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Free agency has arrived and Aaron Rodgers is still not a New York Jet

Well, the seemingly unthinkable has happened. We have made it all the way to free agency and Aaron Rodgers remains a member of the Green Bay Packers. Not only that, but there is hardly anything new to report about the situation. It seems as if the entire sports media world is in the dark regarding Rodgers and the trade talks that surround him.

Last Tuesday, the New York Jets flew out a front-office contingent to meet with Rodgers in California, led by owner Woody Johnson, head coach Robert Saleh, general manager Joe Douglas, and offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett. The meeting reportedly went well. Two days later, ESPN’s Dianna Russini reported that the Jets were “optimistic” they were close to acquiring Rodgers. All seemed to be going according to plan.

But then one day passed without reports of a deal. And then another. And another.

Coming into Monday, many figured the completion of the deal would be reported prior to 12 p.m. ET, which marked the opening of the NFL’s legal tampering period.

It did not happen. As of this writing, the legal tampering period opened more than 10 minutes ago, and there has still been no word whatsoever on what is going on between Rodgers, Green Bay, and New York.

Multiple members of the media continue to report they are hearing that the Jets and the Packers do not have word on Rodgers’ plans and are waiting on him to inform them of his decision. This has been the story since late last week. Nothing new has materialized since the meeting on Tuesday. All we continue to get are a multitude of tweets just like this one from ESPN’s Packers reporter, Rob Demovsky:

Russini says teams around the league are waiting for the Rodgers saga to transpire as the first domino to fall in this free agency period.

ESPN’s Adam Schefter says the Raiders and Texans are expected to lead the pursuit for quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo, who has often been mentioned as a potential fallback option for the Jets if Rodgers doesn’t work out. Schefter also mentions the Jets as a potentially interested team, although he makes it clear that New York is still focused on Rodgers.

Now that we’ve reached this point, it will be very interesting to see how the Jets proceed. Without knowing whether or not Rodgers’ contract will be added to their salary cap, how will they handle negotiations with free agents? Joe Douglas is about to answer that question over the next few hours.

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