Jamie Nye: Are player-managers the new winning combination?

Aaron Rodgers clearly wants to bring a little more of the NBA mentality to football.

The Green Bay Packers quarterback believes he should and could have been a valuable resource when it comes to player retention and recruitment.

Players come to play with him after all, he said in his extremely open and honest interview on Wednesday.

You have to believe he watched Tom Brady build a championship team in Tampa and thought, “If only my team thought I could have some pull and sway with fellow players.”

Of course, this would be new to football. But it’s been happening in basketball, especially with LeBron James since his move to South Beach, Fla., then his move back to Cleveland, then his move to Los Angeles. You have to give him credit, he’s built championships in every market he’s moved to.

Tom Brady did the same in Tampa.

And you have to believe we’ll have to get used to the marquee players in all sports starting to get more of a say of who joins them.

Maybe the Oilers should let Connor McDavid do a little more of the grunt work ahead of free agency next year.