For weeks, the Pittsburgh Steelers have been the only NFL team linked to four-time MVP quarterback Aaron Rodgers. Earlier this offseason, the future Pro Football Hall of Famer was informed of his release by the New York Jets and their new head coach and general manager.

Last year, the NFL gave Aaron Rodgers and the Jets a slew of early-season prime-time and short-week games because, as NFL V.P. of broadcast planning Mike North candidly admitted, "I feel like the Jets kind of owe us one.