Reigning MVP Aaron Rodgers is so disgruntled with the Green Bay Packers that he has told some within the organization that he does not want to return to the team, league and team sources told ESPN on Thursday.
#Packers GM Brian Gutekunst to ESPN: "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."
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Reigning MVP Aaron Rodgers is so disgruntled with the Green Bay Packers that he has told some within the organization that he does not want to return to the team, league and team sources told ESPN on Thursday.
The Packers are aware of his feelings, concerned about them and have had team president Mark Murphy, general manager Brian Gutekunst and head coach Matt LaFleur each fly out on separate trips to meet with Rodgers at various points this offseason, sources told ESPN.
"As we've stated since the season ended, we are committed to Aaron in 2021 and beyond," Gutekunst told ESPN. "Aaron has been a vital part of our success and we look forward to competing for another championship with him leading our team."
Rodgers has not budged this offseason, but neither have the Packers, who have made it known they are not interested in trading Rodgers anywhere.
The San Francisco 49ers called the Packers on Wednesday night, a source told ESPN, and the Los Angeles Rams inquired about Rodgers in January before they traded for Matthew Stafford.
The Packers quickly dismissed the Rams' overtures, the source said.
The Packers have offered to extend Rodgers' contract, sources told ESPN.
Rodgers is unhappy for a variety of reasons, with some of it dating back to last year's draft when the Packers didn't inform him before trading up to draft a quarterback with their first-round pick. Some took this as a sign that his days in Green Bay could he numbered.
He also is at a different point in his personal life, having recently gotten engaged to actress Shailene Woodley. Rodgers also has hosted "Jeopardy!" and said it would be a dream to become the full-time host. He could play football and host Jeopardy! together.
Rodgers has made cryptic comments about his future in Green Bay, but he has told others that he does not want to return.
On draft night, the Packers' biggest issue isn't who they land, but whether they can keep the former NFL MVP.
Rodgers' contract contained a $6.8 million roster bonus due in March. It could have been converted into a signing bonus that would have freed up more than $4.5 million in salary-cap space for this season but instead it "vested as scheduled," a source told ESPN at the time. It's listed as an automatic conversion in Rodgers' contract but even that has to be signed off on by both parties. It's not known if the Packers tried to convert and Rodgers refused to sign off on it, or if they did not attempt a conversion.
Originally Posted by Wisconsin_Chief:
The Packers have the most arrogant and penny pinching front office the NFL. What Ron Wolf and Mike Holmgren rebuilt from the rubble is slowly turning to waste again.
These guys are goddamn clowns, plain and simple. Guess what morons, you need good players to win. Just slapping the G on the side of the helmet does not equal success.
They are also taking advantage of how clueless this fanbase is. They know the money will keep rolling in for their "Titletown" district project. That's all they care about. It's disgusting.
The Green Bay front office is doing as well as most front offices. Rodgers signed his current contract and shit his pants in the NFC Championship game.
You would not do things any different if you had the job. [Reply]
Originally Posted by jettio:
The Green Bay front office is doing as well as most front offices. Rodgers signed his current contract and shit his pants in the NFC Championship game.
You would not do things any different if you had the job.
I sure would have let Rodgers know that I was going to draft Love. Especially since I knew how "complicated" Rodgers could be. Id have reminded him that it is exactly what we did when we drafted him , when they had Favre. Hell, the Chiefs let Alex Smith know they were drafting Mahomes. Its basic respect, and it helps you get out in front of an issue. [Reply]
Originally Posted by TEX:
I sure would have let Rodgers know that I was going to draft Love. Especially since I knew how "complicated" Rodgers could be. Id have reminded him that it is exactly what we did when we drafted him , when they had Favre. Hell, the Chiefs let Alex Smith know they were drafting Mahomes. Its basic respect, and it helps you get out in front of an issue.
The difference between Alex Smith and his agent, Tom Condon, and Aaron Rodgers and his agent, David Dunn, is that Chiefs could trust Smith and Condon to keep their mouths shut about Mahomes.
Rodgers and Dunn have big mouths when it comes to leaking information for selfish reasons.
And that is a stupid thing to pretend to be mad about. [Reply]
Originally Posted by jettio:
The difference between Alex Smith and his agent, Tom Condon, and Aaron Rodgers and his agent, David Dunn, is that Chiefs could trust Smith and Condon to keep their mouths shut about Mahomes.
Rodgers and Dunn have big mouths when it comes to leaking information for selfish reasons.
And that is a stupid thing to pretend to be mad about.
Makes sense why they did it that way then. [Reply]
It's been presumed that, if the Packers decide to make Aaron Rodgers available in trade, the Broncos would pounce on the opportunity. That may not be the case. https://t.co/sGKTNND26i
Originally Posted by RealSNR:
What I don’t get is you drafted Love to be the future.
