The New York Jets and Green Bay Packers continue to negotiate a trade centered around Aaron Rodgers.

According to a report, the sticking point in talks currently is that the Jets want some protection in case Rodgers doesn't play in 2024.

The report states that the Jets want the Packers to send them a 2025 draft pick in case Rodgers decides to retire after the 2023 season.

With the move long expected, New York Jets owner Woody Johnson is eager for the team to finalize a trade with the Green Bay Packers for Aaron Rodgers.

"Well, you know, I think we're anxious. We're anxious," Johnson said. "I guess, as we look forward, we're optimistic. But we have a plan, so we're willing to stick with our plan. And I don't think anybody is hyperventilating at this point."

The two teams are in regular contact but haven't been able to agree on trade compensation.

Green Bay Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst said Monday that he has been unsuccessful in his attempts to reach out to Aaron Rodgers since their final meeting in January, shortly after last season.

Gutekunst's comments come less than two weeks after Rodgers told Pat McAfee that the Packers were not direct with him about their intentions and how he fit into their plans for the 2023 season.

"I was really looking forward to the conversations with Aaron to see how he fit into that," Gutekunst said. "Those never transpired. So there came a time where we had to make some decisions, so we went through his representatives to try to talk to him [about] where were we going with our team. At that point, they informed us that he would like to be traded to the [New York] Jets."

Gutekunst said he was under the impression that after the end-of-season meetings were concluded they would talk again, when both sides had a chance to assess the situation.

"Our inability to reach him or for him to respond in any way," he said, "I think at that point, I had to do my job and kind of reach out [to other teams] and understand that a trade could be possible and see who was interested."

The New York Jets and Green Bay Packers are not close to completing a trade of Aaron Rodgers.

The Packers are not in a rush to trade Rodgers and will wait until they get significant compensation for him. Green Bay believes they should receive a premium from the Jets for Rodgers.

Russell Wilson and Matthew Stafford recently were traded for multiple first round picks.

Aaron Rodgers announced on Wednesday he intends to play for the New York Jets  in 2023.

Rodgers said he made the decision on Friday and is not holding up a trade, which still isn't finalized. The Jets are engaged with the Green Bay Packers on a trade, which will also include a restructured contract for Rodgers.

"I made it clear my intention was to play and to play for the New York Jets, and I haven't been holding anything up. It's the compensation that the Packers are trying to get. ... The Packers want to move on and have let me know that in so many words," he said.

Rodgers said he will always love the Packers organization but that it's clear it's time for a change.

"I f---ing love that city. I love that organization and always going to have love for that organization. The facts are right now they want to move on, and now so do I," he said.

He said his decision to leave Green Bay was "bittersweet."

"I got to be the starting quarterback of the Packers for 15 years. ... So, I love you, Green Bay. Thank you. I'm as sad as some of you are, but we'll meet again."

Only a year ago, Rodgers seemed destined to finish his career in Green Bay. After contemplating retirement following the 2021 season, he signed a three-year, $150 million contract extension in March 2022.

The Green Bay Packers are willing to wait until the NFL Draft to trade Aaron Rodgers, per a league source.

Green Bay is willing to hold strong in trade talks in order to get what they want in return for the quarterback.

Rodgers has long been linked to the New York Jets. ESPN's Trey Wingo said earlier this week that the trade was a "done deal."

The New York Jets are signing Allen Lazard to a four-year contract worth up to $44 million, according to source.

Lazard will receive $22 million in guaranteed money.

The wide receiver is a favorite of Aaron Rodgers, who has been linked to the Jets for weeks.

Aaron Rodgers has given the New York Jets a wish list of free agents he'd like them to pursue and acquire should he land with the team, according to sources.

Among those on Rodgers' wish list are Odell Beckham, Jr., Allen Lazard, Randall Cobb and Marcedes Lewis.

The Jets have expressed interest in the three Green Bay Packers free agents, according to a report, but it isn't known if they've reached out to Beckham.

The Jets-Packers trade still isn't finalized, but the two teams remain in contact.

Aaron Rodgers is still a member of the Green Bay Packers, but the quarterback is reportedly moving towards accepting a trade that would send him to the New York Jets.

Trey Wingo has tweeted that the deal is "done," but other reports have stated that a trade hasn't yet reached that stage.

A number of Jets players have been dropping hints about major news on Twitter with cryptic tweets.

The New York Jets are optimistic they will acquire Aaron Rodgers from the Green Bay Packers, sources tell Dianna Russini of ESPN.

Rodgers met with Woody Johnson and others from the Jets in California. 

The Jets and Packers are engaged in conversations about trade compensation and contract. Those conversations began before the meeting between Rodgers and the Jets.

Rodgers has not made any announcements about what he intends to do this coming season. 

Rodgers is under contract through 2024 for $108.8 million. Technically, the contract, signed last March, runs through 2026, but 2025 and 2026 are considered "dummy" years for cap purposes. His deal includes a fully guaranteed $59.5 million this season, with $58.3 million coming in the form of an option bonus, payable before the start of the regular season.