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Last week was scan week for Lauren, it happens every 3 months. Scans are MRI (Brain) and Upper Body CT Scan (Breast cancer has metastasized). Treatment has been rough lately, she is beat up pretty good. Scans last week, telehealth on Monday and Tuesday with the results (different Doctors). Anyhow the call came in Monday, and when the Oncologist said, I am really happy with these results that was all we needed to hear. They have changed her treatments about 5 times because of inconsistent results. On Monday they gave the Tuesday results and they were even better. This was the first time in a while that everything cooperated. Everything got smaller or stabilized. Some of the spots shrunk by half. So, Aaron Rodgers, I love you, brother, and I want you here. But regardless of what you decide, I got everything out of this week I could have asked for. Thank you everyone for the love and support. @JetFanByMarriage appreciates it. I appreciate it. And you know what, let's double down on a great week. C'mon Aaron get over here, we are in a mood to celebrate!

My people just finally confirmed- “he’s coming. They just told us”

At Barkley Center this evening, I was sitting in a suite with a few attorneys (I am an attorney, but you probably don’t care) and one is a player agent who preferred not to be mentioned. He said that since last year, after Elijah Moore demanded a trade, it was thought he came back to play and let go of his trade demand. This never happened. In fact, if you look into his twitter posts from that point on, he stressed bible verses about being disrespected and minimized by Jets coaching and management, not calling them out directly but subtly quoting certain passages and circling parts which mentioned those specific things. This has been a concern with the Jets management and once the Jets signed Allen Lazard and the OBJ rumors started up, he (not publicly this time) demanded to be traded again. Cleveland had made an offer early on and the Jets reconnected with them. A few other teams made lowball offers. Cleveland was the only team that would give us the 2nd. The Jets felt that if it were leaked out that he had demanded a trade again, we would lose leverage and wouldn’t have even gotten what we did for him. The agent also told me Moore and Saleh were not on speaking terms from the time he asked for a trade midseason and then was sent home, until he was traded. MLF and Moore had talked and Moore apologized to him. I am just passing on the info. Don’t know how true it is. The agent also said the Jets, under JD, had been offered trades for many of their draft picks from 2020 and 2021 including Becton, Mims, and Moore (not Wilson apparently) and refused to engage, as their preference was to keep their young guys and not give up on them, but they were forced into a corner with Moore and had to get rid of him while they could still salvage a decent draft pick and before OTAs, where it was likely he wouldn’t have showed up.

Actually this says they signed Daniel Jones.

The Jets give Rodgers a weekend in midtown. They give Derek Carr some cut rate normie chicken parm in Secaucus on a Tuesday.

So unnecessary. The universe has a way of teaching people who kick others while they are down hard life lessons. Excellent work ethic, dedicated, talented, but struggling mightily with the mental part of the game. So make fun of him for that? I do feel bad for him and I am being serious when I say if I were his parents I would be concerned for his mental health. Going from the #2 pick in the NY media market to being ridiculed by (some) fans, media, and former players? Wow, just enough already.

A Jets fan calling the Green Bay Packers an “incompetent franchise” is a little much. Calm down.

This isn’t going to end well for them 1) Dragging this out will annoy much of their good hearted fan base who still like AR and are ready to end the drama 2) AR said Jets. Packers got no leverage to demand 2 firsts. You can get your second rounder or pay AR and have a disgruntled QB who said he doesn’t want to play for you and get nothing. 3) Jets don’t need to budge. AR is a season vet who doesn’t need a whole camp. I don’t get what the packers are doing. I hope JD brakes them like a pretzel

Making too much progress. Gonna look like Robby Anderson by the start of the year

I’m honestly good with either.

Head coach I think.

Great landing spot for Darnold. I’ll be rooting for him.

Part of the Jets speaking up Corey Davis the way Saleh has is gamesmanship. Packers are convinced he's just a throw-in so the Jets are trying to establish that he's a member of their team that they won't release if he's not included in the trade. As far as his comments about Zach- much of this has been known for a while. Zach has actually been going back-and-forth between NJ and Utah. He's been in touch with Aaron and they are planning on working out together for about a month in LA prior to training camp. Zach is going to try and coordinate another "Jets West" with Aaron and the receivers.

Nothing bad here. It's actually more restrained and forward looking than I expected. Jets receivers were frankly put through hell the last couple of years.

Who are they going to fire, Woody?

