3:42pm: While a previous report indicated the 49ers made an offer, Adam Schefter of ESPN.com tweets the Packers have not received a firm trade proposal for their superstar quarterback. Multiple teams have inquired, only to be rebuffed. Given Thursday’s developments, offers figure to come in for the three-time MVP.
3:16pm: It hasn’t even been an hour since the NFL world was rocked by news of Aaron Rodgers potentially wanting out of Green Bay, and we’ve already got a new batch of updates for you.
Perhaps most importantly, a source told Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk that Rodgers “could indeed be traded this weekend” (Twitter link). In a separate tweet, he reports the potential destinations. An “unimpeachable” source told Florio that as of last night Rodgers’ wishlist was the “49ers, Broncos, Raiders (not necessarily in that order).”
He also adds that Rodgers wanted the Packers to accept the 49ers’ offer, which we only heard about within the past couple hours. The 49ers make a ton of sense as Rodgers is a Bay Area native, although it’s unclear what his specific attractions to the Broncos and Raiders are.
The Raiders have never seemed particularly committed to Derek Carr, and Jon Gruden would likely jump at the chance to add Rodgers. With only Drew Lock and Teddy Bridgewater right now, the Broncos would too. San Francisco traded up to get a quarterback with the third overall pick, and they’ve now only got a few hours left until they need to decide on a passer. Maybe they can trade whoever they end up drafting as part of a potential package for Rodgers.
In our original story we heard that the two sides were still in some sort of negotiations over a contract extension, but it sounds like that’s probably not realistic if there’s a real chance he gets traded in the next few days.
Florio has additional bad news for Packers fans, as he says in another tweet that he’s been told Rodgers “doesn’t like anyone in the front office for a variety of reasons.” Meanwhile, Packers brass are continuing to act like nothing is wrong, at least publicly.
GM Brian Gutekunst issued a statement shortly after the news broke, saying “as we’ve stated since the season ended, we are committed to Aaron in 2021 and beyond. Aaron has been a vital part of our success and we look forward to competing for another championship with him leading our team” (Twitter link via Tom Silverstein of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel).
Whether Rodgers is with the Packers or another team in 2021, it sounds like he wants more input with the organization. The reigning MVP “wants to have a say in personnel decisions for whatever team he is on – both in the draft and free agency,” sources told Tony Pauline of ProFootballNetwork (Twitter link).
It’s safe to say the Packers wouldn’t have taken Jordan Love in the first-round last year if Rodgers had a say in draft decisions. It’s not an unreasonable ask for a player of Rodgers’ stature, but it’s more confirmation that Rodgers is unhappy and could see himself playing elsewhere in the near future.
That’s all for now, but we should be hearing plenty more on this situation in the coming hours, so stay tuned…
Lol Mike Florio
The second biggest delusional narcissist I’ve seen. At least Rodgers is good at job, though.
So, he wants to be the de facto GM of his team?
If he was the GM, would he trade his star QB under duress?
Having said that, unless he uses the same pharmacist as Brady, his end is coming sooner rather than later…move him if you get a Walker package.
he wanted to win. the g.m. and the headcoach wanted to control rodgers like a small dog. and didn’t bring in necessary pieces to win it all. i love packers but hope the duo are exposed of their inability and unwillingness to win it all with rodgers.and the love was so overly valued by 2.
As a bears fan knowingly getting his heart ripped out tonight, I can’t begin to tell you how happy I am about this development, Love is goin to flop hahahaha what a great day for the bears, now if we only had a front office worthy of their jobs
lol!
Famous last words, my dude. Love doesn’t have to be Rodgers-esque for GB to have team success. The package the Packers would be receiving from a Rodgers trade could help them put together a championship-caliber roster. If Joe Flacco and Nick Foles can win a Super Bowl ring, I don’t see why Jordan Love can’t.
It amazes me that anyone can have this attitude. Going into last season, the Packers were set at practically only two positions: QB and RB. What did they do? They blew their first and second round picks on QB and RB.
How did Rodgers respond to this? By having one of the greatest seasons in NFL history.
The Packers front office is terrible and Rodgers has been carrying them for a decade plus. It’s going to be so funny watching the Packers miss the playoffs every season for the next ten years. But at least the fans won’t have to deal with Rodgers’ supposed ‘ego’, right?
