What’s the A Rodge situation?

Does anyone know the current Aaron Rodgers situation? When deadline for him to report is, etc?

Camp starts next Wednesday the 28th, tbd if he shows up or not. He supposedly just turned down a 2 year extension that would have made him the highest paid player in the league (currently that is Patrick Mahomes at $45 million). The team I’m sure will say look we are doing everything to keep him happy and here, his side would likely say it’s not about the money, it’s about winning and being happy.

A milwaukee local interviewed Charles Woodson after he played a round of golf with Rodgers recently. Woodson said if Packers don’t sit down and break bread with Rodgers he thinks he’ll sit out this season.

Adam Schefter recently stated, “ 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”.

I am interested in what Packers fans think of this. I now there’s some on this forum. Lets hear what you have to say. Would you would just rather move on to the Jordan Love era? Have you had enough of the drama/diva that this situation has created?

BigWerm wrote:

Camp starts next Wednesday the 28th, tbd if he shows up or not. He supposedly just turned down a 2 year extension that would have made him the highest paid player in the league (currently that is Patrick Mahomes at $45 million). The team I’m sure will say look we are doing everything to keep him happy and here, his side would likely say it’s not about the money, it’s about winning and being happy.

There is no way that Rogers deserves to be the highest paid player in football. But if the Packers are willing to pay him that, I’m all for it. He will still not be happy and will be a big distraction for this season and several more.

Rodgers didn’t “just turned down a 2 year extension that would have made him the highest paid player in the league”, that contract offer was quite awhile ago. Just Schefter trying to be relevant in a dead NFL time. Old news.

The number crunchers ran all of the scenarios on how Rodgers could get out of this by loosing the least amount of money. If he really does not want to play in GB, his best move is to not show up for mandatory camp next week, but retire, which he will have to pay back his remaining signing bonus. Then let the Pack groom Love to be the starter, get a few games into the year, and then Rodgers comes back and says he doesn’t want to retire. He then gets his signing bonus back and they will have to pay him his game checks to like be the backup QB.

I believe it isn’t about the money for Rodgers. But I also believe he is one of the most spiteful people around, and is trying to figure out how to make this as painful on the Pack as possible.

Suits GB right, they did the same thing to Favre, and Rodgers watched that and made note, now he is paying them back.

It’s a business, From Montana to Brady, on and on, teams have drafted replacements. Rodgers has had a chip on his shoulder from day one since Mcarthy with the 49ers didn’t want him. If he starts pulling a bunch crap, how will it resonate with future teams and fans? The Pack has a 3-year contract if he retires and wants to come back, pretty sure they still have him under contract. He choked in the 4th quarter last year is a given. Poor poor millionaire…….Ps this is from a Packer fan. Double ps, the Vikings don’t want him, hell you passed on him twice in the draft. DK.

Not saying its Rodgers but….
The highest paid player has to be a QB. The perception is that everyone else can be just ok but with a superstar QB anything is possible. You can easily argue that the offensive line is what is important, but that is not one player & the line can break down but the QB can still make a great play.

i honestly enjoy watching him play……..well except against the Vikings. he can do some unbelieveable things with that football……………but he’s a big whiny baby if ya ask me. hope he sits out an pouts!!!!

just my opinion.

Bottom line the Packers are a better team with Rogers as our QB. If they do end up trading him, I don’t think they will get enough value to help them much this year. I’d rather see them let him sit this year and if he does, they will have all year to figure out who is the highest bidder.

Right now if your a Packer fan and from Wisconsin your basking in the glow of international super star Giannis Antetokounmpo and the world champion Milwaukee Bucks.

ESPN keeps puking out regurgitated storys about Rodgers contract offer but until training camp it means nothing. I’d say he plays one more year in Green Bay then he gets his wish: to be like Brady and call his shots.

It sounds like Rodgers wants his contract re-worked so he can leave GB after the end of the season. Packer’s management royally pissed off AR when they drafted a QB and RB in the first two rounds (the position of least need) a year after they were one win away from the Super Bowl. And we all know how sensitive and spiteful Rodgers is (just ask his estranged family).

If Packers can afford it let him retire and stay sitting forever.
He turned down the extension. If he had signed GB would have then traded him next year.

I enjoy watching Rodgers play. I have had him multiple times on my fantasy football team. Not a Packers fan but if I was I would hope Pack does not give in to what I had no idea how important he thinks he is.

I’m a Packers fan.

My 2 Cents:

First, you have to remember that Schefter admittedly fabricated a “breaking news story” around the draft then admitted it was just some conclusions he had made without any real factual evidence. Yes, Rodgers is pissed and was pissed. However, Schefter lost a ton of credibility by just throwing things out there to see what would stick to a headline without any sources.

This is a rare situation where neither side really has leverage over the other. Rodgers was the best player in the league last season and is a HOF QB. Anyone in the front office who is labeled as “a person involved with trading Rodgers” is tempting fate with their career. I’d say there’s less than a 1% chance he’s traded. The peak of his value was back around the draft as well.

I think Rodgers wants one of two things. One thing would be to clean house in the front office. Some of those guys did him wrong in not notifying him of drafting a successor and reaching to do so. After the fact other franchises have come forward saying their stars are somewhat in the loop on draft strategy or at least the QB position when they already have a rostered starter. There’s bad blood over him saying he liked Kumerow in a press conference as a receiver and then seeing him cut the next day. That along with the drafting and lack of free agent offensive help are sources of disagreement. The other thing that’d bring him back is to give him an opt out clause after this season. Rodgers wants to either play in GB with a new front office…or be able to pick his destination ala Tom Brady. He surely doesn’t want to be traded to a depleted AFC roster.

