Vegas now favoring Raiders. So who will Rodgers play for?
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Vegas now favoring Raiders. So who will Rodgers play for?
Poll to follow.
I still like the Jets. Raiders having #7 pick means they might draft a QB instead.
Packers keep him and he runs it back with an MVP, Super Bowl and announces his retirement on the podium holding the Lombardi.
Right now I think it's:
70% Packers
30% traded
0% Retire
I'd prefer a trade, but expect he will be back with the Packers.
Most likely scenario, he comes back plays better than last year and the team lays an egg in the playoffs again.
Obviously he plays for the Packers. Obviously he plays a helluva lot better than last season. Laying an egg in the playoffs or going all the way is not very relevant to me until the week of the games, but I'd say as always, it could happen even with little or no change to staff and personnel, just with a little bit of luck on the injury front, etc.
I guess we'll all be in the dark about Rodgers' future for a while.
Quote:
Ari Meirov
@MySportsUpdate
Aaron Rodgers says on
@PatMcAfeeShow
that he's going on an "darkness retreat" in a couple weeks. It's 4 days, complete darkness, just himself, in a little house.
"I've had a number of friends who've done it and they had profound experiences."
He expects a decision after that.
Totally normal and not at all weird thing. What a loon.
So I feel like I have a bead on this one. He will play for probably the Raiders, but possibly the Jets. He values his connections to teammates and people so Adams kinda begging for him plays a pretty big role. However the Jets hiring Hackett shows they are very willing to make moves to make him happy and comfortable. I could see a scenario where the Jets put an offer in the table for Bak, and then sign Tonyan. Its impossible to say which way this goes, but I'm confident in saying he will play with one of those 2 franchises.
If LaFleur or Gutekunst or Murphy - anybody with inside knowledge on the Packers ever read the crap in this forum, they'd be laughing their asses off.
Sorry, Tex. To paraphrase the Mailman’s favorite psychedelic drug-induced redcoat, the QB is old, the dream is gone. Best we can hope for is, to paraphrase my favorite redcoat, the light that Butte leaves behind will everglow:
Like the Lions Butte ran
The Queens Butte rolled
Like the Bears Butte circled
In perfect yellow
They swore on the night
Butte’d be a Packer 'til he dies
But the changing of winds
And the way waters flow
Heydays are short as the falling of snow
And now we’re gonna miss Butte, we know
The darkness retreat is actually inspiring. I am inspired to give it a try. Unlike Butte, I can’t afford a luxurious black hole. But I’ll just lock myself inside a dark, windowless room. Hopefully doing so will inspire me to finally quit burger flipping.
Vive Butte!
Nice poetry, but a bogus narrative, at least your conclusion is bogus. The GOAT ain't going anywhere.
That darkness thing is weird, all right. I can't help thinking Rodgers is just feeding a line of bullshit to anybody - media pukes and other poor misguided fools and haters, which we sure seem to have a lot of in here hahahaha. Then again, he did go to Berkeley, so who knows.
I was catching up on SEAL Team episodes this evening, and they had something to say about ayahuasca - that it and other similar drugs are homeopathic treatments for traumatic brain injury, also that it can cause explosive diarrhea hahahaha.
I’ve had friends do retreats where no one speaks. To each is own.
Most here probably couldn’t stand the boredom or face their thoughts for that long.
Four days of ayahuasca.
Rodgers is not turning down all the money; he's coming back. He'll be back to GB and have a improved year, we'll make the playoffs, and then he'll shit on himself in the second half of another playoff loss....kinda like San Fran and Tampa
So trade him before it all starts again.
Please.
Looking like, IF he is traded - and I don't think he will be - the Raiders are the most likely destination.
But I think he'll come back and play for GB next year. And what Bretsky outlined is probably the best-(realistic) case scenario.
Bobblehead, I'm completely confident that I'm aligned with the thinking of the Packer brass on this topic - unlike the various haters and dumbasses. They are the ones who did that glorious Rodgers contract - which many in here stupidly hate, and IMO, they did it with eyes wide open and are still glad they did - as am I, (OBVIOUSLY).
I think it's the Jets or Colts
I think the cap hit now vs. later makes it that way, yes.
If I were Gute I'd listen to offers to trade Rodgers. It's likely the Jets or Raiders.
I'm skeptical Rodgers would go along with a trade to the Colts. Jordan Love to the Colts is an interesting idea, however.
I would think Rodgers is more likely to want to play in Vegas than in New York. He’s not a fan of the cold weather anymore. I believe the Packers are ready to move on after he showed little ability to be a true game changer in 2022.
Right now, I’m still thinking this is closer to a 50-50 deal. Part of Rodgers wants to retire as a Packer, but part of him also wants to get away at this point. To me, the darkness will ultimately tell him to go to the Black Hole.
I will say this much. The contract promotes a trade OR a rework. I think Rodgers agreed to it this way because if he wants to stay he can still rework the deal to make it friendly all around.
I also think he is having doubts about being traded as would be natural for anyone who spent his entire career in one organization. Change is scary, but Rodgers is also a sharp guy and I think he realizes the organization needs to move on. The time he is taking right now is simply him coming to terms with that idea.
There are several other possibilities. Just reading his body language and his comments I think we are going to trade him and he will agree to it. The reason I said LV as the most likely is simply because its on his list from a couple years ago. I don't think he really wants to play in NY, but in the end I think he could wrap his head around it.
I have my doubts about Vegas as Rogers said he has concerns about the defense there and both The Jets and the Colts have good defenses and Rogers would be a big upgrade over what they have at QB. Titans could also work but I'm not sure of the interest on their part, but the defense would be decent and they are well coached. I also would not be surprised to see Bak go in a trade as well, maybe to sweeten the landing spot give AR a familiar face in the locker room and would give GB a nice amount of cap relief.
Doesn't Vegas have the 7th pick and a strong willed HC/OC ?
If they are smart, they'll draft a QB in round one and pass on Karen
Would you trade the assets you get for Rodgers + Love for Lamar? I probably wouldn’t but boy that’s be interesting
I read yesterday That Rogers has let the Packers know he prefers the Raiders, who knows though it could just be the media pukes :) As long as we get a 1st next year min I'm good where ever he ends up. I want to see Love play before making another move, besides Love cost a 1st and a 2nd, no way we get even close to that back.