Former Jets QB refutes latest Aaron Rodgers link

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Former Jets QB refutes Aaron Rodgers, 49ers links

By Zac Wassink | Last updated 4/5/23

Former New York Jets quarterback and current "The NFL Today" analyst Boomer Esiason isn't buying that the Green Bay Packers could ultimately send quarterback Aaron Rodgers to the San Francisco 49ers.

"You don't do business in the NFL by screwing over another general manager at the last moment," Esiason said during Wednesday's edition of his WFAN morning show, as shared by Ryan Chichester of Audacy. "You just don't do it. That's just not the way you want to conduct business, especially when you get an owner involved and he has got to get on his plane and he's got to go do things and go talk to Aaron Rodgers, and Aaron Rodgers says he only wants to play for the Jets."

Specifically, Esiason was responding to Fox Sports personality and WFAN radio host Craig Carton. Carton suggested during Tuesday's edition of his FS1 program that the 49ers could potentially make a serious move for Rodgers if the Jets and Packers don't soon complete their much-rumored trade.

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"This notion that there's some team in there that's going to swoop in and basically undercut what the Jets have been doing over the last three months...is really ridiculous to me because that would be a total insult to Brian Gutekunst, who is the general manager of Green Bay," Esiason continued.

Esiason has ties to the Jets and has been all over the Rodgers story since the winter months. The retired signal-caller has repeatedly insisted Gang Green and Green Bay will eventually finalize the trade that will include Rodgers heading to the Big Apple.

Esiason explained that shopping Rodgers to the 49ers could potentially impact Gutekunst's future dealings with other clubs.

"Remember I was talking about...(Jets general manager) Joe Douglas...and they were asking him, are you gonna pivot to (Baltimore Ravens star) Lamar Jackson? What did he say? He said, 'No, that would be disingenuous, it would be unprofessional,'" Esiason added. "When I hear about all these other crazy scenarios, I'm like...these people have reputations in the league and you want to be ethical within the league itself and you want to do the right thing."

If nothing else, it sounds like individuals associated with the Jets remain convinced Rodgers will play home games at MetLife Stadium this fall.

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