New Odds Have Rodgers Favored to Be Week 1 Starter for Two Teams
GREEN BAY, Wis. – In odds updated on Wednesday morning, Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers is the betting favorite to be the Week 1 starting quarterback for the Las Vegas Raiders as well as the New York Jets.
At SportsBetting.ag, an offshore sportsbook, has Week 1 odds listed for both teams as well as overall next-team odds for Rodgers. Here they are:
Odds for Las Vegas Raiders’ Week 1 Starter
Aaron Rodgers, Green Bay Packers: -250
Jarrett Stidham, who replaced Derek Carr: +300
Lamar Jackson, Baltimore Ravens free agent: +450
Jimmy Garoppolo, San Francisco 49ers free agent: +600
Anthony Richardson, 2023 draft pick from Florida: +2000
Baker Mayfield, Los Angeles Rams free agent: +2500
Bryce Young, 2023 draft pick from Alabama: +2500
Will Levis, 2023 draft pick from Kentucky: +2500
CJ Stroud, 2023 draft pick from Ohio State: +3300
Matt Ryan, Indianapolis Colts: +6600
“Would I be interested in having Aaron Rodgers throw to me?” Adams told reporters after the Pro Bowl. “Yes. I would love that.
Odds for New York Jets’ Week 1 Starter
Aaron Rodgers, Green Bay Packers: +200
Jimmy Garoppolo, San Francisco 49ers free agent: +250
Lamar Jackson, Baltimore Ravens free agent: +350
Derek Carr, Las Vegas Raiders: +500
Mike White, New York Jets: +700
Zach Wilson, New York Jets: +850
Draft picks Bryce Young, C.J. Stroud, Will Levis: +2500
“There’s nobody in the building that brings me more joy or is more fun to be around than Nathaniel Hackett,” Rodgers said before the Packers faced Hackett’s former team, the Jacksonville Jaguars, in 2020.
“Hack has been a really important part of our culture change and a part of our success on offense. I love him. Hope he doesn’t go anywhere. Unless I do.”
Aaron Rodgers’ Next-Team Odds
Note: This bet is valid only if Rodgers is traded; the Packers are not an option.
Las Vegas Raiders: -300
New York Jets: +200
Tampa Bay Buccaneers: +1400
San Francisco 49ers: +1600
New England Patriots, Tennessee Titans: +2000
Indianapolis Colts, Washington Commanders, Carolina Panthers: +2500
Earlier in the week, the Raiders were -150, the Jets were +250 and the 49ers were +500.
New York Giants: +4000
Atlanta Falcons, New Orleans Saints, Houston Texans: +5000
On Tuesday, DraftKings posted updated next-team odds in which the Raiders also are the betting favorite over the Packers and Jets.
In Tuesday’s non-Onion headline, Rodgers said on The Pat McAfee Show that he’s going on a four-day darkness retreat which should get him “a lot closer to a final, final decision” on his football future.
There are odds for this, too. Will Rodgers leave before the four-day retreat is over? “No” is the favorite at -500; “yes” is +300.
“You’re not locked in,” Rodgers explained. “You can leave. If you can’t do it, you can just walk out the door. It’s a darkness retreat. And I’ve had a number of friends who’ve done it and had some profound experiences. It’s something that’s been on my radar for a few years now and I felt like it’d be awesome to do, regardless of where I was leaning after this season, so it’s been on the calendar for months and months and it’s coming up in a couple weeks.”