Joe Beningo has an interview with Saleh on his podcast today. Found it fairly interesting and worth a listen. Joe definitely didn't just lob softballs for 30 minutes. He was pretty vocal with his usual bi*ching and was pretty blunt with many of his questions. I appreciated a lot of Saleh's answers. Didn't sound defensive and was pretty candid about his mistake. I appreciated that Saleh didn't throw out the typical complimentary platitudes when it came to Zach. None of that, "he's our QB, we support him" type of BS that drives me crazy. One thing I thought was interesting was Joe has asked when he expects something to happen at the QB position and Saleh said something like , (paraphrasing) "If you asked me last week I would have said this week. I think all sides are taking the time to do their due diligence. When Joe asked the question I was already getting upset anticipating hearing something about their faith in Zach, blah, blah, etc. Just to be clear: This isn't a pro/anti Beningo or Saleh post. This is a rough part of the offseason before FA starts, I found it worth a quick listen and figured I'd share if anyone was interested. https://open.spotify.com/episode/4ONy4eCPFUTUS9kKFNT7sM?si=9rPse2tWQs2CI9ioGBWJiA

The Bitonitification of America

Denzel Mims could survive a nuclear explosion I swear.

Let’s not forget that as a 2nd rounder, Moore only got a 4 year deal. Which means at this time next year Moore is gonna be extra salty looking for a new deal. JD getting rid of the headache before it becomes a full blown migraine.

I believe California is ALL the way cross country.

Back when John Abraham was being shopped to the Falcons Mike Tannenbaum insisted on receiving a 1st round pick in the trade. The Falcons GM who i believe was Rich Mckay at the time didn't want to give up a first. Tannenbaum was patient and the falcons were getting frustrated waiting day after day but the Jets wouldn't budge. Finally Mckay got pissed and decided to trade back. I can't rememeber what pick the falcons originally had but they traded all the way back to pick 29, picked up extra picks and shipped 29 to the Jets which eventually became Nick Mangold. If the Packers insist on a first round pick and they won't budge, Joe Douglass should call every team and trade back as many times as he can, pick up extra picks and then offer Green Bay a late first. By the time they get that done we could have a stock pile of picks to build with and still land Rodgers.

3 years 18 mil that maxes out at 21. 9 million guaranteed

Guys i have an update my my source inside the building. Apparently the draft pick compensation is ironed out... but there is a complication with the players that are being swapped. GB wants Michael Clemons as part of the trade and NYJ are too scared to let him know. Saleh supposedly called him and got scared and hung up the phone... And Joe Douglas called him and he replied "NO" and hung up. Will keep you posted when i have more true details of whats really going on.

now number 8 is available.

That freaking Vikings drop

What in the world is happening? I've been seeing Becton's posts every day and generally fluffing them off. But this one... No matter how down on him you are, you gotta admit, he's trimming down. Has a waist now. If he comes back healthy and fit and can go back to dominating like he did in his rookie season, what an absolute gift that would be. Like having an extra 1st round draft pick this year. I choose to be hopeful. Lucy is probably waiting but I can't help myself.

So the Jets have a deal in place with GB which gives them #43. Now, with #42 in hand, JD can send a final FU to GB by drafting the player they would be targeting at #43. JD is a savage beast.

Cool, I won't read the rest.

We all love football, but they shouldn't shove it in our faces constantly. It's scarcity is a big part as to why it's beloved by so many.

yes he reminds me of a number 2 alright but nothing to do with football

I feel like Jackson is coming off as both entitled and ungrateful. Baltimore drafted him when he was about to drop out of the first first round, and specifically designed an offense tailored to his strengths and concealing his weaknesses. His entire beef appears to be his hard line for a contract, to the point that he wants out now? I’d advise him to be careful about what he wants. I don’t think there are too many coaches/organizations who are as capable of putting him in such a position to succeed. As for the Jets, they can’t develop a traditional QB. Jackson would be a nightmare of Russell Wilson proportions here, and maybe worse.

Ross Tucker made a good point on his pod the other day. Said if Rodgers wants to get dealt, show up to the Packers facility and head to the weight room. Injury means the Packers are stuck with Rodgers and his $60 million salary so they probably deal him within 5 minutes.

