Who Will Aaron Rodgers Play For In 2023 (Or Will He Play)?

[RashanGary]

I'll say this. If they DON'T trade him at this point Tex gets to gloat for at least a couple years.

Yeah. Tex is holding strong on his view. If the packers keep Rodgers, Tex common sense looks strong.

But once I saw how bad the contract gets if we don’t trade him this year, I had a strong feeling they would trade him before it got that bad.

[Bretsky]

Yeah. Tex is holding strong on his view. If the packers keep Rodgers, Tex common sense looks strong.

But once I saw how bad the contract gets if we don’t trade him this year, I had a strong feeling they would trade him before it got that bad.

What a horrible contract; and more classic that everybody seems to be waiting on Karen. You think he's trying to pull strings and get the Jets to trade for Bach too ?

Or is he enjoying kicking and squeezing Gute's ball to the point of tears just too much ???? lol

[Fritz]

I wonder if he'll do his buddy Pat what's-his-name a favor and announce his decision on Tuesday on his show.

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word is starting to come out that everything has been worked out between the jets and packers as to the trade deal

all thats left is for the giant drama queen to make a decision

https://twitter.com/Connor_J_Hughes/status/1634544138531004421?s=20

[Bretsky]

word is starting to come out that everything has been worked out between the jets and packers as to the trade deal

all thats left is for the giant drama queen to make a decision

https://twitter.com/Connor_J_Hughes/...531004421?s=20

I read that in two spots as well. Surprised ? Karen is consistent at least.


Tex , when this is annouced I'd like to offer you a 4 day Darkness retreat in my basement to cleans your thoughts and visualize what life will be like after Karen so you can get all kumbayoo and set your sould and all the spirts free.

Only $25,000 for you buddy; when you book for your coupon code just type in Karen ))

[Fritz]

word is starting to come out that everything has been worked out between the jets and packers as to the trade deal

all thats left is for the giant drama queen to make a decision

https://twitter.com/Connor_J_Hughes/...531004421?s=20

But there was talk Rodgers might have to re-do his deal to make it work with the Jets. That was, supposedly, possibly part of the hold up. I wonder if he's agreed to that part.

Again, it'd be funny if he at this point just up and said, "Yeah, I'm gonna retire."

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This is the most likely scenario IMO...and then we repeat this drama same time next year.

But there was talk Rodgers might have to re-do his deal to make it work with the Jets. That was, supposedly, possibly part of the hold up. I wonder if he's agreed to that part.

Again, it'd be funny if he at this point just up and said, "Yeah, I'm gonna retire."

I don’t see why he would have to fix his contract to make it work for the jets. He would only count 15 million or so against their cap next season

[Fritz]

I don’t see why he would have to fix his contract to make it work for the jets. He would only count 15 million or so against their cap next season

This is from a site called Jetsxfactor:

To put it in the simplest terms, Rodgers would definitely have to agree upon alterations to his contract for a trade to be facilitated. As-is, Rodgers’ deal would create an untenable amount of dead money on the Packers’ cap sheet if he were traded without making changes to the contract. There needs to be a compromise found that works for all three parties: Rodgers, Green Bay, and the Jets.

New York obviously needs to take on some degree of Rodgers’ remaining money, but to what extent is something that can be negotiated between the Jets and the Packers, so this can certainly be something that is holding up the trade. Rodgers will also want to ensure the new contract terms are something he is on board for.

[run pMc]

I would expect the framework for a deal was worked out when NYJ went out to California, they aren't going to go out there and have it leak if there hadn't been some discussions and agreement beforehand.
The latest reports make it sound like if Rodgers decides to come back this is a done deal. Stupid Mark Murphy's comments basically made it clear they'd take Rodgers back as a very last resort but it isn't what they want.

Legal tampering is Mar 13, and new league year starts 4pm Mar 15, I'm not sure they will trade him before then. I could see Rodgers making an appearance on McAfee and announcing his plans.

