As expected, Aaron Rodgers did not report for the start of Packers’ minicamp on Tuesday. He’s now officially holding out as the saga continues between him and the Brian Gutekunst-led front office. 
Rodgers has already passed on $500K of bonuses by missing the team’s voluntary work. Now, he could potentially lose $93K for each day of the three-day minicamp. However, the Packers are thinking about waiving the fines in an effort to smooth things over with their franchise star.
Still, Rodgers’ stance has not changed. The reigning MVP wants to take his talents elsewhere, which would leave 2020 first-round pick Jordan Love or Blake Bortles as the No. 1 QB in Green Bay. Gutekunst, president Mark Murphy, and head coach Matt LaFleur say that won’t happen. So, with that, Rodgers has officially begun his holdout.
It’d be a shock to see Rodgers extend his holdout through Week 1. But, if he does, it’ll be costly. If he stays home all year, the 37-year-old will forfeit his $14.7MM salary, $6.8MM roster bonus, and be forced to refund $23MM of his signing bonus.
Denver, Tennessee, Las Vegas start calling.
Does TN have the cap space?
DEN makes the most sense, if he is traded at all.
Tennessee makes absolutely no sense. They had the fourth highest scoring offense in the league and that was before adding Julio Jones. Spending a ton of draft picks to acquire Rodgers makes no sense when Tannehill is more than capable.
Capable won’t get Tenn past Baltimore or KC
A) I said ‘more than capable’
B) the defense is the problem, not the offense. If you add Aaron Rodgers, you just have the Packers but in Tennessee. Defense is Tennessee’s problem. They don’t need Rodgers.
It always comes down to money.
So you think he’s holding out for more money? I don’t think so.
I don’t believe this is driven primarily by money, but if the Packers give him a long-term (4-5 years) contract that makes him the highest-paid QB in the league, I’d be stunned if he didn’t sign it and report. Maybe it’s not about money at the start, but money soothes a lot of anger.
The long term GUARANTEED money will show he is part of the long term plan. When you not only draft a qb in the first round but trade up for said qb and thenfully guarantee a rookie qb contract it says you need a replacement.
14.7 million to most sounds like a huge deal. I can guarantee he has a few dollars in the bank. You won’t see him in the bread line.
It’s 45 mil he would be giving up.
Will be closer to 50 million if he stays out the whole year with signing bonus etc having to be returned as well… he’s not giving up all that but if I’m Green Bay I trade him if I get acceptable offer… why have leader of team not wanting to be there.. aIt comes a point to here his Antonio can aren’t worth it any longer.. time for him to grow up
$14M or $50M, whatever it is will not hurt Rodgers. Whatever he gives up by not playing for the Packers he’ll easily make back next time he signs. If he sits the whole year he forces GB’s hand, and likely to a release, not a trade. As a free-agent are there teams that would pay him $50M/year for 3 years? Most definitely.
You realize that Rodgers is not 22 anymore right? Sitting out at his age will just drive him further away from the NFL. After sitting out a year he won’t just be able to come back in and dominate in 2022. He is just another bigheaded POS that thinks he can tell everyone what to do. I hope the Packers trade his as and move on.
You realize Manning sat out a year at this age because a neck surgery and he came back and was lights out with Denver breaking offensive records. Rodgers isn’t injured or having surgery, so yes he can sit out a year and light it up when he gets back well rested.
How old was Manning when he sat out a year due to injury, nonetheless? Rodgers is better now than Payton was then, and Manning got paid like a top-tier QB.
Sports radio up here is pretty much agreed that the Pack will put Rodgers on the restricted list for the season if he doesn’t report. That way they get the money back for this season and the trade would happen prior to next springs draft when more teams can get into a potential bidding war. I get that, but both Rodgers and the Pack basically lose a year so there is no real winner. Too late for the Pack to sign much talent at this point to bolster the rest of the team this year, and some team has to take a flyer on Rodgers who would be another year older and a year away from game shape. Just doesn’t seem to be any good way out of this.