One of the greats of NY sports. In the same category as Namath, Seaver and Mantle. RIP Captain

Let’s face it Green Bay is an incompetent franchise in terms of contracts and team building. Yes, they got extremely lucky in Farve and Rogers but as far as handling Rogers recently they are a joke! First, they give a guy a crazy contract that basically hamstrings the organization Second, they tell the world that they in-effect no longer want Rogers. Third, everyone knows 1 & 2 openly and Green Bay now thinks they will get the 13th pick in the draft. What a joke!!!! Think…. Does Green Bay really want to have Rogers show up to camp, give him over $50 Million Dollars, and then have him act as a distraction and literally piss off their fan base and your QB of the future in Love. You can't make it up this is negotiation at its worse and incompetence at the highest levels.. Get your popcorn ready!!! LET'S GO JETS!!

That's what they'd like you to think. They can't cut Rodgers bc his dead money would be $99 million for 2023. If they keep Rodgers they have to pay him his option of $58.3 million by week 1. They can decline his option and instead of that $58.3 million being a Signing bonus that can be spread over 4 years it will become part of his base salary for 2023. Which would make his cap hit for 2023 $90 million. They can't afford to release him or decline his option So if they don't trade him the only alternative is to pick up his option and cut him a $58.3 million check. But, if he retires after 2023 the Packers will take a $70 million dead cap hit. If they also exercise Loves 5th yr option, which they have to make a decision to do or not to do in May, they'll have $90 million tied up in the QB position in 2024 between the dead money and Loves contract. That'll put them $37 million OVER the cap in 2024 with only 33 players under contract So the synopsis is that the Packers have no other choice but to trade Aaron Rodgers. The Jets and the rest of the NFL know this. Any team trading for Aaron Rodgers is doing the Packers a huge favor. We can talk about leverage all day but the reality is that without Rodgers the Jets are a 9-8/10-7 team with someone like Tannehill. With Rodgers on the roster week 1 the Packers organization will be decimated by the crippling cap ramifications now and into the future. The Packers have way more to lose with this trade not going through. Everyone with a brain knows this.

So something is illogical, dumb and clueless but you listened to the whole thing and then wasted the time to post it on the board?

JD never makes a move until he has to. Until he needs the cap dollars, he will hold onto these guys in the hope of trading them for something of value.

Really good explainer from Jason about Rodgers’ money and cap issues. If I’m listening correctly, the Packers don’t have leverage because if the Jets walk away from the deal and Rodgers retires, it absolutely nukes the Packers cap. Or, even worse for them, Rodgers decides not to retire, it ****s their cap worse for the next four years. Their only option, should the Jets back out, would be to find another team willing to hand Rodgers $110 million in cash over the next two years AND who will beat the Jets trade offer AND Rodgers would have to agree to the new team. Basically, Green Bay is ass-up against the wall right now.

I don't know where you get these ideas, other than flinging doody against a wall to see what sticks. In 2020, fresh off a SB victory with Mahomes, what position did KC draft with pick 32? Also in 2020, with Matt Stafford locked in, what'd Detroit do at #35? In 2021, coming off a 12-win season, Pittsburgh (Ben) at #24? One pick later at #25, after drafting Lawrence #1, Jax did what? 2019 Oakland (Carr) at #24? 2018 Giants at #2 (bypassing QBs because they still believed in Eli) 2018 Seattle (R.Wilson) #27 2018 New England (Brady) at #31 2017 Carolina (Cam) at #8 2016 Dallas (Romo) at #4 2015 Chargers (Rivers) at #15 I'm stopping here, though I could easily go on, but it seems as usual you're dead wrong. Every one of these was a pick higher than Hall's #36 slot. Plus in none of these cases did the teams have the luxury of already selecting 3 players in that same draft before drafting a RB, as the Jets had. I mean, literally the polar opposite of your take is the NFL trend: teams more often take a RB in (or nominally after) round 1 when they do have "actual talent" in place at QB. Even times when teams didn't, it's typical it's just because they incorrectly felt they did: the '22 Jets (Zach), '18 Browns (Mayfield), '17 Jax (Bortles), etc. They weren't drafting RBs with the goal of hiding their in-place FQBs. FFS

LOL at you guys letting bitonti get to you. The guy has made an art form out of being wrong. A broken clock has a better track record than he does.

BTW How grey can a stadium be? The place looks like a big concrete bunker. What a frigging dump.

Glad to have him back - he was excellent in his short time as a Jet.

Usually the jets lose out on players who go to other teams. This could be the first time a player chooses not to play over playing for the jets.

Jimmy G just hurt his neck looking up at the plane. Out 8-10 weeks.