Report: Rodgers wants new contract (Update: May not want to return in 2021)

[OldHeidelberg]

Let him rot(in retirement) if he doesn’t want to play. Who cares? I know I wouldn’t. I’ve enjoyed his QB play and appreciate it but some of this nonsense just has to be nipped.

 

Well I care about the future of this team and not getting any value out of him out of spite doesn't seem like good policy.

[pacopete4]

The value is his stubbornness takes him away from playing for any other team and we move on with a talented roster and Love. Gute has done a great job building rosters and Rodgers is being, well, Rodgers.

[OldHeidelberg]

The value is his stubbornness takes him away from playing for any other team and we move on with a talented roster and Love. Gute has done a great job building rosters and Rodgers is being, well, Rodgers.

 

Do you really want this circus dragging into the season? We went from 13-3 to 6-10 last time despite Rodgers having a solid year and I remember players saying all the distractions hurt the team. If he wants out ship him to Denver and move on. Saying he either plays for the Packers or retires/hold out is a bluff I am sure Rodgers doesn't fear much.

[MillerParkSouth]

There’s no chance they should take the cap hit to trade the MVP. He needs to get over it.

[ThisIsMyCrew]

There’s no chance they should take the cap hit to trade the MVP. He needs to get over it.

 

Is there any way to lower/eliminate cap hit while doing a trade? Extension and trade?

[SeaBass]

Let him rot(in retirement) if he doesn’t want to play. Who cares? I know I wouldn’t. I’ve enjoyed his QB play and appreciate it but some of this nonsense just has to be nipped.

 

Well I care about the future of this team and not getting any value out of him out of spite doesn't seem like good policy.

They'd get tens of millions of dollars returned to them from Rodgers and that's not nothing.

[OldHeidelberg]

Let him rot(in retirement) if he doesn’t want to play. Who cares? I know I wouldn’t. I’ve enjoyed his QB play and appreciate it but some of this nonsense just has to be nipped.

 

Well I care about the future of this team and not getting any value out of him out of spite doesn't seem like good policy.

They'd get tens of millions of dollars returned to them from Rodgers and that's not nothing.

 

This team is not hurting for cash even after last season, that doesn't do much for me, still have the cap. Now maybe if they refunded those millions to ticket holders or stockholders? Nah, that ain't happening.

 

Edit: maybe returned bonus money frees up cap space? I guess if it is bonus that would be applied to this years cap it would but not sure how much of that and his salary we could spend or rollover

[pacopete4]

The value is his stubbornness takes him away from playing for any other team and we move on with a talented roster and Love. Gute has done a great job building rosters and Rodgers is being, well, Rodgers.

 

Do you really want this circus dragging into the season? We went from 13-3 to 6-10 last time despite Rodgers having a solid year and I remember players saying all the distractions hurt the team. If he wants out ship him to Denver and move on. Saying he either plays for the Packers or retires/hold out is a bluff I am sure Rodgers doesn't fear much.

 

No circus needed. You recoup a ton of money and move on. The media will do what the media will do. Whether that’s this season or next, it’s going to be a fiasco. Build a roster that’s talented and play some football. Stay above the nonsense.

[SeaBass]

Just because you don't care about it doesn't mean they don't. They like money. A lot.

[OldHeidelberg]

Just because you don't care about it doesn't mean they don't. They like money. A lot.

 

LOL isn't that the truth. But still we are debating about this as fans and we want the team to succeed, I don't see letting him retire when we could get a lot of picks as advancing our interest much. Maybe Denver or whoever beats is in the Super Bowl but that's probably a long shot not worth factoring in. Now if he was angling for the Vikings....

[adambr2]

We don't even know if the Packers would go after Rodgers' bonus money. It's a right but not always standard practice to do so. The Colts didn't go after Luck's. The Cowboys didn't go after Romo's.

 

I'd guess we would given the circumstances, but it's not a certainty that we'd just automatically get this big 23M cap credit.

 

It's absolutely not in the Packers' best interests to let Rodgers just retire and stick it to him. He's the MVP of the league. We have a developmental QB that almost certainly isn't ready to play. We'd get no compensation.

 

It might be satisfying, but letting him just rot in retirement would be far more damaging to the Green Bay Packers than it would be to Aaron Rodgers.

[SeaBass]

We don't even know if the Packers would go after Rodgers' bonus money. It's a right but not always standard practice to do so. The Colts didn't go after Luck's. The Cowboys didn't go after Romo's.

 

I'd guess we would given the circumstances, but it's not a certainty that we'd just automatically get this big 23M cap credit.

 

It's absolutely not in the Packers' best interests to let Rodgers just retire and stick it to him. He's the MVP of the league. We have a developmental QB that almost certainly isn't ready to play. We'd get no compensation.

 

It might be satisfying, but letting him just rot in retirement would be far more damaging to the Green Bay Packers than it would be to Aaron Rodgers.

