The recent compromise between the Packers and quarterback Aaron Rodgers included a decision to void the player’s contract for the 2023 season. NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero (via Twitter) provided some new details on the terms of that agreement.
The timing of the voided contract in 2023 makes Rodgers “untaggable after 2022,” meaning he’ll hit free agency after two more seasons in Green Bay. There’s no new money in the deal, and the reworked contract will provide the organization with an extra $10MM in cap space in 2021. If the organization trades him at some point before next June, they’d be left with a whopping $26.8MM in dead money.
Further, if Rodgers makes the unexpected decision to retire after this season, the Packers will no longer have the ability to take back $11.5MM in prorated signing bonus money. This was negotiated into the reworked contract, and it makes it much easier for the quarterback to simply walk about if he desires. As Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com notes, this also provides Rodgers with some leverage, as we could threaten retirement and see if the organization trades or releases him.
Finally, as Jonathan Jones of CBS Sports notes (on Twitter), the reworked contract all but assures that Rodgers won’t be in Green Bay in 2022. The reporter opines that “something truly momentous” would need to happen for the quarterback to stick around beyond the 2021 campaign.
He’ll be in GB, this is just anew beginning and a new understanding. Both sides just need to talk a bit more. Pretty minor actually if u think about it.
Hahahahaha I love the positivity, it’s toxic positivity that will leave you heart broken but revel in it while you can brother
@parx I do not understand this comment.
rodgers highly overrated
lol good one!
yup he will leave GB. they have shown they don’t want to involve him in anything and do t want to help em . the only reason. they caved a little here is they saw the other qb they drafted Love was not close to being ready and GB wants another shot at a ring before Rodgers leaves GB and they hope love will be ready next yr . I don’t see Rodgers stay past this yr unless they guarantee him that they will get who he wants and draft him who he wants the team hasn’t shown him they value him to help him out and include him in things
So trading for Cobb wasn’t Rodger’s idea?
Bull hockey, team built team that has been 26-6 and two championship appearances. Must be doing something right. Rodgers knows this is his best chance to super bowl. New coach, signing jones and Dillon the draft pick u said wasted will crush running game.
At least we know Aaron’s contract will still be the focal point of talking heads for the next 9 months.
So, Rodgers bluffed and threatened to retire, said he wanted out, that he was done, he wasn’t coming back, etc. and then folded like a table after a yard sale.
But, NEXT YEAR!!!
Oh, boy, he’s REALLY gonna mean it NEXT YEAR!!! They better watch out, he’s getting everything he wants ‘cuz next year he means business.
Honestly he has put all the pressure on himself because if he doesn’t win a Super Bowl this year he implants himself as the third best quarterback in the franchise behind Bart Starr and Brett Favre. I personally think that will bug the hell out of him .
I agree about the pressure he put on himself, but don’t think many think he is the 3rd best QB out of them, as great as they were
Third most liked for sure.
I think when talking about “best” franchise QB, it’s a lot more than just stats. Only having one Super Bowl and this whole saga the past year or so puts him at third, even if he is statistically better and more talented than Favre and Starr.
Right or wrong, his GB legacy is forever tarnished, and he’s not likeable enough like Favre for many fans to forgive Rodgers.
But he did show us his GM prowess, he got them to trade a 6th round pick for his buddy!
Who Houston is paying 3 million of salary just to get rid of him. See how much he is on field. He can help A Rodgers rookie slot receiver .
Rodgers never threatened to retire. When did he say that?
I think you misinterpreted the article. The Packers and Rodgers agreed to redo the contract to provide the possibility for his leaving next year. That’s the difference-Rodgers got a guarantee as opposed to before, where he had none of any sort.
Anyone else sick to death of hearing about this aloof douche bag?
I really dislike him. I can’t argue with his talent. But he just seems like a jerk.
Anyone believing any scribe on Twitter or otherwise, especially some National writer who would hav3 enough of a challenge reporting on one team let alone 32…is a delusional idiot. Stop listening to the media…it is a fraud. Everywhere.
I’m not arguing with you, but I don’t have access to any team or sources. So how am I supposed to get any information to parse through and believe or not believe. If I “stop listening to the media” for sports I literally have no information and just watch games live. Which I have no problem with per se, but having additionally info helps me watch certain things in game…
That said, I do subscribe to “don’t believe everything you read”
According to OTC, yes, Rodgers would leave a nearly $27 million cap hit in Green Bay if he were cut or traded before June 1, 2022, but he’d also save the team over $19 million, because his cap hit, otherwise, is $46+ million in 2022. It was only when I looked up how much cap space the team would save in 2022 by cutting or trading him that I understood why Jonathan Jones said there was no way Rodgers would be a Packer in 2022.
“this also provides Rodgers with some leverage, as we could threaten retirement and see if the organization trades or releases him”.
The leverage is pretty minimal since losing the ability to reclaim a portion of the signing bonus would be offset by the increased cap space. Any leverage would also be contingent on Rodgers making it through this season in good health and continuing to perform at a high level.
Rodgers, you need to stay for two full seasons. You want to be able to choose your new team without the other team giving up a bunch of players or picks. Plus, you get to determine who your new team will be and what the contract will be.
Pretty solid chance they work it out and he stays a Packer. Not saying likely but there’s 6-7 months of time to go here. Already lots of known reasons to stay, the reasons to leave seem somewhat minor and fixable.
Rodgers constantly complains about the Packer’s front office, but this compromise deal seems pretty well thought out. Rodgers gets his early out, while the Packers get one last year of an MVP quarterback and some draft picks (either by trading Rodgers in June 2022 or when he leaves via free agency in 2023).