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On Wednesday, after weeks and months of stringing the NFL world along, Aaron Rodgers not only announced his intention to play in the NFL next season but to do so for the New York Jets.
While Rodgers-to-the-Jets has seemed like a foregone conclusion for weeks now, his comments on Wednesday’s episode of The Pat McAfee Show were the first confirmation from any of the three parties involved: him, the Packers, and the Jets.
Naturally, given the now apparent similarities between the two, the NFL world began cracking jokes about Rodgers basically turning into Brett Favre.
Brett Favre to Aaron Rodgers pic.twitter.com/XWaTXdjqkT
— Pardon My Take (@PardonMyTake) March 15, 2023
The Jets after getting Aaron Rodgers and Brett Favre from the Packers pic.twitter.com/il7d5nt6DR
— Complex Sports (@ComplexSports) March 15, 2023
What's amazing about the whole Aaron Rodgers thing is he's not only repeating the history that was Favre-to-the-Jets but he's being an even bigger attention whore about it.
— Eric Italiano (@eric_ital) March 15, 2023
What people largely forget about the Jets’ one-year experiment with Brett Favre is that it *almost* worked. During that 2008 season, the Jets were 7-3 and went to Tennessee for a Week 11 matchup and beat up on the previously undefeated Titans by a score of 34-13. After the game, the Associated Press concluded that the Jets would be “a factor in the AFC this season.”
Jordan Love looking at Aaron Rodgers and Brett Favre after getting his script pic.twitter.com/KzsJEle7BM
— Pardon My Take (@PardonMyTake) March 15, 2023
THE BRETT FAVRE CHECKLIST
[X] Become star with Packers
[X] Win Super Bowl
[X] Keep choking in the playoffs
[X] Hold team hostage
[X] Team drafts replacementAARON RODGERS IS HERE
[] Be traded to Jets
[] Be traded to Vikings in 1 year
[] Retire
[] Steal money from the poor— Schlasser (@UrinatingTree) March 15, 2023
https://twitter.com/BrandoCommandoe/status/1636058463942877190
However, Favre would blow out his biceps soon thereafter, resulting in the Jets record taking a nose dive. After starting the season 8-3, the Jets ultimately finished 9-7 and missed the playoffs.
Aaron Rodgers ending his tenure in Green Bay like Brett Favre is so ironic. If you're not careful, you really can become the very thing you despised at one point.
— Pierce Simpson (@PierceSimpson) March 15, 2023
The weirdness of Aaron Rodgers having the exact same career as Brett Favre, it's really hard to process.
Like, basically the exact same career. It's so weird.
— Joel A. Erickson (@JoelAErickson) March 15, 2023
https://twitter.com/MattGallagher0/status/1636056459644481536
Their career arcs wound up being so similar — they both won early Super Bowls only to never make it to the big game again following that victory — that both of their last passes for the team wound up being interceptions.
Brett Favre and Aaron Rodgers last pass as Packers were both intercepted https://t.co/JNKqePrajZ
— Art Vandelay (@KingFavre) March 13, 2023
At the time of this writing, Rodgers has yet to officially become a member of the New York Jets as an agreement has yet to be reached between the two teams. According to reports, while the Packers apparently aren’t seeking two first-round picks, Rodgers — despite nearly being 40 years old — is going to cost the Jets at least a first-round pick and then some.
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