The good way out of it is to trade him. Letting him sit out means you receive no compensation for him. Recouping his salary means nothing unless they use that cap room to sign or trade for someone.
The best and easiest solution for the Packers is to trade him. Get a decent haul of picks and rebuild with Love. They won’t be a good team if Rodgers isn’t there, may as well stock up on picks to help yourself out with the rebuild.
I keep seeing this kind of statement and it never accounts for the fact that any team acquiring Rodgers is going to pick late in the first round. 2 or 3 of this type of pick is not going to be a “decent haul”. The Packers may get less overall picks if waiting, but will probably get at least one top 10 pick and another first rounder. vs. 3 late first rounders. I don’t see that big of a downside if any waiting. Not to mention there would be more potential suitors for a trade. And I have yet to hear a decent counter argument to that.
And I keep seeing people forget that a late first round pick is still a first round pick. It’s better than what they have now or will get next year.
The latter part of your point is opinion so I cannot argue that. I disagree with that opinion but mine is the same thing, just an opinion. lol. The first part, “better than” is wrong. Since the draft pick would be in the exact same draft whether traded now or after the season. So timing is not a factor in the trade as of now basing off of “drafting needs”. Although it is as you say, dependent on the value teams will see in him, and I highly doubt after the Year of the Brady. (lol, darn the goat!!) that any teams are going to be that worried about a year off if they feel they are a franchise QB away from the SB. I agree age is a factor, but much less so than in the past based on style of the game and protection afforded QBs in the current era.
You also forget teams do acquire other teams first round picks, didnt the dolphins pick up like 3 first rounders from the eagles and 49ers?
They could grab the eagles pick which will be higher than the dolphins pick led by aaron rodgers at the helm. Just saying.
Brendan: waiting means they get nothing. Period. If the Packers don’t trade him now, why would they trade him next year?
It’s asinine. If he’s serious about not playing for them again, they have two options: A) trade him and get a ton of assets or B) wait and get absolutely nothing. There’s literally no upside to waiting. If you wait a year, you’re in the same situation but with a devalued asset.
Aaron Rodgers for Kirk Cousins, straight up. Gives the pack some cap space. hell, I’ll even throw in next years 1st Rd pick. Yeah, I’m a Vikings fan in dream mode.
I was thinking Nick Foles and Andy Daulton for Rodgers. With the Pack paying all three contracts.
Pros: As a Bears fan this would greatly improve the Bears chances.
Cons: As a Bears fan I can’t think of any.
So you think he’s holding out for more money? I don’t think so.
Just trade him so I know now which team to root against…seems like that’s most of them at this point anyway.
Russ & Watson are paying attention!
FFS he has never said he wants to play anywhere else. You writers are the absolute worst.
I guy just wanted the security of a long term deal and a little input on a team he helped get to where they are. One move out this huge fiasco in action when they drafted a qb. Silly? Yes. Easily avoidable? Yes.
If Rodgers spent a season with the Bears he would quickly realize how fortunate he was to have been with the Packers all these years.
fire gutenmoron! problem solved!
He may just retire. Packers will recoup some $$ will not see a playoff game for awhile. But if Mark thinks this is best for his team or his pocketbook so be it.
I don’t think it’s much of a stretch to guess that, without Rodgers, the Packers don’t have much chance to make the playoffs. How much is even one postseason game worth to a team? Two? An extended run? Yeah, Rodgers loses a year, but so do the Packers, leave us not forget.
Rodgers isn’t the only one who loses money in a holdout.
Two options….play in GB or retire. It’s that simple.
He is the biggest freaking baby that I have ever seen in the NFL! I’ve never liked him and just hate him that much more now. Such a baby that his divorce started because he got pissed because Danica Patrick “liked one of Jordan Loves pics on Instagram” HUGE BABY!!!!! And HUGE ASSHOLE!!!!
Low energy trolling as Rodgers was never married to Patrick, thus no ‘divorce’.
That’s $44.5m of waaahhh!