Aaron Rodgers' trite grievance...

Parting ways with a brilliant player is seldom addition by subtraction, but it's difficult not to believe that the Green Bay Packers' departure from Aaron Rodgers will be exactly that.

Is Rodgers even worse behind closed doors than he is in the safe environment afforded by buddies Pat McAfee and A.J. Hawk on McAfee's namesake show?

Rodgers sung his old tune Wednesday afternoon, that of an arrogant narcissist complaining about how disrespected he feels by a franchise he has held in limbo for the previous couple of years with his maybe-I-will, maybe-I-won't retirement seesaw. That same team is obligated to pay him $60 million for the 2023 season.

Rodgers launched into his list of grievances less than 10 minutes into his appearance with McAfee and Hawk, lamenting the fact that the Packers' front office that drafted him in 2005 isn't the same front office that had the audacity to draft what they hoped would be his replacement, Jordan Love, in 2020.

He mentioned folks who were no longer there and those who were, who plainly hadn't gotten the signal that King Aaron's ego came first in Green Bay, quarterback continuity plan be damned.

It was like an Oscar winner reading from a notecard while clutching their glittering award, which was apt because Rodgers is nothing but drama.

Rodgers is no stranger to this. He's been known as the Baron of Bellyache since he was drafted 24th overall, a snub so detrimental to his psyche that he's reminded anybody, anywhere, about what a dreadful injustice it was at the time and continues to be for over two decades.

Never mind that Joe Montana was a third-round pick, and Tom Brady, who won six Super Bowls with one franchise and added a seventh in his first year with a new team for good measure, was a sixth-round pick who saw six quarterbacks taken before him.

The Jets have several talented young receivers on their roster, but they're in too deep with Rodgers to back down now, and have allegedly signed Allen Lazard away from the Packers on a four-year deal to pacify him. Wouldn't a great quarterback make it work with new teammates rather than retreating to the comfort of older, and presumably more accommodating to his whims, teammates?

The Jets will have handed up numerous draft selections, signed Rodgers' deal, and signed some of his hand-picked pass-catchers at some time. Will it pay off with a playoff appearance? An AFC title game? A championship game?

Will it go off spectacularly, especially because Rodgers is famously sensitive in front of the New York media? Would he even play two seasons before deciding to retire?

It's impossible to foresee how this will all play out with the NFL's reigning Don of Drama involved. However, the Packers will no longer be attempting to please him.