This season has barely started, and it already seems clear that the future of Aaron Rodgers will be one of the major offseason storylines.
Personally, I have serious questions about his desire to go through an arduous and consuming rehab, only to come back a year older, a year slower and a year further removed from what he was at his Hall of Fame best. But many within the industry disagree. They don’t see him having altered his deal and pushed more money into the future only to walk away from it after a few dropbacks. They don’t think his ego would allow him to go out like that — or his wallet. .
One longtime personnel executive of another team, under similar restrictions, shared a similarly strong sentiment: “No f-----g way is he walking away from that contract. That’s not how this ends.” Rodgers is owed more than $38 million next season should he want to play football, as part of his $75 million in total guarantees, and let’s be real: Even at age 40 — which Rodgers will turn in December — givenover the totality of his career, the likelihood of the Jets reaching the playoffs or developing a better alternative to Rodgers is scant.
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