Packers coach Matt LaFleur addressed the possible trade of Aaron Rodgers to the Jets at the league meetings Tuesday in Phoenix and sounded like a man saying goodbye.
Aaron Rodgers and Matt Lafleur.“I think [Love] just wanted to know what was going on,” LaFleur said. “For a long period of time, I couldn’t even tell him because I didn’t even know where it was headed. I think there’s obviously some clarity to it but nothing’s final yet.”
The belief around the NFL is that the Jets and Packers will get a deal done, but what happens if it doesn’t?“That’s all between [Jets general manager Joe Douglas and Packers GM Brian Gutekunst],” LaFleur said. “I’m going to leave that one to them. We’ll coach whoever’s on our roster and we’re going to coach them to the best of our ability and always going to put the best players out there that are going to give us an opportunity to go win football games.
“I just think it’s going to be a progression,” LaFleur said. “Certainly I think we’re fooling ourselves if we think he’s going to go out there and perform at a level to the likes of Aaron Rodgers. This guy is a once in a lifetime, a generational talent. I don’t think it necessarily started that way when he first started, but he progressed into that.”
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