This Green Bay Packers/Aaron Rodgers contract theory makes a lot of sense
Earlier this week, Aaron Rodgers announced that he's returning to the Green Bay Packers in 2022. Immediately after the news broke (which was broke by Pat McAfee), NFL Network's Ian Rapoport reported that Rodgers was signing a four-year deal worth $200 million. Rodgers denied that report via a Tweet. For now, we still have no […]
Earlier this week, Aaron Rodgers announced that he's returning to the Green Bay Packers in 2022.
Immediately after the news broke (which was broke by Pat McAfee), NFL Network's Ian Rapoport reported that Rodgers was signing a four-year deal worth $200 million.
Rodgers denied that report via a Tweet.
For now, we still have no idea what kind of contract Rodgers has/will sign. It's an important detail, considering the Packers are currently in salary cap hell.
Eventually, we'll know. And maybe the reason we don't know is because this contract isn't going to be what we expect.
Andrew Brandt offered up an interesting theory this week.
Brandt thinks maybe Rodgers will just sign a one-year deal, keeping him in Green Bay in 2022 and then basically doing this all over again next offseason.
This would make a lot of sense — especially if it's a deal with a couple of void years to help the cap situation.
Rodgers was very on the fence about returning to Green Bay this offseason. What makes us think he is suddenly committed to the Packers for the next four years? There's no way this is the last offseason drama we get from Rodgers. Not only does it seem like he enjoys the attention, but he could also legitimately want to play elsewhere in 2023 (or retire) if the 2022 season doesn't go as planned (we know how fickle he can be).
At this point, nothing would surprise me when it comes to Rodgers.
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