Jets sign another player connected to Aaron Rodgers as trade remains in works with Packers

Because the New York Jets work on a commerce for four-time MVP quarterback Aaron Rodgers, the crew continues to herald items to enhance their hoped-for sign caller for subsequent season. 

The Jets did so once more on Thursday, as veteran backup quarterback Tim Boyle was reportedly signed to a one-year deal, the crew introduced. The NFL Community first reported the deal. 

Boyle, 28, spent his first three seasons within the NFL with the Inexperienced Bay Packers after going undrafted out of Jap Kentucky in 2018. He impressed Packers brass through the preseason that 12 months, making the 53-man roster because the crew’s third-string quarterback behind Rodgers and DeShone Kizer. 

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Tim Boyle of the Chicago Bears warms up earlier than the Lions sport at Ford Area on Jan. 1, 2023, in Detroit. (Nic Antaya/Getty Photos)

However Boyle wouldn’t get into an NFL sport throughout his rookie 12 months. He discovered his first NFL motion in 2019 as an alternative throughout a Week 7 win over the then-Oakland Raiders. Boyle took over for Rodgers in that sport as a courtesy, kneeling thrice to expire the clock. 

It could be 2021 with the Detroit Lions when Boyle lastly bought some actual NFL motion. He earned three begins that season, however none of them resulted in a win. He’s 0-3 in his 5 years within the NFL, all coming from that stint with the Lions, the place he was 61-for-94 for 526 yards with three touchdowns to 6 interceptions. 

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Boyle spent the 2022 season with the Chicago Bears, seeing time in only one sport. 

Regardless of the numbers, Boyle is aware of the offense of Nathaniel Hackett, having been with Rodgers and the Packers these first three seasons. Hackett is now the offensive coordinator with the Jets after being fired midseason by the Denver Broncos in his first 12 months as head coach. 

Tim Boyle of the Detroit Lions through the Steelers sport at Acrisure Stadium on Aug. 28, 2022, in Pittsburgh. (Joe Sargent/Getty Photos)

Boyle is the newest Rodgers connection to affix the crew, as Allen Lazard joined Gang Inexperienced’s receiving corps earlier. There have been rumors that Randall Cobb, as soon as Rodgers’ most-trusted receiving possibility with the Packers, was heading to Florham Park, New Jersey, as nicely. 

The Jets and Packers have but to get a deal formally completed, although Rodgers talked about on “The Pat McAfee Present” that his intention is to maneuver on to the Jets. So New York is doing all they’ll to get that completed, whereas surrounding Rodgers with all the pieces he must hit the bottom working. 

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As for the quarterbacks’ room, with the addition of Boyle, 2021 second-overall choose Zach Wilson has extra competitors to go in opposition to come coaching camp. He did say whoever was introduced in by the Jets, he would “make that dude’s life hell.” 

Aaron Rodgers and Tim Boyle of the Inexperienced Bay Packers head to the sphere for the NFC Championship sport in opposition to the San Francisco 49ers at Levi’s Stadium on Jan. 19, 2020, in Santa Clara, California. (Harry How/Getty Photos)

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That’s an uphill battle in opposition to Rodgers, however for the first backup position, Boyle would be the man Wilson will attempt to beat.