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Jets’ Robert Saleh and Joe Douglas Remain Calm Over Rodgers Stall

Like two cool cats, Jets Head Coach Robert Saleh and General Manager Joe Douglas didn’t mince words when it came to the franchise’s pursuit of Aaron Rodgers. Without saying so…

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EAST RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY – SEPTEMBER 11: Head coach Robert Saleh of the New York Jets looks on during the game against the Baltimore Ravens at MetLife Stadium on September 11, 2022 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images)

Like two cool cats, Jets Head Coach Robert Saleh and General Manager Joe Douglas didn't mince words when it came to the franchise's pursuit of Aaron Rodgers. Without saying so directly, they are all in.

"I'm confident that things will go the way we're hoping. But at the same time, it's not going to eat at me," Saleh told reporters on Monday.

While acknowledging he couldn't say much about the situation since Rodgers was still a Green Bay Packer, he did echo that the Jets are trying to build an offense presumably around him, and that it helps to have Rodgers' old offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett on board to assist in the process.

Douglas added that the Jets are still in the process of negotiating with Green Bay. Rumors have swirled for days that both the Jets and Packers are at an impasse on a deal.

When pressed whether the Jets would have any interest in disgruntled Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson, who is 13-years younger than Rodgers, Douglas called such a tactic "disingenuous and negotiating in bad faith."

In short, one way or the other Aaron Rodgers will be the Jets quarterback in 2023.

Michael Cohen is the News and Sports Director at Fox Sports Radio New Jersey and Magic 98.3 FM, as well as a radio production assistant with Fox and Magic in New Jersey. He started his career in Somerset in 2018 initially as a news fill-in at WCTC 1450 AM, and soon moved up to higher responsibilities in the ensuing years, assuming News & Sports Director title in 2021Prior to his time with Fox Sports New Jersey, Michael was play-by-play voice for New Jersey Jackals baseball, and as well as play-by-play and color for the College of Staten Island basketball (men and women), softball and baseball. Michael began his career as a news and sportswriter with the Jersey Journal of Hudson County.