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Aaron Rodgers – the NFL’s four-time Most Valuable Player – will join the New York Jets after they agreed a trade deal with the Green Bay Packers.<\/span><\/p>\n The quarterback said in March that he intended to end his 18-year spell with the Packers and <\/span>join the Jets.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Rodgers, 39, had spent his entire NFL career with Green Bay, helping them win the Super Bowl in 2011.<\/span><\/p>\n “I know this, he will always be a Packer,” said the team’s general manager Brian Gutekunst.<\/span><\/p>\n “I have so much respect for Aaron and the person he is. He has done so much for this organisation.”<\/span><\/p>\n The deal was delayed as the teams negotiated draft-pick compensation as Rodgers was still under contract with Green Bay having <\/span>signed an extension last year.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n As well as Rodgers, they will give the Jets a fifth-round pick in this year’s NFL draft, which begins on Thursday.<\/span><\/p>\n The teams have also agreed to swap places in the first round of the draft, with Packers now having the 13th overall pick and the Jets 15th.<\/span><\/p>\n In addition, the Jets will give Green Bay picks in the second and sixth rounds, plus a second-round pick in the 2024 draft that could become a first-round pick if Rodgers plays 65% of the Jets’ offensive snaps this coming season.<\/span><\/p>\n “He’ll be missed,” added Gutekunst. “Players like that don’t come around very often. He’ll be one of the best who has ever done it around here.<\/span><\/p>\n “But we are very excited about where we are going. This has all got to get finalised to get done. But we have a great appreciation for him.”<\/span><\/p>\n Gutekunst said that the contracts must be signed on Tuesday.<\/span><\/p>\n “We’ve been working on this for a while,” he said. “To get beyond the draft would have been tough for both teams.”<\/span><\/p>\n Green Bay selected Rodgers with the 24th pick of the 2005 draft and he spent his first three years as back-up to Brett Favre.<\/span><\/p>\n Rodgers is now first in franchise history for touchdown passes (475) and second in passing yards (59,055) behind Favre.<\/span><\/p>\n Coincidentally, Favre’s trade to the Jets in 2008 allowed Rodgers to become the Packers’ starting quarterback and he was named MVP as Green Bay beat the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl 45.<\/span><\/p>\n Rodgers was then named the season <\/span>MVP four times between 2011 and 2021,<\/span><\/a> but has had a <\/span>strained relationship with the Packers’ management<\/span><\/a> since they traded up to select Jordan Love in the first round of the 2020 draft.<\/span><\/p>\n The 24-year-old, who like Rodgers started his NFL career with three seasons as the back-up, is now expected to replace him as Green Bay’s starting quarterback.<\/span><\/p>\n The Jets, who have the NFL’s longest play-off drought (12 years) and have not had a winning season since 2015, were looking for a new starter after losing faith last season with 23-year-old Zach Wilson, the number two draft pick in 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n They focused their attention on Rodgers after Derek Carr, 31, joined the New Orleans Saints following his release by the Las Vegas Raiders.<\/span><\/p>\n Ben Collins, BBC Sport<\/em><\/p>\n The arrival of Rodgers would mean an immediate change in mindset for the long-suffering Jets.<\/span><\/p>\n After building a team for the future with their recent draft picks, the Jets have switched to “win now” mode having spent big on a veteran quarterback to lead them.<\/span><\/p>\n Previously a defensive coordinator, new coach Robert Saleh has fixed things on that side of the ball. Now for the offence.<\/span><\/p>\n Despite having three starting quarterbacks last year, it was only a six-game losing streak at the end of the season that meant the Jets missed out on the play-offs.<\/span><\/p>\n Team owner Woody Johnson then said an elite quarterback was “kind of the missing piece”.<\/span><\/p>\n‘The Jets have switched to ‘win now’ mode’ – analysis<\/h3>\n