A big week for Packers news, coming in advance of Monday’s annual franchise shareholders meeting, naturally centers on Aaron Rodgers. The Packers report to training camp Tuesday, and nothing about the reigning MVP’s offseason points to him being on the field.
Rodgers has continued to train as if he will play in 2021, however. Packers left tackle David Bakhtiari shared a photo of he and Rodgers working out this week at Proactive Sports Performance in California (h/t Fox 6’s Lily Zhao). A Proactive Sports Performance representative also said, via ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler, that Rodgers is “working and he’s ready” for the season.
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Rodgers’ desire not to play for the Packers again has become fairly clear. He missed OTAs for the first time in his career and skipped minicamp. The Packers, however, retain his rights and have budged from their stance against a trade. This staring contest is set to push into camp, and Las Vegas has made some interesting adjustments regarding the Packers and NFC North.
The Westgate SuperBook closed its NFC North betting, and two other Vegas sportsbooks revealed to SI.com’s Bill Huber the expectation is Rodgers will announce his retirement before the Packers report to camp. The 37-year-old quarterback was linked to retirement early in this impasse, and the move would remind of Carson Palmer‘s 2011 retirement — a move the then-31-year-old passer made to force the Bengals’ hand. That play ended up working, though Cincinnati kept Palmer in retirement until the trade deadline that October.
Any Rodgers trade package would surpass what the Bengals collected for Palmer — a 2012 first-round pick and a 2013 second-rounder — but the Packers have held firm for months here. So has Rodgers, who turned down a deal that would have (again) made him the NFL’s highest-paid player. Although it is not known how that proposed extension was to be structured, this standoff is not believed to be financially motivated.
The team is winding down its most turbulent offseason since at least 2008, with Davante Adams‘ ending extension talks this week adding to this drama. While Packers teammates believe Rodgers will be with them this season, per Pro Football Focus’ Doug Kyed, his holdout stands to intensify Tuesday.
Packers should move on and not look back, he is a limelight hound and a winer.
You misspelled wiener.
or WINNER!
Lmao all these ridiculous comments are going to be proven wrong with how bad the Packers play without Rodgers
First of all, it’s w-h-i-n-e-r-s, second of all, you’re wrong
This is a organization that makes silly decisions. Let Jordan Love throw it to Lazard. Probably the only two names I’ll be able to say once Rodgers and Adams is gone
Why would it bet the packers more? By the deadline it’s going to be hard to find contenders wanting to trade for him and teams that want a QB for the future won’t want him.
Wow. Packers get nothing for Rodgers. Management shouldn’t get an A for this move. But that will be up to the shareholders to decide.
Shareholders have zero say, if Rodgers retires he loses his base 21 million and would have to write a 23 million dollar check back to organization for bonus checks he has already cashed. He will still be a cap hit this year. Plus he is still under packer control.
He will come play this season, get paid, keep his money . Then get traded to highest bidder before draft next season.
Then love era will begin, with team having 30 million cap space plus Adam’s 15 million to help their 3 rd year future qb…
Rodgers be almost 40 so end was coming either way and team has given team route to continue to be competitive
Adams isn’t ever gonna catch a pass from a Love led program. He can go somewhere with a good QB something he’s gotten used to.
Of course, you’re assuming there might be a feeding frenzy for a soon to be 39 year old QB who may be 1 good hit from nowhere-vill. Not everyone is Brady and even he is one really good hit from retirement!
Just move him already, it’s better for both parties
No it’s not. Teams already set, Packers deal from point of weakness and still have cap space hit only without player.
Rodgers will come play one last year with Adam’s. Packers then trade him to highest bidder. Much less cap hit plus between him and Rodgers team gains 40 million in cap money to spend on helping our next era quarterback and keep team competitive.
His trading value at soon to be 39 will be much less than it is right now…..not many teams except those with exceptional front lines who believe they are 1 player from a Super Bowl will be in the bidding…and what do you do after you sell out that 1 year for a berth in the Super Bowl…do you think the incumbent QB is just going to sit there and lose there jobs for a a year or 2….the team trading for him might be gutted for years by this move….but they would have had a chance at a Super Bowl win which may in fact be worth it….don’t know!
He’s not Tom Brady. He’s 37. Trade him for a second rounder to Philly or Detroit.
