NFL Rumors: Jets waiting on Aaron Rodgers, Chiefs plans at WR, Allen Robinson landing spots

The NFL rumors are wild after a crazy day and we have updates on Aaron Rodgers and the Jets, the Chiefs at WR and where Allen Robinson could land.

Franchise tag deadline day in the NFL turned out to be as wild as expected. The Baltimore Ravens put the non-exclusive tag on Lamar Jackson, potentially paving the way for the quarterback to find a new home as he can negotiate with new teams (though it won’t be the Falcons like many expected). Elsewhere, Daniel Jones got the bag and Saquon Barkley got the tag with the Giants. Oh yeah, and let’s not forget the Aaron Rodgers trade to the Jets starting to materialize.

With that, you know the NFL rumors started going around, whether it was with Jackson and where he could end up, what the word is on the Rodgers deal, or a number of other things.

So what’s the buzz around the league that you might’ve missed amid the bigger NFL rumors? We’ve got you covered with some big-time items that you need to keep an eye on.

Table of Contents

• Page 1: Where could the Rams trade Allen Robinson?
• Page 2: Aaron Rodgers to the Jets might keep fans waiting
• Page 3: Chiefs setting up their plans at wide receiver

NFL Rumors: Allen Robinson landing spots after WR allowed to seek trade

On the heels of the Rams winning the Super Bowl, they made the decision to try and upgrade at wide receiver opposite of Cooper Kupp, essentially swapping Robert Woods for Allen Robinson. Among many issues in Los Angeles this past season, that move turned out to be disastrous. Robinson had one of the worst seasons in his career and is now apparently on his way out of LA.

NFL insider Tom Pelissero reported this week that Robinson has been granted permission to seek a trade and that the Rams would even be willing to eat some of his $15.25 million salary in order to make a deal happen.

The market for Robinson might be much more tepid than it would’ve been this time last year after his poor production with the Rams. Having said that, the 29-year-old could simply need a change of scenery and a place where he can be a No. 1 option for an offense, or at least a top option in a functional offense, which LA was often not in the 2022 season.

So which teams could pursue Robinson on the trade market?

The Green Bay Packers would make a ton of sense as they potentially move into the Jordan Love era and look for options that could complement Christian Watson and Romeo Doubs. Robinson would do that. Meanwhile, the New York Giants are desperately needy at the position, as are the New England Patriots. Teams such as the Carolina Panthers and Baltimore Ravens have been mentioned as landing spots as well.

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NFL Rumors: Aaron Rodgers could make Jets wait on trade, per insider

It almost feels like a foregone conclusion at this point that Aaron Rodgers is going to be the quarterback of the New York Jets when Week 1 of the 2023 season arrives. Gang Green is pulling out all of the stops to try and woo the future Hall-of-Fame quarterback, including flying out to California to meet with him on Tuesday.

The only thing left might actually be for Rodgers to sign off on the deal and to work with his contract to make it happen. After all, the indication is that there might already even be trade parameters in place between the Jets and Packers. And yet, it still might take a while.

After the reports that New York’s brass was meeting with Rodgers and that the Jets had been granted permission, NFL insider Ian Rapoport chimed in with what felt like a pertinent note, saying that Rodgers has never been shy about delaying decisions or taking his time and that there could be a wait for any trade to happen.

Nothing about that message should discourage Jets fans about the possibility of getting a massive upgrade at quarterback. In fact, it should be a sign for optimism. All the writing on the wall is that this trade is going to happen — it just might take a little bit more time than some fans would like for it to actually become reality.

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NFL Rumors: Chiefs plan to re-sign JuJu Smith-Schuster, make Kadarius Toney WR1

With so many big-name receivers being made available on the trade market like the aforementioned Allen Robinson, among others, the thought was that the Kansas City Chiefs could potentially get involved as the Super Bowl champions conceivably could use some help in the wide receiver room with Mecole Hardman and JuJu Smith-Schuster hitting free agency.

That, apparently, is not the plan.

According to NFL Network’s James Palmer, the plan right now for the Chiefs is to get the band back together in terms of pass-catchers that they had in the Super Bowl. They plan to try and re-sign Smith-Schuster this offseason, let Hardman walk as his price tag is likely to be too rich on the open market, and then work with midseason trade acquisition Kadarius Toney as their top option at wide receiver.

There were people who doubted what Patrick Mahomes’ passing attack would look like coming into the 2022 season after the Tyreek Hill trade from last offseason. With Travis Kelce still being an elite tight end target (the best, some might say) and then the rest of this group, it obviously worked well.

Perhaps the two biggest keys to this plan working, though, are Skyy Moore taking a step forward and Toney being healthy. That being said, the Chiefs have been savvy at most points in this Andy Reid era, so it’s probably right to have trust in their plans.

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