New York Jets general manager Joe Douglas "was the one person to raise his hand and say yes" when the Green Bay Packers first started to explore the trade market for Aaron Rodgers, according to The MMQB's Albert Breer.

Breer detailed the machinations behind the scenes leading up to Rodgers' trade to the Jets last month. He reported Packers GM Brian Gutekunst in January "quietly started to gauge interest in Rodgers from people he trusted with other teams, careful both in whom he talked to and how he phrased the question."

The Jets were already in the process of evaluating potential quarterback targets, including Derek Carr, Jimmy Garoppolo and Ryan Tannehill.

Hiring Nathaniel Hackett as offensive coordinator provided them with a connection to Rodgers since he had been the Packers OC for three seasons. New York went after Hackett before it started zeroing in on Rodgers, though, per Breer.