It's closer to $30 million. He would also have to return the bonus he was just paid in March, I think it was $6.8 million? There's simply no way they just let $29 million slide like it's nothing.

 

I'm not advocating they allow him to retire but it's an option and I don't think it's a far fetched option.

[adambr2]

We don't even know if the Packers would go after Rodgers' bonus money. It's a right but not always standard practice to do so. The Colts didn't go after Luck's. The Cowboys didn't go after Romo's.

 

I'd guess we would given the circumstances, but it's not a certainty that we'd just automatically get this big 23M cap credit.

 

It's absolutely not in the Packers' best interests to let Rodgers just retire and stick it to him. He's the MVP of the league. We have a developmental QB that almost certainly isn't ready to play. We'd get no compensation.

 

It might be satisfying, but letting him just rot in retirement would be far more damaging to the Green Bay Packers than it would be to Aaron Rodgers.

It's closer to $30 million. He would also have to return the bonus he was just paid in March, I think it was $6.8 million? There's simply no way they just let $29 million slide like it's nothing.

 

I'm not advocating they allow him to retire but it's an option and I don't think it's a far fetched option.

 

For me personally, I'd rather trade him than just get some cash back.

 

As far as that roster bonus, I'm guessing he'd be fighting to keep that, I don't know if he is actually obligated to return that of not. That might be one of those things that ends up in court.

[SeaBass]

Like I said I'm not advocating it but part of that is calling his bluff. Plus he can always decide to return from retirement and he can still be traded at that point as well. There's a lot of talk and bluster going on right now who knows what any of it really means. Maybe he sucks it up and plays one more season and then gets his trade. I'm interested to hear what his trade value is after the draft is over.

[OldHeidelberg]

Like I said I'm not advocating it but part of that is calling his bluff. Plus he can always decide to return from retirement and he can still be traded at that point as well. There's a lot of talk and bluster going on right now who knows what any of it really means. Maybe he sucks it up and plays one more season and then gets his trade. I'm interested to hear what his trade value is after the draft is over.

 

It's certainly possible maybe even likely that he would suck it up and play for his paycheck when push came to shove but I am not sure that is good for the team, they really need some sort of peace with him if he comes back. I would bet the NFL would like them to call his bluff though.

 

I sort of think this will be resolved soon one way or the other.

[pacopete4]

You don’t hurt yourself financially in this situation and trading Rodgers does just that. I don’t see how letting him retire (his choice) is a negative on the Packers. The man would look absolutely foolish. Already does for being such an intelligent man.

[pacopete4]

Maybe his brain is kicking back on or maybe this was all a complete non-story to begin with:

 

“ Aaron Rodgers at the Kentucky Derby today.

 

He declined to talk to NBC. Mike Tirico says Rodgers told him he was "disappointed that news has come out of this rift with the Packers." Tirico says Rodgers expressed how much he loves Green Bay.”

[xisxisxis]

I'm disappointed he's only disappointed...

 

I'm disappointed someone didn't dump their mint julip on him...

[PinaMadness]

I'll take the haul we'd get in a trade over money every time.

[adambr2]

You don’t hurt yourself financially in this situation and trading Rodgers does just that. I don’t see how letting him retire (his choice) is a negative on the Packers. The man would look absolutely foolish. Already does for being such an intelligent man.

 

You hurt yourself a lot worse by getting no trade compensation. It's definitely a negative for the Packers if they have a chance to get compensation and choose to let him retire instead. If Jordan Love is our starting QB in 2021 then getting some financial help in the form of a cap credit isn't going to make an ounce of difference next to the trade compensation that you could use to set yourself up for the future instead.

[FVBrewerFan]

All Rodgers had to do is wait a year. If he's as smart ss he thinks he is, he would know the Packers can't trade him now. Next year, it could have worked out for all involved.

[adambr2]

They absolutely can trade him now. They could wait til after June 1st, but the Eagles have already bucked the assumption that you can't take a huge cap hit to trade a guy. They already have a minimal cost replacement in place so it's not like they need the cap space now and then they are operating with a clean state in '22 and beyond.

 

My guess is he still is back in '21 and they try once more to go all the way, and then a trade comes after '21. But I disagree that it's just impossible to do it now if they really want to.

[pacopete4]

It’s not impossible it’s just a stupid use of resources in my opinion. Force his hand. Don’t have him force yours. If they still want to make a long term commitment to him, fine. But honestly, the childish ways of him has to be growing on the organization. They just have to be sick of the poor Aaron Rodgers stories.

[CheezWizHed]

Basically, that only legit information being reported is what Gute confirmed recently. We really don't know what is legit from Rodgers and what is media overhype. I'm going to guess 10% gripe and 90% media sensationalism.

[OldSchoolSnapper]

I just want to say something. Love doesn't have to be an all-time great to make moving on to him a good idea or the right move for the team. He could be as good as Dak Prescott or Matt Ryan or something and they could still have a lot of success.