Another stupid comment. But that’s what you expect out of guys who know nothing about having to find a different QB every year. Spoiled packers fans
Word is Joe B is pushing for Chase. Wouldn’t it be ironic that 2 very good-great QB’s (Watson & Aaron) would have zero influence on the front office, but a 2nd year dude can pull the strings!
Why would the 49ers trade for Rodgers? Just go with Fields, even if he has issues with his mechanics, Mina Kimes, former NFL QB says that stuff will work itself out anyway. So 9ers should draft Fields and this Rodgers guy, hes old news. Yea MVP, Last year. LAST YEAR. NFL is about what have you done for me lately? And lately, he hasn’t played any football. He hosted Jeopardy. Since the NFC Championship game, Rodgers has thrown for 0 yards and 0 touchdowns. Clearly on the decline. Be smart… Draft a QB.
Lance is their guy. Not Fields.
Mina Kimes never once played QB in the nfl.
100% sarcasm. She just made this comment on TV and I was already about to make my sarcastic comment so I threw her in there. She’s as much of an expert as Papi Le Batard.
any qb drafted is, at least, 5 years behind rodgers.
Come on over to the Niners!!
Packers already said that they will not in any circumstances trade Rodgers within the NFC Conference.
Karen Rodgers wants to speak to the Manager!
At this point the Pack has to let him go or face being harangued by this continual drama like the Favre crap all over again, year after year. Rip the bandaid off and move on if that’s what has to happen.
If there is any movement on this I’m thinking the Packers would look to the AFC teams rather than the NFC’s. It would be damned interesting if the Raiders worked out a deal…
Can’t say I blame him. Most of the time this kind of thing speaks to the player’s own greediness or short-sightedness, but the Packers have gone out of their way to sabotage their playoff chances since Gutekunst was hired. Rodgers doesn’t have many quality years left, and the Packers aren’t even committed to him for most of whatever those are. They have, however, committed to a future rebuild even though they have a playoff window open right now, and have for at least two years.
I really don’t blame Rodgers for being fed up that after years of “waiting” for the right to splurge and make a playoff push, the Packers do more of the same “draft for depth on Day One and Two” in the draft. They got a new regime and nothing changed, with the exception that this one seems less competent. I mean, Rodgers won the MVP last year and threw 48 touchdowns. If 48 touchdowns aren’t enough from your QB, there’s a problem there. Rodgers is mercurial and hard to please and definitely has a giant chip on his shoulder. He seems nitpicky and aloof. But I just don’t think he’s wrong. Yeah, he should shut up and play. But his team should also be trying to win championships. Hard to blame the troops when command is out of whack, in my opinion.
absolutely!
Don’t trade this career underachiever anywhere he wants to go. Send him to the Jets or Houston.
Spoken as a Denver fan, you know all to well about underachieving QBs
This guy supposedly likes Denver, but I’ve never seen him type a good word about them. Or anyone else really.
Aaron Rodgers: “You guys need my expert advice because you’ve only managed a 77.7% win percentage over the past 2 years”.
Absurd comment. Take Rodgers off the team and they’d have a 77.7% losing percentage. The Packers success is because of Rodgers, and despite the idiotic front office that completely flushed all of their draft picks down the toilet last year instead of building around Rodgers.
Last time I checked, Rodgers contributes nothing to the defense or special teams. I’m pretty sure the Packers success would suffer with Rodgers as the GM.
Rodgers brought the team to back to back NFC Title games. QB is the most important position on the team. The only team that made the postseason last year that didn’t have a franchise QB was the Bears and they got romped. Whether you like it or not, he contributes and he’s one of the best to ever do it.
At this point….let the qb needy teams start bidding on him and walk away with multiple first rounders and call it good. He’s almost 38 and likely only has about 2-3 seasons left in him anyway. (Don’t use Brady as a standard for playing age.)
Love the guy but he’s not bigger than the packers like his predecessor before him also felt, and if you can get a ton of picks, then let’s do it. If he doesn’t wanna be here, bye Felicia. I hate our GM as well but I’d rather he packers get something for ARod bc unless the front office is fired he’s not gonna change his mind. …and I doubt that happens.
Your right he’s not bigger than the Packers but they would have been no where near as good as they are if he had not been their QB. He’s right behind Brady when it comes to making guys on offense look better than they are.
