Rodgers Coming Extension

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my problem with all this is, where does it end?

everyone is bitching that he should be the highest paid player in football, because he's the most important player to his team.

he just completed year 3 of a 5 year deal, that at the time made him the highest paid player in football. people were calling for him to get a new deal before this last season

if we give him a deal worth 30 million a year, the next starting QB to sign a new deal is gonna break that mark, then people will bitch about how a-rod is underpaid again

are we suppose to redo his contract every year or two to make sure he's always got the highest cap number? maybe he and the team should be signing 2 or 3 year deals instead of worthless 5 year deals that need to be redone after 2 years

i see no reason what so ever to rush a new deal with 2 years left on the current deal from a teams perspective

[pbmax]

my problem with all this is, where does it end?

everyone is bitching that he should be the highest paid player in football, because he's the most important player to his team.

he just completed year 3 of a 5 year deal, that at the time made him the highest paid player in football. people were calling for him to get a new deal before this last season

if we give him a deal worth 30 million a year, the next starting QB to sign a new deal is gonna break that mark, then people will bitch about how a-rod is underpaid again

are we suppose to redo his contract every year or two to make sure he's always got the highest cap number? maybe he and the team should be signing 2 or 3 year deals instead of worthless 5 year deals that need to be redone after 2 years

i see no reason what so ever to rush a new deal with 2 years left on the current deal from a teams perspective

This is a concern without any evidence. Doing the QB contract two years out from the end is pretty standard.

You are also skipping two years of the current contract. They extended him in 2013. He is actually in year 5 of a 7 year deal that contained a 5 year extension. Doing a deal every 5 years isn't every two years.

[woodbuck27]

https://www.therichest.com/celebnetworth-category/athletes/nfl/

Where's Aaron Rodgers the arguably Finest Talent in the NFL today !?

Where does he expect to be?

[woodbuck27]

They will. But the Packers want this done now because the leverage increasingly goes to the QB the closer he gets to his last season. So you structure the deal to hit big when you anticipate the most room available, after Matthews and Nelson's contracts expire.

Yes.

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i like how PFT is the one that has been banging the drum for over a year the the packers need to do right by a-rod and make him the highest paid player in football

now today florio comes out and says that the packers want to sign him ASAP before cousins and brees sign because it will be cheaper to sign him now rather then after those 2 sign

well what the hell is the point of that?

if we sign him before those two, then they will sign bigger contracts, not because they are better,but because that's how it works. and at that point a-rod would be getting "disrespected by the team" again, just like he is now

[ThunderDan]

i like how PFT is the one that has been banging the drum for over a year the the packers need to do right by a-rod and make him the highest paid player in football

now today florio comes out and says that the packers want to sign him ASAP before cousins and brees sign because it will be cheaper to sign him now rather then after those 2 sign

well what the hell is the point of that?

if we sign him before those two, then they will sign bigger contracts, not because they are better,but because that's how it works. and at that point a-rod would be getting "disrespected by the team" again, just like he is now

Ain’t that the fucking truth.

ARod has been silent about his contract. He vaguely answers questions when asked. He knows the Packers have treated him fairly and he knows another massive deal is coming.

[woodbuck27]

i like how PFT is the one that has been banging the drum for over a year the the packers need to do right by a-rod and make him the highest paid player in football

now today florio comes out and says that the packers want to sign him ASAP before cousins and brees sign because it will be cheaper to sign him now rather then after those 2 sign

well what the hell is the point of that?

if we sign him before those two, then they will sign bigger contracts, not because they are better,but because that's how it works. and at that point a-rod would be getting "disrespected by the team" again, just like he is now

A meddling Media ... will meddle.

[pbmax]

I don't think there is one new item here at all except that there are quotes from one of the sources. This is all material we've heard elsewhere.

https://sports.yahoo.com/heres-things-can-get-contentious-aaron-rodgers-packers-044920881.html

Gutekunst has said getting this done is a priority. However, Robinson correctly points out that the Packers, should they choose to delay, do not have to do a deal now. They can think of having him under contract for 4 years (2 years on current deal + 2 years Tagged). However, that kind of reluctance to pay the going rate isn't going to sit well with the QB.

Unlike Cousins, Rodgers has been paid top dollar once, he can hold out.

Those considerations though do determine the floor to a Rodgers deal. And this article might be someone announcing they aren't happy with those numbers.

[woodbuck27]

Hasn't this number been much higher elsewhere?

http://www.espn.com/blog/green-bay-packers/post/_/id/43820/aaron-rodgers-can-name-his-price-but-at-what-cost-to-packers-chances

Maybe not. https://overthecap.com/salary-cap/green-bay-packers/

Total Cap Liabilities: $165,319,167
Top 51: $160,120,634
Team Cap Space: $16,476,151

http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/green-bay-packers/cap/

CAP Space W/All - $10,526,197

[call_me_ishmael]

As it stands now, he has none. There’s no impending free agency. There’s no contract clause or balloon payment that might force Green Bay’s hand in extension talks. Really, the only thing Rodgers has to hold over the Packers is that he’s arguably the best player in the NFL when healthy, and he will likely continue to be the centerpiece of the franchise for at least the next half-decade.

Yep, as I mentioned earlier in this thread or a similar one, Rodgers has zero leverage. I don't really see any motivation to extend him personally if he is going to be a problem. What, is he going to hold out and kill his off-the-field earnings? That'd be fantastically stupid.

[pbmax]

Yep, as I mentioned earlier in this thread or a similar one, Rodgers has zero leverage. I don't really see any motivation to extend him personally if he is going to be a problem. What, is he going to hold out and kill his off-the-field earnings? That'd be fantastically stupid.

Favre had leverage in 2007 and that was with Rodgers waiting in the wings with three years of prep.

He has a lot of leverage, most of it just from being the QB.

[jklowan]

Things don't appear to be rosie in Rogers land, let the Divaness begin

http://www.rotoworld.com/headlines/nfl/375218/aaron-rodgers-wants-to-be-kept-in-the-loop?ls=roto:GB:topheadlines

[mraynrand]

Things don't appear to be rosie in Rogers land, let the Divaness begin

http://www.rotoworld.com/headlines/n...B:topheadlines

This is the same stuff they reported before. Van Pelt, Nelson, Rodgers not 'consulted' or 'told'

I find it impossible to believe that Rodgers had no idea how the Van Pelt situation was shaking out. I still maintain that Rodgers, his friend, wanted Van Pelt to get the promotion to OC and when he didn't wasn't happy about it. He doesn't strike me as a temper-tantrum kind of guy. If he starts giving interviews while doing crunches, let me know...

[Smidgeon]

This is the same stuff they reported before. Van Pelt, Nelson, Rodgers not 'consulted' or 'told'

I find it impossible to believe that Rodgers had no idea how the Van Pelt situation was shaking out. I still maintain that Rodgers, his friend, wanted Van Pelt to get the promotion to OC and when he didn't wasn't happy about it. He doesn't strike me as a temper-tantrum kind of guy. If he starts giving interviews while doing crunches, let me know...

And isn't the general consensus that Van Pelt forced the issue rather than M3? He didn't get the OC position and chose to move on. It seems a bit disingenuous to blame the Packers for this one (unless he's upset VP didn't get the OC spot). He should be blaming VP for that one. And Nelson? Even the fans saw that one coming a mile away.

All of this seems like smoke. But what is the smoke hiding?

[mraynrand]

All of this seems like smoke. But what is the smoke hiding?

I would say Stubby, but with his ever-increasing girth, he's no longer hideable.