The Green Bay Packers are ....

[Teamcheez1]

I can assure you of one thing. There will be zero thought to extending AR's contract. He has 2 maybe 3 years left with this team.

[Joemailman]

I can assure you of one thing. There will be zero thought to extending AR's contract. He has 2 maybe 3 years left with this team.

His contract runs through 2023. 2022 would be the 1st year they would gain salary cap space by cutting/trading him. This is his last contract with Packers I'm sure.

[pbmax]

At the rate they are going, Rodgers will actually retire before the Packers are ready to replace him.

[scharpcheddar]

The Packers are..
Exactly who I said they'd be. Losers of this game.
Didn't even take 1 qtr for me to be right. They just laid down

[texaspackerbacker]

Seriously, Harlan, teamcheez, Joe, etc.? After the debacle we saw with our D and our O Line, ya'all are still whining about Aaron Rodgers?

I was too pissed off to even come on and post last night and until past noon today, and I waded through about a dozen threads (bottom to top) with mostly fairly sensible comments. Then I came across this stupid shit. We have indeed wasted Rodgers' best years - thanks again Ted. We still have barely borderline talent supporting him. A little more decent GMing from Gutekunst and we should be back on top - and I'm fully confident Rodgers will still be the NFL best for another five or more years.

Aaron Rodgers IS who the Green Bay Packers are. Unfortunately, for too long, he has been about all they are.

[Joemailman]

Seriously, Harlan, teamcheez, Joe, etc.? After the debacle we saw with our D and our O Line, ya'all are still whining about Aaron Rodgers?

I was too pissed off to even come on and post last night and until past noon today, and I waded through about a dozen threads (bottom to top) with mostly fairly sensible comments. Then I came across this stupid shit. We have indeed wasted Rodgers' best years - thanks again Ted. We still have barely borderline talent supporting him. A little more decent GMing from Gutekunst and we should be back on top - and I'm fully confident Rodgers will still be the NFL best for another five or more years.

Aaron Rodgers IS who the Green Bay Packers are. Unfortunately, for too long, he has been about all they are.

I didn't advocate dumping Rodgers. Just pointing out that his contract dictates he'll be here a while. You have to have blinders on if you think Rodgers is still the best QB in the NFL. I think there's still a window for the Packers to win it all with Rodgers. If they do though, Rodgers won't be the biggest reason they won.

[texaspackerbacker]

You said you're sure this is his last contract with the Packers - expiring in a couple of years. How is that not advocating dumping him?

As for best in the NFL right now, it's between Rodgers and the other State Farm guy. Give Rodgers a Tyreek Hill, and he will be as good or better than Mahomes.

[Joemailman]

You said you're sure this is his last contract with the Packers - expiring in a couple of years. How is that not advocating dumping him?

As for best in the NFL right now, it's between Rodgers and the other State Farm guy. Give Rodgers a Tyreek Hill, and he will be as good or better than Mahomes.

You don't know what you're talking about. He has 4 years left on his contract. He'll be 40 then.

[texaspackerbacker]

OK, four years and 40 years old. I still doubt that is the end for him with the Packers - barring injury. Both Favre and Brady played way beyond that, and there's plenty of reason to expect Rodgers to stay good longer.

[Joemailman]

OK, four years and 40 years old. I still doubt that is the end for him with the Packers - barring injury. Both Favre and Brady played way beyond that, and there's plenty of reason to expect Rodgers to stay good longer.

Not really. Neither Favre or Brady suffered the number of significant injuries Rodgers has.

[Deputy Nutz]

Not really. Neither Favre or Brady suffered the number of significant injuries Rodgers has.

Brady has been relatively healthy outside of losing an entire 2008 to a knee injury, Favre just played through everything humanly possible. Rodgers missed because of broken collar bones, and was able to come back in each of those two seasons. Rodgers has the ability to play past 40, but do you want to sign him to a new deal when he is 40? I think I would prepare for a 2024 season without Aaron Rodgers.

[mraynrand]

I didn't advocate dumping Rodgers. Just pointing out that his contract dictates he'll be here a while. You have to have blinders on if you think Rodgers is still the best QB in the NFL. I think there's still a window for the Packers to win it all with Rodgers. If they do though, Rodgers won't be the biggest reason they won.

Of course, and Rodgers was only partly responsible for winning it all in 2010, as was Favre in 1996. Guess what both those teams had? Yep, #1 and #2 defenses - and both sealed playoff games for them and more. PBmax posted the points scored in Rodger's playoff losses. Damn, the Giants won two super bowls because the had a dominant defensive line. Defense doesn't ALWAYS win championships, but it's highly correlated.

[Freak Out]

....not going to the SB.

[pbmax]

Of course, and Rodgers was only partly responsible for winning it all in 2010, as was Favre in 1996. Guess what both those teams had? Yep, #1 and #2 defenses - and both sealed playoff games for them and more. PBmax posted the points scored in Rodger's playoff losses. Damn, the Giants won two super bowls because the had a dominant defensive line. Defense doesn't ALWAYS win championships, but it's highly correlated.

Having a defense would be a step up in the playoffs for this team at times.

But it’s easy to overstate this. Defense played well enough versus Seattle and the 49ers at Lambeau playoff games but the offense didn’t do it’s job in those cases.

[mraynrand]

Having a defense would be a step up in the playoffs for this team at times.

But it’s easy to overstate this. Defense played well enough versus Seattle and the 49ers at Lambeau playoff games but the offense didn’t do it’s job in those cases.

Also AZ. Disasters happen and the Seattle defense in 2014 and the niners defense in 2013 were not too shabby. Of course, that's not my point. Even with supercharged offenses, teams need defenses to win. Maybe not every game, but some, and to be good enough to make critical plays, like stopping a pop-up two point conversion, for example.