when he is in his fourth year with the team, as that would buy the team at least two years to see what he can do on the field before signing him long-term.How would that work? Well, the Packers could ensure that Love is under contract until 2024 if they pick up his fifth-year option. That would e sentially give him a two-year trial period. And if they aren't comfortable exercising that option, they could decline it and franchise tag Love the ensuing offseason if all goes well.Logistics aside, it seems like the Packers are ready to move on from Rodgers. Long-time Packers reporter Bob McGinn reported that thanks, in part, to his antics in consecutive offseasons. This included his 2021 holdout and his lengthy decision-making proce s in 2022, which resulted in him getting a record contract.And Packers president Mark Murphy even admitted that keeping Rodgers in 2023 ."Yeah, I mean unle s, if things don't work out the way we want them, yeah, we would keep Rodgers ," Murphy said. "He is obviously a great player."MORE:Rodgers certainly is still a Ryan Pressly Jersey great player, but the Packers failed to make the playoffs last season with him. There's no guarantee they will be better in 2023 with him at the helm either, so the team likely prefers the salary cap reset it can get from trading Rodgers.The Packers don't save any 2023 cap space by trading Rodgers. In fact, they absorb a $40 million dead cap hit and net negative-$8.7 million by doing so.But getting that money off the books will open up a lot of space for the Packers in 2024. That will allow them to build around Love. And that could prop open a Super Bowl window for them if Love truly is the "second coming," as McGinn reported the team believes.So, the move off Rodgers and onto Love is akin to . It's all about the future for the Packers, so they're giving the Jets a chance at Jose Altuve Jersey a playoff run in exchange for a sets that will help their own rebuild.
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