The Packers haven’t received any recent trade inquiries on Aaron Rodgers, according to GM Brian Gutekunst (via Rob Demovsky of ESPN.com). 
“Not at all,” Gutekunst said when asked if there have been any conversations with rival GMs regarding Rodgers . “Not at all. Not a single person.”
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That could be because teams are waiting to hear about Rodgers’ decision. For his part, Gutekunst believes that he’ll know more by March 16th when free agency opens.
“I would hope so, yeah,” Gutekunst said. “That’s obviously the start of the new league year. There’s a lot of decisions that have to be made before that. So that would be helpful. I would think we would know something before then.”
It’s also worth noting that Gutekunst has not promised to trade Rodgers, should he push to go elsewhere. The Packers have begun discussing a potential contract with the reigning MVP, in the event that he’s willing to stay in Green Bay. Some have speculated that Rodgers wants to become the highest-paid player in the NFL with a ~$50MM/year salary. For his part, Rodgers says such chatter is “categorically false.”
In any event, a new contract is a must. As it stands, Rodgers is set to count for $46.7MM against the cap in 2022, a figure that would force out wide receiver Davante Adams and several other key veterans. Should Adams reach free agency, he’ll be greeted by top-of-the-market offers from eager suitors like the Raiders and Jaguars.
I’m just glad that Rodgers isn’t letting this drag on like last year…/sarc
I find this highly doubtful. Not a single call. Yeah right ! He’s the MVP and everyone knows his situation.
I don’t buy it either. But not sure what he should say here. If he says his phone is blowing up, a team or teams may think they have no shot and back out. If he says he’s had “conversations” the next question is with who, and it’s not really his place to say “yeah, we been talking to the [insert team/F.O. person here] and working on parameters” when maybe said team(s) wants anonymity right now.
And oh by the way, we don’t know if Rodgers wants a trade (for sure), or even if he intends to play this year.
I think once he makes his decision (him, not Schefter, Rapaport, Skippy or the like) things will happen fast.
Proof yet again not to take the word of these NFL media scrubs who like to spread false rumors with their “sources”
Not exactly proof, but alright.
So the media spreads false info and teams do not. Interesting take.
My take is that media is called out all the time while a lying GM gets a pass and is called shrewd.
Keep in mind that teams and players use media as a tool for their self interests all the time and the media is more than happy to report the rumors.
So “sources” are never honest, but Gutekunst must be?
I sincerely doubt Gute is being honest here. That said, it’s hard to believe anything any media members or their sources pass on as fact when they all have a different story, and it changes daily.
Or that so many of these media people get paid by the story, and the more outrageous the better.
Gutekunst saying he has had no conversations with other GMs is a bit like Putin saying he’s heard no objections to the invasion of the Ukraine.
I agree with you wholeheartedly. Gutekunst is as full of $hit as a forty pound Robin. At least Gute is trying to keep some of the key players with restrictions do too the salary cap issue. But personally I don’t believe you go all in for 1 or 2 years and mortgage the long term future to appease a 38 year old QB. I say trade Rodgers and get a kings ransom of players and draft picks.
38 year old back to back MVP that wants to be paid the highest in the league – what kind of value is that in trade?
If you are the trading team, what do you offer?