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Packers General Manager Brian Gutekunst has sensationally revealed that he tried unsuccessfully to speak with Aaron Rodgers on multiple occasions this offseason before the quarterback's representatives told him the four-time MVP was requesting a trade.
The 39-year-old and Gutekunst met shortly after Green Bay's season ended with a 20-16 loss to the Detroit Lions that snapped the Packers' string of three straight playoff appearances. Gutekunst said they'd planned to have follow-up conversations.
'Those never transpired,' Gutekunst told ESPN. '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 we were going with our team. And at that point, they informed us that he would like to be traded to the Jets.'
That account conflicts with what Rodgers said during his appearance on 'The Pat McAfee Show' on March 15.
Rodgers said he wished the Packers had told him early in the offseason that they intended to move on from him in the 2023 season
Green Bay Packers GM Brian Gutekunst remains puzzled over reasons behind why talks with wantaway quarterback Aaron Rodgers never transpired
Rodgers previously claimed that the Packers were holding up talks with the Jets due to the lack of agreement in compensation for the 39-year-old
Rodgers said instead that after returning from his isolation retreat last month, he 'heard from multiple people that I trust around the league - players mostly -- that there was some shopping going on, that they were interested in actually moving me.'
'The Packers would like to move on,' Rodgers said. 'They've let me know that in so many words. They've let other people know that in direct words.'
'I haven't been holding anything up at this point,' he later added, revealing: 'It's been compensation that the Packers are trying to get for me, and kinda digging their heels in.'
Gutekunst said that he wanted to have more discussions with the 2011 Super Bowl champ' earlier in the offseason to discuss how the veteran quarterback could fit in the Packers' future plans.
'[With] our inability to reach him or for him to respond in any way, I think at that point, I had to do my job and kind of reach out and, understanding that a
