What do you want FB to do with AROD in 2023---AND some thoughts

[run pMc]

Brady says he's retiring. We'll see.

As for Rodgers and media, he definitely pays attention to it and is savvy enough to know how to manipulate it. The people with press credentials who get in the building aren't crackpots.
McAfee is just a platform for him to say whatever he wants without being questioned or challenged on it.

[NewsBruin]

I don't give any credence to the "ARod would never retire the same year as Brady" talk; that sounds like fan-fiction from the back of someone's Trapper Keeper.

[run pMc]

I don't give any credence to the "ARod would never retire the same year as Brady" talk; that sounds like fan-fiction from the back of someone's Trapper Keeper.

I believe it. You think Rodgers would want to be second fiddle on the HOF bill? He will absolutely want a spotlight, and he won't want to be "the other QB" going in the hall that year.

[SudsMcBucky]

I believe it. You think Rodgers would want to be second fiddle on the HOF bill? He will absolutely want a spotlight, and he won't want to be "the other QB" going in the hall that year.

Completely agree with this.

[call_me_ishmael]

Zero percent ARod retires now.

Packers
Niners
Jets
Cowboys

What other teams even make sense?

I know I have waffled a lot and will likely continue to do so. The AFC is stacked and I don't think he can win out in the AFC. Makes me think he is just gonna stay with the Packers or try to swing a trade to Dallas or SF. I doubt the Packers would do that, though.

[Joemailman]

Zero percent ARod retires now.

Packers
Niners
Jets
Cowboys

What other teams even make sense?

I know I have waffled a lot and will likely continue to do so. The AFC is stacked and I don't think he can win out in the AFC. Makes me think he is just gonna stay with the Packers or try to swing a trade to Dallas or SF. I doubt the Packers would do that, though.

Zero chance of Dallas in my opinion. Rodgers mutinied against MM in 2018. Also, Dak's contract means Cowboys can't afford him. Why would Packers want to help 49ers with their QB problem? If 49ers think they have one. Jets make a lot of sense. I'm still looking at Raiders. Raiders have weapons, and will be 50 million under the cap after they cut/trade Carr.

[run pMc]

Jets
Raiders
Bucs
Titans
Panthers

I think the Niners would be extremely unlikely unless Purdy's recovery is rough. GB would want to extract a pretty good haul from them, being SF, and they just don't have the picks after all their trades. Would require another team probably.
Jets are the most likely because they have a defense, skill players, and Hackett/Saleh.

Raiders are cutting Carr and with Brady retiring than opens up a potential trade for Waller and picks.
Bucs, like NYJ, have defense and skill players. Could be a legit contender if their OL gets healthy.
Titans unlikely because they probably have less talent than GB, Panthers have some pieces but don't have a QB.... both those teams are unlikely.

Lamar Jackson, David Carr and probably Tannehill are the likely QBs to maybe make the market. Dallas is tied to Dak and his contract for now, plus a MM reunion feels like a no.

There are other teams like the Texans and Colts, but Rodgers would likely threaten to retire before going there. Those teams are lacking talent and rebuilding, he wants no part of that.

[Joemailman]

Jets
Raiders
Bucs
Titans
Panthers

I think the Niners would be extremely unlikely unless Purdy's recovery is rough. GB would want to extract a pretty good haul from them, being SF, and they just don't have the picks after all their trades. Would require another team probably.
Jets are the most likely because they have a defense, skill players, and Hackett/Saleh.

Raiders are cutting Carr and with Brady retiring than opens up a potential trade for Waller and picks.
Bucs, like NYJ, have defense and skill players. Could be a legit contender if their OL gets healthy.
Titans unlikely because they probably have less talent than GB, Panthers have some pieces but don't have a QB.... both those teams are unlikely.

Lamar Jackson, David Carr and probably Tannehill are the likely QBs to maybe make the market. Dallas is tied to Dak and his contract for now, plus a MM reunion feels like a no.

There are other teams like the Texans and Colts, but Rodgers would likely threaten to retire before going there. Those teams are lacking talent and rebuilding, he wants no part of that.

Bucs are 55 million over the cap. Panthers might not be a bad fit. However, Frank Reich has said he's looking for stability at the QB situation. Not sure they'd want a 39 year old Rodgers who might only play one year.

[run pMc]

Bucs are 55 million over the cap. Panthers might not be a bad fit. However, Frank Reich has said he's looking for stability at the QB situation. Not sure they'd want a 39 year old Rodgers who might only play one year.

Good point about stability, and the Bucs cap. I didn't look at cap space, although that would obviously be an important piece of the puzzle.
If Rodgers is traded it has to be to a team with cap space, picks/players to trade, need for a QB, and enough talent on the roster to be a contender. Limits the number of teams, doesn't it.

[MadtownPacker]

He wouldn’t go with M3 because if he had success everyone would say his whole career was due to M3.

