As the New York Jets work on a trade for four-time MVP quarterback Aaron Rodgers, the team continues to bring in pieces to complement their hoped-for signal caller for next season. 

The Jets did so again on Thursday, as veteran backup quarterback Tim Boyle was reportedly signed to a one-year deal, the team announced. The NFL Network first reported the deal. 

Boyle, 28, spent his first three seasons in the NFL with the Green Bay Packers after going undrafted out of Eastern Kentucky in 2018. He impressed Packers brass during the preseason that year, making the 53-man roster as the team’s third-string quarterback behind Rodgers and DeShone Kizer. 

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But Boyle wouldn’t get into an NFL game during his rookie year. He found his first NFL action in 2019 instead during a Week 7 win over the then-Oakland Raiders. Boyle took over for Rodgers in that game as a courtesy, kneeling three times to run out the clock. 

It would be 2021 with the Detroit Lions when Boyle finally got some real NFL action. He earned three starts that season, but none of them resulted in a win. He’s 0-3 in his five years in the NFL, all coming from that stint with the Lions, where he was 61-for-94 for 526 yards with three touchdowns to six interceptions. 

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Boyle spent the 2022 season with the Chicago Bears, seeing time in just one game. 

Despite the numbers, Boyle knows the offense of Nathaniel Hackett, having been with Rodgers and the Packers those first three seasons. Hackett is now the offensive coordinator with the Jets after being fired midseason by the Denver Broncos in his first year as head coach. 

Boyle is the latest Rodgers connection to join the team, as Allen Lazard joined Gang Green’s receiving corps earlier. There were rumors that Randall Cobb, once Rodgers’ most-trusted receiving option with the Packers, was heading to Florham Park, New Jersey, as well. 

The Jets and Packers have yet to get a deal officially done, though Rodgers mentioned on "The Pat McAfee Show" that his intention is to move on to the Jets. So New York is doing all they can to get that done, while surrounding Rodgers with everything he needs to hit the ground running. 

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As for the quarterbacks' room, with the addition of Boyle, 2021 second-overall pick Zach Wilson has more competition to go against come training camp. He did say whoever was brought in by the Jets, he would "make that dude’s life hell." 

That’s an uphill battle against Rodgers, but for the primary backup role, Boyle will be the man Wilson will try to beat. 

FIRST ON FOX: The Biden administration evaded questions regarding the infamous Chinese spy balloon from Montana Republican Sen. Steve Daines, who says the administration appears "more interested in covering up the truth."

A Chinese surveillance balloon was detected hovering over the Big Sky State in early February, traversing nearly the entire continental U.S. before the Biden administration decided to shoot down the spy craft.

Daines told Fox News Digital that even briefings with intelligence officials left him with more questions than answers. On Feb. 9, Daines posed 10 questions for the Biden administration, including why the balloon was allowed to enter U.S. airspace, how close it got to Montana's Malmstrom Air Force Base and missile silos, and what other sensitive national security and military sites it flew over – all of which remain unanswered.

"The Pentagon's response to my questions regarding the Chinese spy balloon fiasco shows the administration is more interested in covering up the truth and hoping it goes away than leveling with the American people, admitting where mistakes were made and working to ensure it never happens again," Daines told Fox News Digital.

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"Like the failed withdrawal from Afghanistan where 13 American lives were lost, this is a slap in the face for Montanans and Americans who watched the balloon float right over their homes and our sensitive military sites," Daines said. "Now that we know the balloon was collecting intelligence, Montanans and the country deserve better, and I hope to see my colleagues, Republican and Democrat, hold this administration accountable."

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Many had speculated the Chinese balloon gathered intelligence from U.S. military sites as it roamed freely across the country from Jan. 28 to Feb. 4 before being shot down in South Carolina.

But despite the Biden administration's attempt to block its intelligence gathering efforts, two senior U.S. officials and a former senior administration official told NBC News this week the vessel had, in fact, collected "intelligence from several sensitive American military sites."

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The collected intelligence primarily included electronic signals, which can come from weapons systems or base personnel communications, the publication said. Beijing received the information in real-time, according to the reports. 

Reuters reported that the White House and Pentagon could not confirm whether the balloon had gathered the intelligence and fed it back to China in real time.

"I could not confirm that there was real-time transmission from the balloon back to (China) at this time," Pentagon spokesperson Sabrina Singh said, adding it's something they're currently analyzing, according to Reuters.

Following the spy balloon fiasco, Daines introduced a bill to require a gap analysis of NORAD capabilities, essentially analyzing whether there are any missing components necessary to identifying potential threats from foreign aerial objects entering U.S. airspace.