New Odds Have Rodgers Favored to Be Week 1 Starter for Two Teams

Will Aaron Rodgers start for the Jets? The Raiders? And will he make it through his four-day darkness retreat?

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.”