Jets and Raiders only places that make sense and fit. I just can’t see Jets because Brett went there. Add in the cold weather that he no longer can handle well in GB. Just like in The Stand the Raiders situation is nearly screaming for Erin to come to Randall Flagg. Back near home, badass stadium in cool city, and with the Davante safety blanket he can’t go wrong.

[Fritz]

Zero chance of Dallas in my opinion. Rodgers mutinied against MM in 2018. Also, Dak's contract means Cowboys can't afford him. Why would Packers want to help 49ers with their QB problem? If 49ers think they have one. Jets make a lot of sense. I'm still looking at Raiders. Raiders have weapons, and will be 50 million under the cap after they cut/trade Carr.

I don't know anything about what Carr's cap hit would be, or how long his contract is, but I suppose it's remotely possible, if the Packers really, really don't think Love is the guy, that they could first trade Love for what they can get, trade Rodgers for Carr, Waller, and picks, and commit to losing with Carr for a couple years while they look for a real QB. Would only work is Carr's contract is only for another year or two, tops, and even then, well, maybe it's too much cap space for QB's - one you'd have and one who'd be gone.

Wow. I just re-read what I wrote. I didn't pull that out of my ass, but it sure looks like I pulled it out of the back of my trapper keeper.

Pretty damn unlikely.

[texaspackerbacker]

So here is a question for Tex.

From today's Arod segment on McAfee, When referring to the trade rumors, Rodgers told McAfee, "It sounds like there's already conversations going on that aren't involving me, which are interesting."

So now ARod is apparently believing/using the media puke shitholes to advance this rumor.

Does that mean Arod is now part of the shithead PackerRats club/group that quote what we hear from media sources on here?

I didn't see this until now. I also didn't see McAfee yesterday. It sounds a lot like runPmc said, Rodgers might have been being sarcastic. Apparently all of this shit started with Shefter, and then other media pukes parrotted him. It's all just a matter of click bait and/or stirring up trouble IMO. The ignoramuses seem oblivious to the contract terms that effectively prevent a trade.

Regarding what some in here have said - Rodgers won't go here or Rodgers won't go there, etc., it's been said, there is not a no trade clause, so it really doesn't make any difference whether he would want to go somewhere or not. And he has very little leverage to threaten to retire, as he would as I understand, be walking away from well over $60 million (the reason I absolutely love that glorious contract that the haters hate so much).

Bottom line is, he ain't going anywhere because the contract prevents a trade and strongly encourages him not to retire. And I strongly think LaFleur, Gutekunst, and Murphy planned it that way and are loving the result of their plan the same as I am - which will become completely justified next season when Rodgers takes the Packers to something like a 14-3 season.

[MadtownPacker]

14-3 will justify it then a first round playoff exit will nullify it.

[texaspackerbacker]

That would be awesome - Tex starts hating on Aaron Rodgers for being stupid enough to believe all the media pukes making up trade crap about Aaron Rodgers, whom Tex will defend against the stupid media pukes.

Some of the media stuff - probably most of it - really is bullshit, though. They've got to get clicks. So they post articles with teaser headlines - "Packers Have Three Trade Packages for Rodgers on the Table," and then the article goes on to speculate and speculate about what packages the writer/speculator thinks the Packers could get, and where the writer/speculator thinks Rodgers could go.

Case in point: Romeo Doubs went on some radio show, and the hosts made a big damn deal that Doubs said he and Aaron Rodgers never hung out outside of the football field. The reporter asking the question acted all amazed and bug-eyed: "WHAT? You NEVER hung out?" Doubs tried to explain that they'd had a cool team function at Halloween, but it was all football between himself and Rodgers. But he seemed a little surprised at the hullabaloo - he's still just a young guy, after all, and probably doesn't quite understand that even a silent fart will be fanned into a forest fire by the media.

And Rodgers's response did make sense: He's 39, these young guys are fifteen or more years younger. They have different interests, different lives. I sure as hell wasn't doing at 39 what I was at 23. And thank god. Why should he have to hang out after hours with every single teammate?

Damn. I'm sounding a little like Tex here, with maybe fewer "shithead dumbasses" in there.

Which is why you're making more sense than usual hahahaha. Doubs didn't say anything derogatory about Rodgers - just the media shitheads yet again trying to stir up trouble, and Rodgers didn't say anything derogaroy about Doubs. I'll play that "name even one" game that one of ya'all in here tried to pull: can any of ya'all haters name even one player who has proveably said anything negative about Rodgers? Or for that matter, even one player who Rodgers has clearly talked negative about? Fake news shit from the media doesn't count. One of the many weirdly stupid accusations by the haters is that Rodgers isn't a good leader. I say absolutely he is, and if the comparison is to Brady, that's even more true.

[texaspackerbacker]

14-3 will justify it then a first round playoff exit will nullify it.

For some people maybe. What I have always said, that is 14 excellent days for us fans and 1 rotten day. I'd take that even if it turned out that way.