Aaron Rodgers latest move with Jets is a giant insult to Packers

Aaron Rodgers is doing everything it takes to win. That includes taking a massive pay cut to help the New York Jets. The Green Bay Packers must wonder where this Rodgers was before.

According to ESPN's Adam Schefter, Rodgers has voluntarily taken a $35 million pay cut to help the Jets.

It's a significant move that helps a Jets team in win-now mode. They now have far more room to make signings to push for a Super Bowl.

"No team sport player is thought to have revised his contract in such a team-focused way in the past," writes Schefter.

Rodgers deserves credit. However, Packers fans are fair to ask the question: Why now? Why didn't Rodgers make such a big statement when Green Bay was close to returning to the Super Bowl?

Aaron Rodgers pay cut is a massive insult to Packers

NFL insider Trey Wingo put it best.

"Good for Aaron because it helps the Jets. But if I'm a Packers fan, I'm frickin' chafed right now. Like, this is the way this played out? Really?" Wingo said.

And he is spot on. While this is a great move by Rodgers as it helps his current team, where was such a bold commitment during his run with the Packers?

Let's not forget that only a year ago, the Packers needed to do something to lower Rodgers' cap hit. They wanted to run it back and go all-in for another season.

There was no pay cut from Rodgers then. Not when the Packers were trying to save cap space and go all-in. Instead, Rodgers landed a new contract worth $150.8 million over three years.

The same contract that left the Packers with $40 million in dead cap this year. Rodgers did the complete opposite a year ago. His contract extension left the Packers with a huge salary cap mess.

Last offseason, Rodgers skipped organized team activities and played down the need for reps with the new receivers before training camp. But he fully attended the Jets' offseason program this year. His stance seemingly changed.

Again, Rodgers deserves credit. He is taking a significant pay cut voluntarily to help the Jets. It helps his team push for the Super Bowl. But Packers fans have to be wondering why he has only taken this approach now for a different team.

Imagine how the Packers could've benefitted from a Rodgers pay cut in 2014 or 2020, years they came close to a Super Bowl return.

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