Rodgers Coming Extension

[MadScientist]

Extend Rodgers to make him happy and be done with it. You have the best player in the NFL so pay him as such.

You still have to put a team together, and live within the cap. If Rodgers is asking for an opt-out, that impacts how they can structure the cap hits via signing bonus. Even if he isn't there still is the problem of structuring the deal. Fully guaranteeing the deal will also cause cap issues, so the numbers can't be faked with large salary the final year that never gets paid. I'm not surprised that it's taking time, even if both sides want it to happen.

[woodbuck27]

You still have to put a team together, and live within the cap. If Rodgers is asking for an opt-out, that impacts how they can structure the cap hits via signing bonus. Even if he isn't there still is the problem of structuring the deal. Fully guaranteeing the deal will also cause cap issues, so the numbers can't be faked with large salary the final year that never gets paid. I'm not surprised that it's taking time, even if both sides want it to happen.

I hear you but it looks so far like Aaron Rodgers may have gone to school and how star players like Tom Brady and Brett Favre sacrificed salary to maintain a stronger Roster and certain key components (players).

It appears it's now close to happening according to this:

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2783876-mark-murphy-packers-hope-to-sign-aaron-rodgers-to-new-contract-soon?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=nfl

GREEN BAY PACKERS

Mark Murphy: Packers Hope to Sign Aaron Rodgers to New Contract Soon

BY: MIKE CHIARI

" ... Green Bay Packers President Mark Murphy provided a somewhat optimistic update regarding quarterback Aaron Rodgers' contract situation on Wednesday.

According to WTMJ's Jay Sorgi, Murphy told KTI Country's Karen Dalessandro, "We hope to soon have a contract extension."..."

[pbmax]

Woody's article hangs its hat on a very formulaic statement from Murphy to a country music radio station. I don't think you can read much into it other than he hasn't given up hope.

[Fritz]

Any news on progress on the contract?

[pbmax]

Any news on progress on the contract?

Nope. Other than Murphy's radio interview, not even new rumors.

[Teamcheez1]

“I think definitely the way the Tom has done it is the way to try to model."
“Having guys and putting pieces around him was definitely something. When you take up a ton of money you kind of limit your team and who they can help you out with and put around you. I’m not naive enough to say that we don’t need a run game. We also need a good defense, we need good receivers, we need all these pieces. You can’t play as a quarterback and do it yourself so I’m more than willing to take less money than somebody else might in my position to put good guys around us.”

From Blake Bortles

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“I think definitely the way the Tom has done it is the way to try to model."
“Having guys and putting pieces around him was definitely something. When you take up a ton of money you kind of limit your team and who they can help you out with and put around you. I’m not naive enough to say that we don’t need a run game. We also need a good defense, we need good receivers, we need all these pieces. You can’t play as a quarterback and do it yourself so I’m more than willing to take less money than somebody else might in my position to put good guys around us.”

From Blake Bortles

heres the problem, the packers don't spend all the cap money they have. they haven't in years

so why give the team a break and take less money? the team has proven they aren't gonna spend what they save on him

take as much as you can from the team Aaron. you only live once, and the team is jack shit without you.. rodgers IS pretty much doing it all himself

[bobblehead]

Woody's article hangs its hat on a very formulaic statement from Murphy to a country music radio station. I don't think you can read much into it other than he hasn't given up hope.

Yea, and I'm still pretty sure my high school girlfriend is gonna beg me to come back. 30 years seems about right for how long it takes her to appreciate me.

[pbmax]

“I think definitely the way the Tom has done it is the way to try to model."
“Having guys and putting pieces around him was definitely something. When you take up a ton of money you kind of limit your team and who they can help you out with and put around you. I’m not naive enough to say that we don’t need a run game. We also need a good defense, we need good receivers, we need all these pieces. You can’t play as a quarterback and do it yourself so I’m more than willing to take less money than somebody else might in my position to put good guys around us.”

From Blake Bortles

Brady has recently concluded he was dumb for taking less money* which is why he and Bill have been at such public loggerheads over the offseason and whether or not Jimmy G gets to stay heir apparent.

So Bortles, true to form, isn't quite up to speed.


* Story seems to be it was to be able to sign/re-sign WRs and it netted him nothing.

[pbmax]

"Leak it"? There is no "it". I'd bet you lunch this is just made up crap by media shitheads (just about all of the media, sports and otherwise).

Rodgers, of course, also said he'd like to finish out his career in Green Bay. Do you think he was lying about that too?

If they ever did actually discuss "it", it would be to have a good laugh about it.

Rodgers has confirmed they are looking at player control options for the new deal. However, I don't read this as tremendously optimistic on this point. However, he does see to hint if you want team friendly cap terms, you should surrender some control. Which seems equitable to me.

I have not found Peter King's write up on this yet.

https://247sports.com/nfl/green-bay-packers/Article/Green-Bay-Packers-President-Mark-Murphy-Common-interest-in-getting-deal-done-with-Aaron-Rodgers-119850394/

During organized team activities, quarterback Aaron Rodgers dismissed reports that he was looking for some sort of unique structure to a contract extension as “conjecture” and not “really based in factual interactions.”

During an interview with NBC Sports’ Peter King, Rodgers sang a different tune.

“It’s only been on my mind because … people have been writing and talking about it a lot,” Rodgers said from the American Century Classic celebrity golf tournament in Lake Tahoe. “There have been many conversations about it. I think that there’s some merit to looking into where you do a non-traditional contractual agreement. If anybody at this point is gonna be able to do something like that, I think there needs to be a conversation about it. I never said anything about [tying the contract to] the cap. I just think there’s ways to do contracts where you can still be competitive so the team is happy about it, but have some more freedom.”

[Zool]

I have not found Peter King's write up on this yet.

Is it this one?

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...ter-king-fmia/

[pbmax]

Is it this one?

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...ter-king-fmia/

Going to take some getting used to, seeing his byline under the Pro Football Talk banner.

[texaspackerbacker]

The God damned sports media is almost as bad and fake news as the media in general - stirring up trouble where there is none and promoting untruths or half-truths just to get attention.

Does anybody here really think Rodgers wants to leave Green Bay or even have an option to do so? Speak up if you do hahahahaha.

Yeah, Brady apparently regrets giving the Patriots a home team friendly discount; Rodgers would probably be more unwise to do something similar, given the history under Ted of deficient team building. The new guy is a blank slate at this point, so to give up a few tens of millions on the spec wouldn't be smart. He could always restructure later of the team needed it.

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dp

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i can see rodgers just letting his contract run out and leaving

teams aren't loyal to their players, why should players be loyal to their teams? teams backload the shit out of deals all the time knowing damn well the players won't see a chunk of that deal

i've watched guys that favre and jordan leave teams that no one ever thought they would leave. even our great lombardi ended at the redskins

i can see it happening. will it? i hope not. at least until he's no longer useful to the packers

its no shock that hes been pissed of a bit at the shit teams that keep getting built around him, and the coaching, and other decisions made by the front office

if he sees greener pastures, he could go