Aaron Rodgers raised some eyebrows this week after the hanging remarks about his future with the Green Bay Packers. And ESPN’s Adam Schefter reinstated the floating belief that the Packers may trade their quarterback for a younger option this year.
Furthermore, the Packers are probably not intending to fulfill all of Aaron’s conditions. And the organization may have to part ways with many players, some of whom are indispensable ‘glue guys’ for Aaron Rodgers. The reigning back-to-back league MVP believes he still has it in him. However, the experts don’t know if he’s going to be in Wisconsin for that.
A-Rod’s loyal fanbase did not react nicely to Adam Schefter’s report
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Aaron Rodgers has had trade rumors surrounding him for the past three years. However, this year, that looks like a more plausible scenario after an 8-10 Packers season without the playoffs. Rodgers said on the Pat McAfee Show that he would be fine if the Packers decided to go with a younger quarterback next season.
“If they want to go younger and think Jordan [Love] is ready to go, then that might be the way they want to go. And if that’s the case, then there’s only one option, right, and that’s to play somewhere else,” Rodgers said.
With A-Rod’s ambiguity surrounding his future and an existing contract, the last thing fans needed was Adam Schefter to chime in with more definitive bad news.
They said this about ar for the last 3 offseason yet he comes back to gb with a raise
— jason mallerdino (@bearsfan302) January 21, 2023
Jordan Love right now pic.twitter.com/uSqlZ1HLme
— Pack And The Beanstalk (@packbeanstalk) January 21, 2023
Time to move on from Rodgers. Trade him to LV for DW and draft picks. Sign Jones. Turn the ball over to Love.
— Mike Scheele (@MScheele4) January 21, 2023
Same dude that told us Brady was retiring
— Kenneth🚴🏾♂️ (@Ironcoach48) January 21, 2023
Dude says the same thing ever year hoping to be right lol
— B1GDL (@BoopSZN) January 21, 2023
No one believes you anymore
— Thundercats12 (@zmichal1982) January 21, 2023
“Both sides are fully aware that a trade is a very real scenario this offseason for Aaron Rodgers. The issue here will be the $110 million left on his contract and which team could afford it. But there is a real possibility that at some point this offseason, Aaron Rodgers is going to be traded,” Schefter said on ESPN’s NFL Countdown.
Aaron Rodgers received some heat from NFL experts for having faith in himself
Yes, that’s correct. Aaron Rodgers is not planning retirement anytime soon. This was clear when the 4x MVP said that he can complete the MVP hat trick this year. With or without the Green Bay Packers.
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Rob Gronkowski takes issue with the recent comments made by Aaron Rodgers (@UpAndAdamsShow)
“Why are you thinking MVP?… It should be Super Bowls, you should never be thinking MVPs…”pic.twitter.com/yFdDkEEEtB
— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) January 18, 2023
However, contrary to A-Rod’s expectations, fans and experts didn’t take his positive comments with the same enthusiasm. They’d rather Aaron focused on a Lombardi Trophy and not the MVP accolades. Even legendary tight end Rob Gronkowski called Rodgers out for his selfish ambitions.
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Aaron Rodgers is not the only star quarterback from the league whose future is unclear. Tampa Bay Buccaneers QB Tom Brady‘s future is uncertain and TB12 also enters free agency in a few months. Then there is also former Raiders QB Derek Carr. And the post-Super Bowl months won’t be as dull for football fans.