Oso planning to go pro
Packers not ready to move on from Rodgers..https://www.foxnews.com/sports/qb-aaron-rodgers-will-take-his-time-on-return-decision-packers-gm-brian-gutekunst-says
Do the Packers have another realistic option?
Yep. The only way they get rid of him is through his retirement.
Dey don't have know replacement on der roster ether doe, hey?
I don’t think so. It’s pretty much he retires or the Packers take a ridiculous cap hit trading him.
NFL Network Analysts saying no way Rodgers retireshttps://zonecoverage.com/2023/packers/nfl-network-shoots-down-aaron-rodgers-retirement-conversation/
His retiring is not a get out of salary cap hell free card. Cap hit is 40 million if he retires. I’d be shocked if he walked away from a guaranteed 59 million. That just doesn’t happen. They’re in an awful situation with him.
Agreed. I was just stating the only real way he wouldn’t be the Packers quarterback next year. I don’t see any way the Packers make the choice to get rid of him.
Jamaal Williams fined more for his touchdown celebration than Quay Walker was for pushing a member of the Lions medical staff.
I think a trade is a real possibility. Just read between the lines of Gutekunst’s remarks yesterday. They didn’t move up and draft Love in round 1 to let him rot on the bench until he leaves as FA with no return. They want him to play now. Lots of teams I’m sure would be interested who haven’t been let down by him so often and hope he’ll redeem himself. But his contract is an enormous challenge to a trade. Cap hit would be huge of course, then the team taking him would need to have or make a ton of cap room. How many teams could do that?
Put Bakhtiari at QB and tank
I think they drafted him with the intention of moving on from Rodgers in the next year or two. Then Rodgers was MVP and they went to the NFCC multiple times. I think Love’s draft position is irrelevant now. I think if money wasn’t a factor, they’d move to Love now. However, Rodgers’ contract just doesn’t allow that.
Tell me how you manage the $99 million cap hit?
You either cut or trade him after June 1st. Then the hit is only 30-32M depending on whether he is cut or traded. If he's traded, the team trading him either will take a $59M cap hit, or if they exercise the option something like only $17M.
That isn’t the cap hit in a trade scenario unless they exercise an option bonus pre trade to drop his ‘23 cap number. If they plan to try and trade him, no way is that option exercised of course. And they have all the way from beginning of league year until the day before their first regular season game next year to pick up the option or not. More than enough time to try and trade him and if that fails, pick up the option for the benefit of the ‘23 cap. https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/agents-take-how-aaron-rodgers-future-decision-affects-the-packers-bottom-line/amp/