Your current QB hates your effing guts and is going to hold out.
So just trade the ****ing bastard. Problem solved, circus sideshow averted, and no front office criticism.
Plus imagine that haul you’d get to build up and support Love with.
If you trade Rodgers now, you still have cap hit in 2022. If he never reports, you can credit his unearned salary to next year’s cap and zero out the 2022 cap hit. Packers would get a comparable trade package in 2022 as they would now.
Devante Parker is going to want DeAndre Hopkins AAV. It would be real easy to do that if Rodgers keeps up the asshole act and stays away. [Reply]
The Packers are fucked unless he shows up and plays. Trading him is team and fanbase death. Him retiring is no better because he only did it because the dumbass board of directors that run the team fucked it up with him. Either way GB is going down a shit hill and making a big splash in a lake full of piss. [Reply]
I'm not a big Rodgers fan simply because he is kind of a bitch. The FO should have let him know they were going to draft Love just out of respect. But to throw the kind of hissy-fit that he has about it is just not what I'd expect from a team leader. If I was a GM with some other team, I'd consider that as a big red flag against a trade. [Reply]
Originally Posted by jettio:
The Green Bay front office is doing as well as most front offices. Rodgers signed his current contract and shit his pants in the NFC Championship game.
You would not do things any different if you had the job.
I would absolutely do many things different. The Packers have had a Hall of Fame QB at the helm of their franchise for basically the last 30 consecutive years which is unheard of in the NFL. They have all of 2 Super Bowls to show for it and have alienated both of the QBs in the process. That's completely inexcusable. They've also now completely alienated the second best player on their roster now in Davante Adams.
They wasted the prime years of Favre's and Rodgers' careers with subpar coaches like Mike Sherman and Mike McCarthy when it was obvious to everyone that both of those guys needed to go.
They run things the exact opposite of the way the Chiefs do. They are timid, conservative, and cheap. They are completely out of touch with the modern NFL. [Reply]
Originally Posted by oldman:
Does the lack of a real owner play a part in that?
It absolutely does. Mark Murphy answers to nobody except the fake "shareholders" who bought pretend stock in the Packers. Yet another money grabbing plot to help them build their mini Vatican City around Lambeau.
Murphy is only interested in creating a total "entertainment" experience that rakes in piles of cash. The on-field product needs to be just good enough to keep people spending their money. If you saw what has happened around Lambeau the last 5-6 years, you would understand. In the meantime they are going to lose Rodgers, Adams and Jaire Alexander next year. But hey, who cares? Those $500k per unit condos they put up outside of Lambeau are selling like hot cakes. [Reply]
Everyone here seems to focus on Love, but when Rodgers talks he consistently says they are friends and it’s not about Love. He has made comments about the FO’s commitment to winning and putting weapons around him on offense, though. It seems more like the media invented the Love story or blew it way out of proportion because they are mostly tabloid writers these days who focus on sources of drama. His discontent with the coaching staff and the front office have been going on for years and easily explain why he wants out. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Eleazar:
Everyone here seems to focus on Love, but when Rodgers talks he consistently says they are friends and it’s not about Love. He has made comments about the FO’s commitment to winning and putting weapons around him on offense, though. It seems more like the media invented the Love story or blew it way out of proportion because they are mostly tabloid writers these days who focus on sources of drama. His discontent with the coaching staff and the front office have been going on for years and easily explain why he wants out.
It's not about Love, the QB. It's about Love, the 26th overall draft pick that could have otherwise been used on a weapon for Rodgers. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Eleazar:
Everyone here seems to focus on Love, but when Rodgers talks he consistently says they are friends and it’s not about Love. He has made comments about the FO’s commitment to winning and putting weapons around him on offense, though. It seems more like the media invented the Love story or blew it way out of proportion because they are mostly tabloid writers these days who focus on sources of drama. His discontent with the coaching staff and the front office have been going on for years and easily explain why he wants out.
This is absolutely correct, the Love situation was just the straw that broke the camel's back. The Packers should have informed Rodgers when they traded up that it was going to be to take a QB. By not doing so, it was just the culmination of a toxic situation that had been festering for years.
Rodgers is a diva, there's no question about that. However, he has carried this organization on his shoulders for years and made a lot of men very rich who don't deserve to be, quite frankly. A lot of people don't understand just how different the Packers are compared to most NFL teams. They basically run this city. The executives are treated like royalty, and it has completely gone to their heads. They've coasted for years because they've been guaranteed 10 wins having a QB like Favre and Rodgers all this time. They never do make that final push to ever get over the top, and that's Rodgers' biggest gripe, and he's 100% right about it. [Reply]
