CBS2's OvermyerTV goes one-on-one with new Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers and team owner Woody Johnson.
Rodgers is well aware of the Jets' playoff drought, which at 12 seasons is the longest active skid in the NFL. He's also aware of the team not making a Super Bowl appearance since Joe Namath led them there in 1969.The team officially announced the trade for Rodgers moments before he entered the auditorium, where highlights of his career in Green Bay played on a video screen shortly before he walked in.The Jets received Rodgers, the No.
"I'm an old guy, so I want to be at a place that can win it all and I believe we can do that here," he said.When the rumors began about where Rodgers might play next, Namath offered to let him wear his retired No. 12 -- Rodgers' number in Green Bay -- if he joined the Jets. Instead, Rodgers said"to me, 12 is Broadway Joe" and he will wear the No. 8 from his college days at Cal.
Rodgers wouldn't commit to playing beyond this season, saying he's focused on this upcoming year and staying in the area"for the foreseeable future" to work out with the team and get to know his new teammates. Speaking with reporters after the news conference, Rodgers was a bit more expansive on his future.
"This isn't a one and done in my mind," the quarterback said, acknowledging that the Jets gave up a lot in the trade to acquire him.Rodgers spent a few days in February contemplating his life and playing future during an isolation retreat in Oregon - while fans and reporters speculated about what he would decide. He emerged and deliberated some more before deciding on March 10 he intended to play again - and for the Jets.
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