I don’t get raiders interest. Carr is bad and they are so far away from competiting that emptying the cabinet for a 37 year old rodgers makes little to no sense. I bet Rams are kicking themselves for not waiting longer
Packers would not have taken that contract of Goff. Not a chance
As a Ram fan the Lions were fools
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I’m glad you added the “isn’t”. Ha ha. The segment of fans out there that believe there are 32 Maholmes to go around drives me crazy. Lol. Carr is good. I like Rodgers. But the stupidest thing the Raiders could do is move off Carr and give up picks for Rodgers. They need defense, which seems a hard concept for them to grasp.
That’s what I can’t figure out. Russell Wilson had the Raiders on his list too. What is the appeal?
I always laugh when these or similar assertions are made: “The 49ers make a ton of sense as Rodgers is a Bay Area native.”
For real, does someone hailing from a certain area really qualify as “a ton of sense” when deciding their financial/competitive futures in the NFL? Is there no other factor to offer to at least pretend that scale actually reaches a “ton?”
niners need a qb, rodgers wants to be on a contending team, which the niners are when healthy. I do think him being from there is not super important. Really only matters, for some guys, and if he still has family in the Bay.
Yeah, I’m not saying him being interested in the 49ers isn’t true or that he doesn’t have good reason if it is. I just think it’s lazy “journalism” to assert this kind of stuff. And it happens all the time. I remember when folks were speculating about Ron Rivera’s next destination, and some NFL mediaite (can’t remember who now) offered up San Diego as making a lot of “sense” simply because he is Hispanic and San Diego has a large Hispanic population, LOL. I mean, who can defend this as legit journalism? They might as well have said “he’s Hispanic and San Diego is a Spanish name, so it makes ‘tons of sense.'” LOL
Biggest day of these college kid’s careers and Diva Rodgers has to make the whole draft now about him. Class act.
Yeah, he must be the inside source from the GB front office that leaked this concrete irrefutable story to Flovio the magnificent.
Meanwhile, not hearing or reading anything from Rodgers himself, which can only mean he’s playing both sides like a politician and trying to save his image with silence…
Where was it cited the source was from the Packers brass?
Where does it say it wasn’t?
Or, where does it say I have to have, and provide, proof of anything? These hack journalists (and a lot of expert commentors on rumor sites) have been making up garbage for months now based on 1 comment by Rodgers that the future is uncertain.
I mean at this point, I just feel bad for Jordan Love. I love Rodgers, but this kind of thing can seriously derail the morale of a franchise. If Gutey can get a smart deal done to allow Love to do what he was drafted to do, distraction-free, that’s in the best interest of Jordan and the rest of the Packers roster.
they cannot make love.
It’d be the best move for Jordan Love, certainly, but I don’t know about the rest of the Packers’ roster.
Carr for Rodgers.
I’d think raiders would have to do carr plus this years 1st or next year or 2 1sts and trade carr elsewhere if packers don’t want him. With as many holes as raiders have I don’t understand the desire to trade for a 37 year old qb who wants to win. Raiders are 2/3 best team in division depending on how things shake out
Care for a Rodgers straight up is a fair trade. 7 years younger and cheaper. Rodgers is an all timer but he’s got three years left.
Remember that great old song by Supertramp, “Dreamer?”
An idea just occurred to me: would Seattle be a potential destination for Rodgers? Given Russ’ gripes with the Seahawks O-line (GB’s is much better) and Rodgers’ desire to play on the west coast, would a straight-up swap of Aaron Rodgers and Russell Wilson be a viable option?
Doubtful it’s more about Wilson’s wife and her being in public eye. That’s why Wilson wants out of Seattle, you don’t make that move just to go to Wisconsin. Maybe a 3 team deal would work though with picks and players being shifted around.
as a packer fan I take that trade every day of the week and twice on sunday….
….but it won’t happen. GB would have to add a draft pick.
I don’t know if Green Bay would have to add picks, or that Seattle would, but the teams would definitely mix a few in and end up doing some perhaps meaningless spot-swapping to make it seem like the GMs are smarter and more insightful.
Both QBs have huge contracts, so there’s no real financial incentive to take one over the other. Green Bay has a better line, Seattle has better weapons. Seattle and Green Bay have somewhat comparable defenses. I don’t think that this trade happens for many reasons, because both QBs are ultimately albatrosses in good but incomplete teams and there’s not too much upgrading from either QB to the other.
However, I do realize that this is a hypothetical exercise-if it’s done, I don’t really see how it upgrades either team because the price and compensation for both seem to even out. Wilson is a few years younger, but other than that, this trade is too sideways to demand anything that would put one team ahead of the other.