MAY 8: Details on the one-year Cobb deal are in, courtesy of ESPN’s Field Yates (Twitter link). The veteran will earn a base salary of $2.25MM, with another $1MM available through incentives. Cobb’s cap hit for the year will be $2.89MM, meaning he will be a relatively inexpensive pass-catching option for the Jets’ Rodgers-led offense, especially if they can continue their shared success with one another dating back to their time in Green Bay.
MAY 3, 5:34pm: Checking another box on Rodgers’ wish list, the Jets made it official with Cobb Wednesday afternoon. While terms have not yet surfaced, Cobb is following Rodgers, Lazard and Hackett to the Big Apple.
8:11am: Unable to land Odell Beckham Jr., the Jets are circling back to Aaron Rodgers‘ free agency wish list. They are planning to reunite Rodgers with Randall Cobb, Adam Schefter of ESPN.com tweets.
Cobb has played 10 of his 12 NFL seasons with the Packers, enjoying two stints with the team. Upon ending a months-long standoff with Green Bay in 2021, Rodgers insisted on the team reacquiring Cobb via trade. The new Jets quarterback will once again move a team to bring the veteran wide receiver aboard. This will be a one-year deal.
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The Rodgers wish list already led to Allen Lazard coming to the Big Apple. Lazard joined the Jets weeks before Rodgers, but ex-Cobb teammate’s $11MM-per-year deal provided a strong indication the four-time MVP would eventually be en route. Unlike the past two offseasons, Rodgers has been present at OTAs for his team. Cobb, who is going into his age-33 season, may well join Rodgers and Lazard for voluntary Jets workouts soon.
Counting the playoffs, Davante Adams‘ 687 receptions are the most by a Rodgers target (per ESPN Stats and Info); Cobb’s 534 grabs sit second on that list. The former Packers second-round pick developed a quick chemistry with the future Hall of Fame quarterback, and while Cobb’s second Green Bay stay did not produce the numbers his first did, but he will accompany Lazard in bringing scheme familiarity to the Jets. Cobb spent the past two seasons in the offense OC Nathaniel Hackett is installing.
Despite missing four games last season, Cobb caught 34 passes for 417 yards and a touchdown. The proven slot receiver scored five TDs during his 2021 season back in Wisconsin. The Packers gave Cobb a four-year, $40MM contract back in 2015, which came after his lone 1,000-yard campaign. Cobb played out that deal before the team allowed him to sign with the Cowboys in free agency. Cobb spent the 2019 and ’20 seasons in Texas, signing with Houston on a three-year, $27MM deal in 2020. The Packers absorbed that deal in 2021 but reached a pay-cut agreement with Cobb last year.
Following the Packers’ Week 18 home loss to the Lions, Cobb and Rodgers walked off the field together. It quickly became expected Cobb — whose 532 catches as a Packer rank fifth in team history — was done in Green Bay, but his longtime quarterback pulled some strings to allow for this partnership to last another year. While this expected Jets accord comes after the deadline for signings to affect the 2024 compensatory formula, Cobb is unlikely to sign a needle-moving contract with the Jets.
This could complete the Jets’ wide receiver overhaul effort. Offensive Rookie of the Year Garrett Wilson is back, but the team has added Lazard and Mecole Hardman already. Elijah Moore is now in Cleveland, via trade, while the team released slot player/return man Braxton Berrios, who is now in Miami. Although rumblings tied the Jets to a Corey Davis release, the former top-five pick remains with the team. Ditto Denzel Mims, who has stood as a longtime trade candidate.
Jets GM Joe Douglas reaffirmed Davis’ status with the team ahead of the draft, and the team did not select any wideouts. The seventh-year veteran certainly supplies potential firepower as a complementary option. The team’s three-year, $37.5MM Davis pact has not produced numbers on par with the former top prospect’s Titans work, but Davis and Cobb have nine combined 600-plus-yard receiving seasons on their respective resumes.
This Cobb agreement floods the Jets’ receiver room with experience, and it will be interesting to see if it affects Davis, who is tied to an $11.2MM cap hit in the final year of his contract. The Jets can release Davis and save $10.5MM. With Lazard and Cobb set to reunite, it should be expected the Jets are considering a Marcedes Lewis addition. The four-year Packer also appeared on Rodgers’ list of hopeful Jets acquisitions in March.
this is the dream team
This is laughable. Cobb shouldn’t be in the league anymore.
He has a 68 and 71% catch rate over the last 2 years. His injuries aside he can be a valuable locker room guy at minimum but as a 4th receiver or 5th receiver this is a low cost move that is a no brainer.
Yeah a guy who can be a great 4th or 5th receiver that is Rodgers good friend and can make me happy is really laughable. It is always stupid to have champions and veterans on your team. Why did the invest a whole million on this move that will drastically screw up their cap for years to come
Yeah, Cobb kept Aaron sooo happy in GB… LOL
It was a matter of time. I think they’ll carry six wides on the 53. I don’t think they’re giving up on Mims or cutting Davis.
you can never have too many weapons
lol Weapons
Since when is Cobb a weapon?? Lol
I’ll be rooting for the Jets, as much as I hate Rodgers I hate the packers more… and Rodgers left them in a very bad situation.
They aren’t in a bad situation at all lol
They are moving on to a player they like and will have a ton of cap savings as soon as next offseason. They still have a very solid core. I’m sure you were saying the same when Favre got dealt, too.
jordan love is not the answer lmao, teams have had almost 4 years to game plan for him… hes not gonna be good. Their core is probably the oldest in the league, there GM’s methods are out-dated and most packer fans want him fired, they are generational chokers throughout Farve’s and Rodgers tenure
The Packers fans you see on the internet? Maybe. But that is the minority of Packers fans. Most done want Gute fired. Ppl that saw the Favre to Rodgers transition more than likely trust the Rodgers to Love transition. You have literally no clue if Love is the answer or not. He could be. He may not be.
