![]() ![]() 170) to the Jets for New York's 2023 first-round pick (No. The Packers traded Rodgers, their 2023 first round pick (No. Unfortunately for the Jets, Rodgers wasn't a free agent. ![]() After a 12-year playoff drought and a seven-win season (same as the Jets on both counts), they signed Brady, who, at 43, changed the losing culture, galvanized the organization and threw a lot of touchdowns to lead the Bucs to a Super Bowl title in his first season. The Bucs, in similar circumstances, did it with Brady. That hasn't been the case in more than a decade. Even at 39, one year removed from his fourth MVP season, he gives them a puncher's chance in the stacked AFC. These are the 2023 New York Jets, who desperately hope their acquisition of quarterback Aaron Rodgers allows them to be like Tom Brady and the 2020 Tampa Bay Buccaneers: a successful marriage between a star-crossed franchise and an aging legend in search of another Super Bowl ring.Ĭonsidering all the key factors - a gaping hole at quarterback, a win-now defense and emerging stars on rookie contracts - the trade for the former Green Bay Packers star makes sense. It's the ultimate "get rich quick" scheme: A perennial loser, thinking it's one player away from greatness (and feeling pressure to get there), junks its long-term plan for a one- or two-year shot at the Super Bowl. ![]()
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