Is he really going to do that at age 37 and miss a prime year (only to still be under contract with the Packers)? I have to believe this is a PFT fever dream or, if leaked by Rodgers' camp, a short-term bluff.
I think Schefter makes a leap from the first sentence to the second.Schefter: This off-season, the Packers offered Aaron Rodgers a two-year contract extension that would have tied him to Green Bay for five more seasons and made him the highest-paid QB and player in football. Rodgers declined the offer, proof it’s not about the money.
For sure. Schefty makes AR look like a hero in the second which has been the case all along for Schefty's reporting on this story.It's a fascinating tweet, though, because the first sentence would appear team leaked while the second players into the Rodgers narrative
Yeah, this is all pretty much noise until there's a regular season game in progress with a different QB taking the snaps for GB.If he sits out the year, then it's proof that it's not about the money.
If it was really this bad, I can’t believe the packers didn’t trade him to the niners pre draft. It sounded like they could have had pick 3 for him and either sold it for a ton or taken their pick of fields/lance/Jones.Major rumblings that Rodgers is preparing to retire as early as Monday.
Thin. But I tend to believe the bookies.I mean, source?
Assuming it’s this: https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2021/07/23/sports-books-reportedly-brace-for-an-aaron-rodgers-retirement/
Seems thin.
Yup. Palmer’s agent at the time is now Rodgers’ agentCarson Palmer "retired" to force his trade ... right?
Yep. All for show.Carson Palmer "retired" to force his trade ... right?
Well, he is a guy that stopped speaking to his family, so he definitely likes to hold grudges and follow through on them.Drip drip drip …
View: https://twitter.com/profootballtalk/status/1418890213284253706?s=21
This is unbelievable. If you’d told me that Rodgers might actually fucking retire over this after the season he just had I’d never have believed it. Yet …
And why is that a problem?Yep. All for show.
that’s sure how i read itCouldn't "Last Dance" mean that they plan to play one more year in Green Bay?
I never said it was. I don’t blame him, but I highly doubt he’s done playing football forever.And why is that a problem?
When teams conclude that a player is not as useful as they previously believed, they are free to cut or trade the player. Rodgers is the rare player with the ability to force his way to another team when he comes to the conclusion that his current team resembles a clown car.
Rodgers owes Green Bay nothing.
No one thinks he isI never said it was. I don’t blame him, but I highly doubt he’s done playing football forever.
Apologies for misreading you. Carry on.I never said it was. I don’t blame him, but I highly doubt he’s done playing football forever.
That would be cilium on their partI agree it's most likely a show. But are the Packets willing to throw away the season and wait until week 9 to find out?
They could always check in on Stevia Grogan.I agree it's most likely a show. But are the Packets willing to throw away the season and wait until week 9 to find out?
Its pretty clear to me, he wants to play elsewhere.They could always check in on Stevia Grogan.
What exactly is he trying to accomplish? Does he want LaFleur and the FO gone?
I see it the other way. If its a lose season either way, get the draft picks. Rebuild even quicker.This is probably a lost season or even two without Rodgers anyway, so Green Bay might as well wait it out and hope he changes his mind.
The high draft picks if they bottom out will help jumpstart a rebuild. If Rodgers comes back they can look forward to a playoff run. Either of those two options are probably better than a mediocre season.
The team isn't in shambles, though. Rodgers is a weird dude. They have made the NFC Championship game the last two seasons. And Rodgers, the man in his own head, wasn't able to get it done.Its pretty clear to me, he wants to play elsewhere.
Maybe Shailene wants him closer to her, maybe he just doesn't want to waste his last years on a team he doesn't feel is building out towards a title.
Either way, the Packers contributed to this by drafting Love. I think their best option now is deal Rodgers to get the assets to put around him. Or let Rodgers possibly retire and get nothing.
He was also trending downward and definitely seemed to be in decline when the team chose to draft Love. Obviously, he had an incredible bounce back this season, but I think that drafting a QB at that point was totally defensible.The team isn't in shambles, though. Rodgers is a weird dude. They have made the NFC Championship game the last two seasons. And Rodgers, the man in his own head, wasn't able to get it done.
He's acting like he's on the Jets or the Jags. It's insane.
That’s quite a declarative statement given those teams have coaches with a combined 0-0 NFL record.Jets and Jags have better head coaching and probably don’t kick a field goal with little time left down 8
They're undefeated!That’s quite a declarative statement given those teams have coaches with a combined 0-0 NFL record.
You new here?That’s quite a declarative statement given those teams have coaches with a combined 0-0 NFL record.
Why is he a baby? Just because his employers treated him badly and this threat is (thanks to the lack of player power in the NFL) the only leverage he can wield to get traded?Rodgers is a baby. I hope he retires and we never see him again.
THISYou could argue they mistreated him by wasting his prime years on a moron like McCarthy.
This. And my understanding is that this rift with the front office has been years in the making, it’s not just about Jordan Love. They’ve been inept at giving him good coaches, terrible at communicating with him, and generally unnecessarily antagonized their relationship. Part of that is it seems to me the front office often treated him as just another player instead of a team leader with input (not actual decision making power, just input). Which is their prerogative, but then they shouldn’t be surprised that he was unhappy.You could argue they mistreated him by wasting his prime years on a moron like McCarthy.
I guess my perspective is that even if all of this were true, I still don’t have a problem with his actions here. (Edit: for the record, I do think that Rodgers is an odd guy and overly sensitive to perceived slights.)Rodgers continues to get a pass for constantly coming up short in the playoffs as it always is someone else's fault, despite the fact that he has pretty consistently had a good O-Line, good RBs, and decent WRs. Now he is going to take his ball and go home because he requested a trade (on draft night, so the team had to scramble to find a decent trade if they even wanted to trade him) and doesn't want to play for a team that is DEFINITELY a title contender if he plays? Where does he think he's going to go at this point that will be better? He isn't stuck on the Jaguars.
It's not nearly as black and white as you describe it. NFL clubs basically treat all players poorly, with the notable exception being superstar QBs. I have zero sympathy for Rodgers, he isn't a RB with a ticking clock on a chance to make money before his body breaks down.I guess my perspective is that even if all of this were true, I still don’t have a problem with his actions here.
The NFL is a business where every relationship is purely transactional. I’m always confused by fans accepting (even celebrating) that fact when clubs treat players like dirt, but venting their spleen when a player tries to use leverage to get something.
Isn't this almost exactly how BB dealt with Brady for many years, to much acclaim? I don't begrudge Rodgers for trying to leverage a better or different situation for himself, nor do I begrudge the Packers for trying to plan for life without him by drafting Love. But the notion that he has been wronged, or mistreated by them seems like a reach to me. And him promoting that narrative, either overtly or through selective back channel comments to media members, does strike me as a bit diva-ish. If that's what he is doing. I do recognize these NFL insider tweets, including Schefter's, should be taken with a grain of salt.This. And my understanding is that this rift with the front office has been years in the making, it’s not just about Jordan Love. They’ve been inept at giving him good coaches, terrible at communicating with him, and generally unnecessarily antagonized their relationship. Part of that is it seems to me the front office often treated him as just another player instead of a team leader with input (not actual decision making power, just input). Which is their prerogative, but then they shouldn’t be surprised that he was unhappy.
Are you? I (and most fans) root for Laundry. If a Players hissy is going to doom/impede my team for 3-4 years (Kyrie for instance...even though thats the NBA) then yea I am a bit pissed off at them.The NFL is a business where every relationship is purely transactional. I’m always confused by fans accepting (even celebrating) that fact when clubs treat players like dirt, but venting their spleen when a player tries to use leverage to get something.