As a Bears fan you would certainly know “generational chokers” but the Packers aren’t them. They’ve won like the 2nd most games since 2000. They actually have had success.
You sir, are what is known as a homer. You’re “desperation” is showing.
How do you know he isnt the answer? I think your opinion has more to do with your hate for the team. You are hoping he isn’t good. Let’s assume you are a Bears fan for a second. Have you overvalued your team? How long now? Do you think Fields is the answer?
Who does this “solid core” consist of?
On the offensive side they have Watson, Reed, Jenkins, Jones and Dillon (who are all solid to good players). Defensively they have Kenny Clark, Van Ness, Alexander, Campbell, Walker. Those are 5 players on each side of the ball that present a “solid core.” This excludes even more players like Bakhtiari (injury), Preston Smith, Wyatt, the TEs they took on day 2 just a few days ago. You can’t act like the Packers are just some team with no potential. But ppl here are trying to say Love is trash and seen very little. Think they know when in reality no one knows lol
GM Rodgers is making moves! Just need Mercedes Lewis and they’re all set.
TE Coach?
Now they just need Mercedes Lewis and they will be all set. GM Rodgers is making moves!
These moves are hilarious. The Jets are trying to rebuild the Packers core after they’re past their prime. Jordy Nelson and Donald Driver are next.
Really? Cause i thought lazard was right in his prime and wilson is their number 1 receiver. Didnt know it hurt to add a number 5 receiver but ok
Lazard’s “prime”. haha.
60 for 788 and 6 tds. Awful numbers for a 2 or 3 wr lol
Rodgers must need someone to eat dinner with.
Are the Jets really that woeful at WR? Yeah, I get it’s Cobb and Rodgers. But Cobb is better than the current #4 WR?
I just believe he is still in the league at this point.
No! lol….They have what looks to be a very good receiver in Garrett Wilson, a potential #1. They had a good #2 in Elijah Moore but traded him for peanuts. Lazard and Davis are washes. Mimms crazy athletic but hasn’t done much….I personally think they downgraded their receiving core with these moves.
Somewhere, Jordy Nelson is waiting nervously by the phone.
Yeah cause all these guys together worked so great recently smh…definition of Insanity.
All of this for Rodgers to choke again.
So they think they can just remake hatchetts final year with rodgers and the rest of the packers? Missing 1 key element here…Davante. oh and Jones and Bahtari (for support since he was constantly injured)
Still, funny to see the jets bending their will to rodgers. Didn’t get the packers far. ha
This is the problem with Aaron Rodgers. I loved Cobb, you know about 5 years ago. Just plain waste signing him now. He’s just done. Why take a spot from a younger receiver. All this to lose in the playoffs!? Maybe.
Have to get there first
What “younger receiver” is he taking a spot away from?
BJ Raji and Clay Matthews sitting by their phones wondering when Rodgers going to show some love for the defense
Raji has a rushing touchdown. Maybe the Jets RBs are so bad they need him like they need Cobb.
Even with Rodgers they won’t win 10 games
Dumbest comment in a thread of dumb comments
I heard the Jets are signing Eddie Lacy and Ahman Green. They are in negotiations with Jordy Nelson as well.
I’m personally excited to watch the Jets be below average to average as usual. Did any of these former Packers win anything over the past decade? Did I miss something that the Jets saw?
That “below average” team got a good number of featured games last fall, even with most of them at 1 o’clock.
The 2023 schedule is due to be released this week and do not be surprised if the Jets get the spotlight in doubleheader or night games.
Featured games don’t make you good… See the 2022 Broncos… It just means your on TV a lot more than necessary..
Here’s the Jets opposition in those featured games: Green Bay, Denver (4:05), Buffalo, New England, Chicago, Minnesota, Buffalo again, Detroit, Jacksonville (midweek), Seattle (4:05), Miami. And the Jets were competitive in all but 2 of those games.
You can always watch European soccer if you want to have only a Super League.
Okay so you were ‘competitive’ against 6 teams that missed the playoffs… Congrats I guess? 19-3 vs Jax isn’t competitive considering they scored all 3 points on their first drive (LOL). So yeah, you beat the Bills once and got wiped by Minnesota considering once all game the Jets were tied (1st Q) and were down 14 at half… Congrats… ‘Competitive’ LOL
Breeze Hall is a good running back. If he can get healthy then there is Rodgers best friend. Say what you want about the WR they have now but the Jets haven’t gotten a ton of anything but “potentional” out of their young receivers. Moving on for a better mix isn’t all that crazy. Lewis is a bit much for me though…
That RB is Breece (with a “c”) Hall and one of those young WRs was the Offensive Rookie Of The Year.
I think Rodgers is taking 50% of the salary for each player he gets employed.
“We’re putting the band back together”
“Have you seeeen the light?”
NY Jet Packs
But Rodgers isn’t involved in any of these moves . . .
If things don’t go according to plan the Jets can always use Cobb for a remake of “12 Angry Men”.
Hey NY Packers, you’ve built the Aaron Rodgers MVP team, but have you built a SB contender?
Davis is still their 2nd best option even with these so called ‘additions’…
I cant wait to watch the New York Packers
As a Bills fan, I still think the Bills are a better team. We have Josh Allen. This isn’t MVP Rodgers.
But, The Jets are scary though, and they needed just any marginal upgrade at QB. They accomplished this with ARod, though they might regret the trade if they get 2022 ARod.
The AFC East is much tighter. The margin for error is very small.
For 2023, the Jets are not to be taken lightly.