Aaron Rodgers Is Packing His Bags

and will be taking a Jet to New York

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Mike
April 25, 2023

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🏈 The Biggest Deal in the NFL This Year

🏀 NBA Scores and Matchups

🏒 Stanley Cup Playoffs

⚽️ This Ain’t About Hollywood

Let’s hike the ball and get this going.

Did The Jets Secure A New Weapon?

No, were not talking about Top Gun with Tom Cruise and Miles Teller. Even though Teller is an Eagles fan, we’re talking about another team that wears green and takes flight.

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All hype aside for those hopeful Jets fanatics, Aaron Rodgers was secured by the Jets in a trade with the Green Bay Packers.

Here are the deets.

The Jets are getting:

  • Four-time MVP Aaron Rodgers

  • 2023 first round pick (no. 15 pick)

  • 2023 fifth rounder

The Packers are getting:

  • 2023 first round pick (no. 13 pick)

  • 2023 second round pick (no. 42 pick)

  • 2023 sixth round pick (no. 207 pick)

  • 2024 2nd-round pick (this turns into a 1st round pick if Rodgers plays more than 65% of the snaps)

So who won this trade? It’s really going to take 2 years to tell and it depends on what the expectations from each team are.

The Packers will get to test out Jordan Love at QB and if it’s not successful, the 2024 college QB class looks better than this year’s so the Packers will have plenty of picks to grab one.

The Jets get an experienced QB who has won a Super Bowl. Rodgers also rejoins the former Packers assistant Nathaniel Hackett who is now the OC for the Jets. So what is a successful 2023 season for the Jets? Is it making playoffs? Making a Super Bowl appearance? Or is it win a Super Bowl or bust?

I guess we’ll find out.

Either way.. the Bears are happy Aaron Rodgers is out of their division.

NBA Scores and Schedule

We had two games yesterday and two teams are having a very different first rounds than expected. The Bucks are almost on their way out and the Lakers are putting together some good ball with a healthy roster

Milwaukee Bucks 114

Miami Heat 119

  • The Miami Heat are pushing the Milwaukee Bucks to the brink of elimination, even with Giannis rejoining the Bucks last night and having a triple-double

  • Brook Lopez had 36 points for the Bucks

  • “Playoff Jimmy” Butler had a historic night for the Heat, shooting 68% from the field and scoring 56 points

Memphis Grizzlies 111

LA Lakers 117

  • The Lakers grab a big OT win to go up 3-1 in the series

  • LeBron shouldered most of the work for the Lakers, scoring 22 points and taking in 20 rebounds.

  • Austin Reaves also scored 23 for LA

  • Ja Morant shot 33% from the field last night for the Grizzlies and only scored 19 points

  • Desmond Bane picked up the slack for the Grizz with 36 points

Tonight’s Matchups

We’ve got 3 matchups tonight with all 3 home teams up 3-1 and are trying to close out the series with a win tonight.

Atlanta Hawks at Boston Celtics, 7:30pm ET on TNT

  • Dejounte Murray is suspended for the Hawks tonight as he made physical contact with a ref in Sunday’s gam 4 loss

Minnesota Timberwolves at Denver Nuggets, 9:00pm ET on NBA TV

  • Kyle Anderson is not available for the T-wolves tonight as he is out with an eye injury

LA Clippers at Phoenix Suns, 10:00pm ET on TNT

  • Kawhi Leonard remains out for the Clippers with a knee injury

Stanley Cup Playoffs

Last Night’s Scores

Jersey Devils 3

New York Rangers 1

  • Jack Hughes scored his 3rd goal of the series in the 1st period for the Devils

  • The Rangers tied it up in the first two minutes of the 3rd with a goal from Vincent Trocheck but were able to only get 2 more shots on goal the rest of the game

  • The series is tied 2-2 and is heading back to Newark

Toronto Maple Leafs 5

Tampa Bay Lightning 4

  • The Lightning were striking down on Toronto in the first two periods, taking an easy 4-1 lead

  • The Leafs scored 3 goals in the 3rd period including two from Auston Matthews to get it to OT

  • Alexander Kerfoot scored the game winner for Toronto on power play redirect just 4 minutes into extra time.

Vegas Golden Knights 4

Winnipeg Jets 2

  • Winnipeg’s 2 goals came on power plays in the 1st and 3rd period

  • William Karlsson scored his 3rd goal of the series for Vegas and Brett Howden recorded to goals for Vegas last night, including an empty netter

Colorado Avalanche 2

Seattle Kraken 3

  • We had some more OT action last night in Seattle

  • After the Avalanche were down 2 goals in the 2nd, Mikko Rantanen scored his 4th and 5th goal of the series to tie it back up

  • Jordan Eberle scored the OT game winner for Seattle on a power play 3 minutes in.

Tonight’s Matchups

New York Islanders at Carolina Hurricanes, 7:00pm ET on ESPN2

  • Carolina leads 3-1

Minnesota Wild at Dallas Stars, 8:00pm ET on TBS

  • Series tied 2-2

Los Angeles Kings at Edmonton Oilers, 9:30pm ET on ESPN

  • Series tied 2-2

Wrexham AFC

The Wrexham AFC season seems like it was written as a Hollywood story. The football club was purchased by Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds in 2021. And yes, it seems like anything Ryan Reynolds touches recently, turns to gold.

Wrexham AFC just won the National League Title in England and have now been promoted to the English Football League Two. So Now Wrexham is basically three leagues away from the English Premiere League, which is the cream of the crop.

Congrats to the owners and most importantly, all the players who take to the pitch!

That’s all for today. We’ll back with more sports tomorrow.

-The Daily Breakroom