I think he’s a punk. He’ll never win another SB,so start the future.
he is better than tom brady. even tom said so.
Woooooo!!! He is not better then Brady. That’s BS
If you think Live is the future then you better like losing!!! He’s Garbage!!!
People really think packers will have a “hard time” moving him.
Who’s right and who’s wrong doesn’t even matter anymore. Rodgers does not strike me as the kind of guy who goes through all this just to walk back in the building like nothing happened so the Packers have the choice of either trading him for a haul of picks for the last good seasons of his career or they can have him retire and punish him and themselves by getting nothing in return. Holding him until the deadline doesn’t make sense either. Most contending teams will have a solidified QB by that time or be out of the race so you are basically throwing away one of his last few good years which can only hurt the return. He’s coming off a career year they should strike while the iron is hot. Start listening to offers and see what you can get because he’s gone and he’s not coming back
First of all, it’s w-h-i-n-e-r-s, second of all, you’re wrong
If Rodgers voiced this before draft maybe, trading him now makes zero sense. Still huge cap hit and who is going to give you haul when Packers have no advantage. Rodgers needs to play one last year and Packers trade him before draft and move to next era with bunch of cap space and more draft picks…
This is starting to snowball.
Now Davante and Zadarius aren’t happy.
Better start unloading these assets before you find yourself in a 10 year long rebuild.
Denver has a lot of good, young WR’s and a Von Miller contract they can shed.
Send the malcontents packing.
Enjoy your early retirement ARod. Packers will go on without you like we did with favre when he pulled this b.s.
Not saying we’ll be good, not saying we’ll be bad, just saying we’ll move on as always.
No, might as well say you’ll be bad…
Well Arod stepped in for Favre doubt you have half as good a QB as him. GB caused this whole thing they know he is a diva why not sit down with him before the draft and say this is our thinking. An extension would have helped too. Make him the highest paid to sooth his ego.
He turned that offer down.
Rodgers didn’t voice complaints till after draft and was offered extension that made him highest paid player. He has two choices, retire and lose 21 million base and then write 23 million$ check back to team for bonus checks he cashed, or play one last season and get traded before draft and be 44 million dollars richer … he plays
I never thought of this one- trade him to the WFT for a couple stud defensive players and some picks. I think that would be fairly even.
I don’t get why so many of you are bashing Rogers. He didn’t create this problem, the Packers did. Did the packers try to move on from him? Yes. Was it a mistake? Yes. Is the rest of his contract guaranteed? No. Did they commit to him? No. Is he disrespected and disappointed and disgusted? Yes.
You didn’t want him. So send him to a team that actually appreciates and wants him.
Trade him and get a haul of picks in return. Enough of the drama. Management has made questionable decisions, some nobody besides Love’s parents agree with. But Rodgers is a whiny prime donna throwing a tantrum. He needs to get over himself already. Management manages, players play. That’s the business.
At this point, I’d rather gain assets and retool the position than deal with Rodgers’ drama and tantrums.
Meanwhile an entire country full of people who don’t like their bosses yawns collectively. This made for TV drama is laughable.
There have been entire restaurants shut down and other businesses as well because employees don’t want to work for them.
People are collectively getting fed up of working for people or in jobs they feel don’t appreciate them.
the only difference is while they are yawning they are prepping resume’s to go elsewhere in their field. Aaron Rodgers cant do that.
The GM really screwed the pooch and limited this team’s ceiling with or without Rodgers at this point. Will be interesting to see how much longer he lasts.
First of all, it’s w-h-i-n-e-r-s, second of all, you’re wrong
does your mother know you are a troll? be productive!
What if his mother is a troll too and under the bridge just got too crowded?
Says the guy with LOTR username.
I’m not sure why shareholders would even care about Rodgers. The Packers are a revenue sharing partner in something bigger called the NFL. I don’t see the valuation of the league dropping if Rodgers is out of the picture. If anything the league should be even more valuable now that it is expanding to a 17 game schedule.
nobody pays to watch gutenmoron destroying the greatest football team.
The Packers are a 5 win team without Rodgers. But at least they’ll feel good about not letting this snowflake run the place.
You seem to be implying that Rodgers single handedly won 9 games for the Packers last season which is rather absurd. Perhaps your mistaking Madden Football for the real thing.