Trading AR brings a $40M cap hit for GB IIRC, that's for money they've already paid him that has been kicked forward. (bc you can always cook the cap) The Jets wont have that, but they will have to pay him the $58M bonus before Week 1. My guess is they'd like AR to play at least 2 years but he's noncommittal, which given he's been wishy washy about coming back - when asked at end of crushing season ending (playoff) losses- for a couple seasons in a row already. My understanding is if he plays 1 year he's a $60M QB, but maybe they can play around with his contract more easily because they don't have the cap issues from his previous contracts.

[Jaire]

This is from a site called Jetsxfactor:

To put it in the simplest terms, Rodgers would definitely have to agree upon alterations to his contract for a trade to be facilitated. As-is, Rodgers’ deal would create an untenable amount of dead money on the Packers’ cap sheet if he were traded without making changes to the contract. There needs to be a compromise found that works for all three parties: Rodgers, Green Bay, and the Jets.

New York obviously needs to take on some degree of Rodgers’ remaining money, but to what extent is something that can be negotiated between the Jets and the Packers, so this can certainly be something that is holding up the trade. Rodgers will also want to ensure the new contract terms are something he is on board for.

That's factually incorrect. If Rodgers retires,it's a 40 mil cap hit; same if he's traded. June 1st vs pre June 1st just spreads the hit out. The money is already paid. It's just cap hit and only 9 million more than what already counts against the cap.

NOW, the Jets may want to lower the 60 million cash he makes if he joins the Jets -- same as what Rodgers gets if he's cut by GB (now or after June 1). That's why the deal was so bad. You can spread it out, but 60 million is 60 million. Rodgers imo holds ALL the cards. That's why you hear Murphy saying saying he wants AR to go to the Jets (or retire). There is nothing GB can do about it as far as I can tell.

[run pMc]

NYJ needed to do this to some extent anyway, but... they've just reworked contracts with Laken Tomlinson, DJ Reed and Tyler Conklin to free up $15.2 M in cap space.
Coincidence?

[Rastak]

I would expect the framework for a deal was worked out when NYJ went out to California, they aren't going to go out there and have it leak if there hadn't been some discussions and agreement beforehand.
The latest reports make it sound like if Rodgers decides to come back this is a done deal. Stupid Mark Murphy's comments basically made it clear they'd take Rodgers back as a very last resort but it isn't what they want.

Legal tampering is Mar 13, and new league year starts 4pm Mar 15, I'm not sure they will trade him before then. I could see Rodgers making an appearance on McAfee and announcing his plans.

Trading AR brings a $40M cap hit for GB IIRC, that's for money they've already paid him that has been kicked forward. (bc you can always cook the cap) The Jets wont have that, but they will have to pay him the $58M bonus before Week 1. My guess is they'd like AR to play at least 2 years but he's noncommittal, which given he's been wishy washy about coming back - when asked at end of crushing season ending (playoff) losses- for a couple seasons in a row already. My understanding is if he plays 1 year he's a $60M QB, but maybe they can play around with his contract more easily because they don't have the cap issues from his previous contracts.

That sums it up pretty nicely.

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wonder if the two sides (jets and rodgers) would agree to tear up the old deal and do a new 2 year deal with like 35-40 million fully guaranteed this year (like salary and or roster bonus) and another 40 million dollar roster bonus if he plays next season?

something like that

we would still take our normal cap hit, but they wouldn't have to pay 60 million on week one

don't even know if thats possible or not

maybe they can get creative and give him a 10 million dollar salary plus a 100 million unlikely to be earned bonus if he can prove by the end of the year that ancient aliens built the stadium that the jets play in and that its actually a 20,000 year old power reactor

[RashanGary]

The 60 million isn’t that bad. If he retires he pays some back. If he plays it’s spread out.

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The 60 million isn’t that bad. If he retires he pays some back. If he plays it’s spread out.

i think thats still up for debate as to whether its legal or not to take back signing bonuses

i think it ends up going to the courts to decide that, and i'm not sure we've ever gotten a decision