My prediction is that he plays this season in Green Bay. He will have a solid season, but not MVP caliber. They may win the North with him but I don’t foresee a major playoff run. After the season he aggressively forces a trade. If he doesn’t play, the Packers are a 5 win team and Davante walks… triggering a massive rebuild not seen in decades

No matter how it plays out Erin will never get the stink off.

Also, no matter where he ended up he would never catch Brady.

fishthumper wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>BigWerm wrote:</div>
Camp starts next Wednesday the 28th, tbd if he shows up or not. He supposedly just turned down a 2 year extension that would have made him the highest paid player in the league (currently that is Patrick Mahomes at $45 million). The team I’m sure will say look we are doing everything to keep him happy and here, his side would likely say it’s not about the money, it’s about winning and being happy.

There is no way that Rogers deserves to be the highest paid player in football. But if the Packers are willing to pay him that, I’m all for it. He will still not be happy and will be a big distraction for this season and several more.

I can think of one maybe two ( only two because he wins rings) players who should be paid more.
Don’t think it is about the money. RESPECT..

RESPECT is earned, not given.

He got the contract he wanted, now he should honour it!
Who should run the team, him or the guys hired to run the team?
let him park his butt, I wouldn’t budge a bit, if you do decide to trade him, send him anywhere but to a team that he wants to go to.
You can’t let the inmates run the asylum . if he gets away with it, every NFL team will have a problem with their high profile players that want their way.

Poot old number 12. MVP season he had No one to throw the ball to.

How is it a respect thing. Every one pooped on farve when he left and boo him.
Your position isn’t a given.
They should play for it.

Arodge will never play for GB again. He is perfectly happy sitting on his piles of money. His success has made him privy to anything around him. Whether he retires is up in the air. Honestly I think he runs it back in 2022 for the right fit on his terms. Good for him! Bout time somebody sticks it to his bosses.

I do think Rodgers has legitimate reasons to be pissed and want out. Teams have small windows when all the pieces are assembled to win the super bowl. It is a head scratcher that as close as GB was to getting back to the super bowl they did not pick up some help for Rodgers in the draft. On the other hand GB has had exceptional QB players for what the last 20 years? Who is to say the kid they drafted will not be the next superstar QB. I can see that if management thought he could be the next Rodgers or Favre they would have no choice but take him. Rogers will not play forever and who knows when GB would have a shot again in the draft for someone they thought so highly of. I believe Brady played out his contract with New England and didn’t resort to throwing a tantrum to get out when New England started to fade.

I still think it’s all about ego with tis guy. He knows that he needs another Super Bowl win and isn’t likely to get it in Green Bay. He thinks he can force his way out but I’m not so sure he can. What if he doesn’t report? At some point Green Bay can fire back and put him on the voluntary retirement list. So not only would he not get paid or traded he wouldn’t be able to play if he did return.

I know one thing, it will be extremely fun to watch if he doesn’t show up.

Beast wrote:

Who should run the team, him or the guys hired to run the team?

Agreed. The GM, coaches, and scouts get paid to look at players, draft them, and make trades. Not the QB. The QB gets paid for his position, and most of them are paid quite handsomely. I’m quite sure Rodgers hasn’t watched thousands of hours of film on players that have been scouted and drafted. Green Bay didn’t draft Jordan Love with the intention of throwing him right into the fire immediately otherwise they would have already done that. They drafted him for the future. Which is actually contrary to what most teams are currently doing when they draft a QB.

here is what i dont get. these players are not at will employees, there under contract that both parties agreed to. the employer pays the player to perform under the terms and conditions of that contract…… the player is expected to perform under those terms and conditions. he doesnt show up for work he should get fired.

it happens everywhere else.

glenn57 wrote:

here is what i dont get. these players are not at will employees, there under contract that both parties agreed to. the employer pays the player to perform under the terms and conditions of that contract…… the player is expected to perform under those terms and conditions. he doesnt show up for work he should get fired.

it happens everywhere else.

You’re missing the point.

Rodgers wants to be “fired.” The Packers don’t want to just let the MVP walk away to his hand-picked destination to haunt them the next few years.

buckybadger wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>glenn57 wrote:</div>
here is what i dont get. these players are not at will employees, there under contract that both parties agreed to. the employer pays the player to perform under the terms and conditions of that contract…… the player is expected to perform under those terms and conditions. he doesnt show up for work he should get fired.

it happens everywhere else.

You’re missing the point.

Rodgers wants to be “fired.” The Packers don’t want to just let the MVP walk away to his hand-picked destination to haunt them the next few years.

looking at it from that perspective…….. OK i see it now.

Otherwise I agree completely…in the “real world” he’d be fired and deservedly so.

Beast wrote:

He got the contract he wanted, now he should honour it!
Who should run the team, him or the guys hired to run the team?
let him park his butt, I wouldn’t budge a bit, if you do decide to trade him, send him anywhere but to a team that he wants to go to.
You can’t let the inmates run the asylum . if he gets away with it, every NFL team will have a problem with their high profile players that want their way.

You call them a Team. Are the front office and the player not The Team?