One Word Shifts Rodgers’ Next-Team Odds

Here are the latest odds for Aaron Rodgers playing for the Raiders, Jets and 49ers, with one major update this week.

Author:
Bill Huber
Updated:
Feb 3, 2023 3:53 PM EST
Original:
Feb 3, 2023

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GREEN BAY, Wis. – Green Bay Packers fans of a certain generation will remember the commercials for the financial firm EF Hutton.

“When EF Hutton talks, people listen.”

The same, apparently, is true of Las Vegas Raiders receiver Davante Adams. Asked on Twitter “which neighborhood” Aaron Rodgers would be moving to this offseason, Adams replied with one simple word.

“Mine.”

When Davante Adams talks, people listen. Or, specifically, sportsbooks.

At the offshore sportsbook SportsBetting.ag, you can place a wager on who will be the Raiders’ starting quarterback in 2023. A few days ago, here were the top odds:

- Jarrett Stidham, who replaced Derek Carr at the end of the season: +150.

- Jimmy Garoppolo, the former 49ers starter who is set to be a free agent: +200.

- Rodgers, who won MVPs in 2020 and 2021 with Adams winning All-Pro honors: +450.

A Friday update included a significant change. No doubt Adams’ tweet and a recent Instagram post played a role in the shift.

- Stidham, +150.

- Rodgers, +200.

- Garoppolo, +400.

By implied probability, Rodgers to the Raiders went from 20 percent to 33.3 percent.

Everyone else was unchanged, including potential draft pick Will Levis at +1000, Baltimore Ravens free agent Lamar Jackson at +1200 and Los Angeles Rams free agent Baker Mayfield at +1400.

If a trade were to happen – Rodgers hasn’t even decided if he’s going to play – he’d no doubt welcome a reunion with the indomitable Adams.

“I feel like obviously losing Davante was a big deal,” Rodgers said after the season-ending loss to Detroit. “We didn’t fill that void. Nobody can. He’s super-human. He’s phenomenal. There was hope in certain things that were going to fill that void. Ultimately, that just didn’t happen.”

Rodgers Favored To Be Jets’ Starter

Rodgers probably would embrace a trade to the Jets, too. New York coach Robert Saleh recently hired Nathaniel Hackett as offensive coordinator and said the team intends to acquire a veteran quarterback to add to a talented roster.

Especially because of the ties to Hackett, Rodgers remains the betting favorite to be their Week 1 starter. Here are those odds, which are unchanged from earlier in the week.

- Rodgers, +150.

- Jackson, +400.

- Carr, +450.

- Garoppolo, +450.

- Mike White, who went 1-3 as the Jets’ starter, +600.

- Zach Wilson, who went 5-4 as the Jets’ starter, +850.

- Potential first-round draft picks Bryce Young, C.J. Stroud and Levis, +2500.