As off-season fireworks continue, logic suggests another big trade could go under in the days leading up to the 2022 NFL Draft.
Last offseason, it was day one of the draft when reports of Aaron Rodgers’ dissatisfaction began swirling and didn’t clear up for months.
So expect a barrage of reports and rumors as we get closer to Commissioner Roger Goodell officially announcing that the Jacksonville Jaguars are on the clock.
Some reports have legs. Others are quickly crushed.
As draft week begins, we already have a report of a prominent quarterback being laughed at.
Aaron Nagler, longtime editor of the Green Bay Packers and co-founder of Cheesehead TV, reported that the Packers are targeting Las Vegas Raiders tight end Darren Waller, and the sides have been in talks.
Nagler’s reports come after The Athletic’s Jeff Howe reported earlier in April that the Packers and Raiders were discussing an unnamed player as a possible addition to the Davante Adams trade. But the rules recognized by the sites do not allow another player to be involved in a trade for a franchise tagged player. Turns out Waller was the player discussed.
As these rumors often do in modern society, the report reached Raiders quarterback Derek Carr, who poked fun at the possibility that the Raiders could trade Waller this offseason.